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June 30th, 2012 ·NN·Blog, Psychology, Social Media, Web Psychology·1Comment
Everyone enjoys a good blog. The problem these days isn’t so much whether you can find interesting stuff to read, but rather where to look for it, and what to read. It should come as no surprise that blogging now constitutes one of the most popular online activities of all time (already ranking as the
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June 24th, 2012 ·NN·Blog, Psychology, Social Media·4Comments
I never did like Facebook much. Apart from the occasional casual stalking, it always seemed to me a voyeuristic, ego-deflating black hole into which hours of otherwise productive time would needlessly disappear. And until recently, I thought I might be one of only a handful of folk who felt the same. But it would seem that
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June 17th, 2012 ·NN·Blog, Neuropsychology, Psychology·Comment Off
Your brain on stories We all love a good story. From the once-upon-a-times we tell our children to the tales of love and tragedy we find in graphic novels and Shakespearean literature, it seems we can’t get enough. There have long been anecdotal accounts of the magic of story-telling. From the wondrous to the grotesque, history has shown us...
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June 10th, 2012 ·NN·Blog, Neuropsychology, Psychology·Comment Off
Magic We’ve all heard the hype. From its pulpit, our modern day messiah, neuroscience, promises to deliver us the untold mysteries of the mind. And perhaps one day it will. But for the thousands of us who are on the edges of our seats in anticipation, a little reality check may be in order. Enter
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