Some links on cognition and mental health
How climate science deniers can accept so many 'impossible things' all at once (GA, 23 September 2016) No use being smug about it - every human brain is full of shortcuts, bugs, and quirks, and the best we can do is to be aware of them. And stay curious.
Who Will Debunk The Debunkers? (FiveThirtyEight, 28 April, 2016) "Does skepticism self-destruct?" Once again smugness is a trap for peeps like me who enjoy pulling the rug out from under fallacies: we can end up creating new ones.
The Devil's Wager: when a wrong choice isn't an error (Mind Hacks, 25 April 2016)
Born to Be Conned (NYT, 6 December 2016)
Living with social anxiety disorder (and how it differs from shyness) (ABC, 16 June 2016)
Australian Psychological Society issues official apology to Indigenous Australians (SMH, 15 September 2016). "Professor Patricia Dudgeon, who was Australia's first Indigenous psychologist, said the science of psychology relied on a Western, individualistic understanding of "self", which was fundamentally different to the communal sense of self experienced by many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.'You've got family, community, country, land, culture and spirituality. A patient sitting in front of you - you can't just see them as an individual removed from that.'"
Gambling is killing one Australian a day, but it rakes in billions in tax (SMH, 28 September 2016) Governments make $5.8 billion a year; this costs the community $4.7 billion and 400 lives.
Australian suicide deaths rising among women and teenage girls, ABS figures show (ABC, 29 September 2016)
Dogs understand both language and intonation, making their brains similar to humans' (ABC, 31 August 2016)
Who Will Debunk The Debunkers? (FiveThirtyEight, 28 April, 2016) "Does skepticism self-destruct?" Once again smugness is a trap for peeps like me who enjoy pulling the rug out from under fallacies: we can end up creating new ones.
The Devil's Wager: when a wrong choice isn't an error (Mind Hacks, 25 April 2016)
Born to Be Conned (NYT, 6 December 2016)
Living with social anxiety disorder (and how it differs from shyness) (ABC, 16 June 2016)
Australian Psychological Society issues official apology to Indigenous Australians (SMH, 15 September 2016). "Professor Patricia Dudgeon, who was Australia's first Indigenous psychologist, said the science of psychology relied on a Western, individualistic understanding of "self", which was fundamentally different to the communal sense of self experienced by many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.'You've got family, community, country, land, culture and spirituality. A patient sitting in front of you - you can't just see them as an individual removed from that.'"
Gambling is killing one Australian a day, but it rakes in billions in tax (SMH, 28 September 2016) Governments make $5.8 billion a year; this costs the community $4.7 billion and 400 lives.
Australian suicide deaths rising among women and teenage girls, ABS figures show (ABC, 29 September 2016)
Dogs understand both language and intonation, making their brains similar to humans' (ABC, 31 August 2016)