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…
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…
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…
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…
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-…
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…
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…
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…
I recently read this article. Not sure how i found it. Perhaps when doing some research on super-high IQ people (e.g. Christopher Langan who is mentioned in the article). While…
One wud expect a small to moderate positive correlation, but it is simply not that simple. Abstract Although it is widely acknowledged that chess is the best example of an…