Thoughts about Freakonomics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freakonomics Freakonomics expanded In general, this book is not so bad. But it is not so good either. Light nonfiction reading. I didnt read it for any particular reason other…
Big Five’s Openness to Experience and declicious correlations (yummy!)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Openness_to_experience Lots of interesting correlations! “Intelligence and knowledge Openness correlates with intelligence, correlation coefficients ranging from about r = .30 to r = .45.[11] Openness is moderately associated with crystallized…
Wiki quotes 01-07-2012
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_von_Neumann#Cognitive_and_mnemonic_abilities Cognitive and mnemonic abilities Von Neumann's ability to instantaneously perform complex operations in his head stunned other mathematicians.[67] Eugene Wigner wrote that, seeing von Neumann's mind at work, "one…
So.. i stumbled upen some random feminist study… and decided to take a closer look
Media coverage of study: http://www.b.dk/viden/muskuloese-maend-er-mere-sexistiske (danish) http://videnskab.dk/kort-nyt/muskulose-maend-er-mere-sexistiske (danish) http://www.livescience.com/21172-men-sexist-attitudes-muscles.html First, ill whine about the media. Was sort of difficult to find the actual study. None of them linked…
Some random things that i read recently+thoughts
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-rt-brazil-prisonreadingl2e8hp75l-20120625,0,7694158.story This is an interesting idea. - http://news.yahoo.com/math-anxiety-school-scientists-too-190128180--abc-news-tech.html http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/06/22/1205259109 Not surprised. Surely, there is a similar aversion among filosofy students at my university to logic, since its the formal near-equivalent…
More Wikipedia stuff+more
Wikipedia links of interest http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snuff_film A snuff film is a motion picture genre that depicts the actual murder of a person or people, without the aid of special effects, for…
Thoughts about “Why night owls are more intelligent”
Why night owls are more intelligent, Personality and Individual Differences 47 (2009) 685–690. Abstract: The origin of values and preferences is an unresolved theoretical problem in social and behavioral sci-…
Study: Simpler writing associated with judged intelligence and quality
Consequences of erudite vernacular utilized irrespective of necessity: problems with using long words needlessly, Applied Cognitive Psychology, Volume 20, Issue 2, pages 139–156, March 2006 Abstract: Most texts on writing…
Suggested reading material about intelligence research for newcomers
This post is mainly meant to be used as a thing that I can copypaste when I need to. I'm tired of having to find the same links over and…
Personality psychology, five factor model and online tests
Since hearing about the five factor model (FFM), i have had an interest in personality psychology. I'm very happy that someone has invented a proper test so that we can…