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The Psychological & Neuroscientific musings of sandygautam.
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Why, Mr. Anderson, why, why do you persist?
Regular readers of this blog will be aware of my fascination with Carol Dweck and her entity versus incremental theory of intelligence/ability that I have blogged about extensively in the past. To recap, people (children usually in her studies) ca...
Why belief in free will is important: its pro-social and moral implications
I recently stumbled upon the Psychology Today blog of Roy F Baumeiester and went through some lively blog posts that were exchanged between him and other PT bloggers especially John Bargh on the issue of free will. Thoise exchang...
Perceived age as a bio-marker of ageing
Do you look younger than your age? If so you have reasons to cheer! According to a new study as per Kaare et al, the perceived age is directly related to the actual ageing and inversely related to your telomere length. It is well est...
Encephalon #79: the year-end edition!
Answer this honestly: 1. Do you feel preoccupied with the encephalon (think about previous editions or anticipate next edition)? 2. Do you feel the need to read the encephalon with increasing number of contributions in order to achieve satisfaction?...
Encephalon-79: Call for submissions
The Mouse Trap will be hosting Encephalon, the premier brain and mind carnival for all things related to psychology/neuosceince on 7th December i.e. upcoming Monday. Do send in your submissions to encephalon[DOT]host[AT]gmail[DOT]com or directly to m...
Autism and Schizophrenia: proof from comparative genomics
Image via Wikipedia I have blogged extensively about the Autism and Schizophrenia as opposites on a continuum theory. I remember first putting this theory in words in an article 3 yrs back on the mouse trap titled Autism and Schizophrenia: th...

