Friday, May 29, 2015

Padgett piffle gracing the shelves of a uni book shop


Imagine my amazement when I saw not just one, but a stack of copies at a university book shop, knocking nobodies like Nelson Mandela and Julia Gillard off the shelf. I'm hoping it's because they aren't selling. 




Thursday, May 28, 2015

Lili's critical thought of the day


The ABC has continued with another season of the Redesign My Brain series, even though I've written previously about why I was unimpressed by the first series. Now might be a good time to take a critical look at claims made for the benefits of one working memory training program: http://www.plosone.org/annotation/listThread.action?root=85992

Monday, May 18, 2015

Lili's well-grounded thought for the day


Time for a dose of reality in expectations of the abilities of normal older and young children to "read emotions":
http://cmbe-cpms.anu.edu.au/whats-on/all-news/children-unable-tell-genuine-faked-sadness


Thursday, May 14, 2015

Lili's question of the day


Does long term use of psychiatric drugs cause more harm than good?

The paper

The debate (especially interesting bit at 1:06:59)