A psychology experiment for you to do: FIRST, watch this (approximately ten-minute-long) video, about which BoingBoing says “India’s most expensive movie yields most astonishingly violent and demented action-scene in cinematic history”: THEN, ask yourself “Did you see the gorilla?” [If that seems a nonsense question, then see the Dan Simons / Chris Chabris experiment. Then […]
Tag: Psychology
Politicians’ Christmas Lottery Windfall
Christmas randomness can pay off for politicians, implies this new study: “Politicians’ Luck of the Draw: Evidence from the Spanish Christmas Lottery,” Manuel Bagues and Berta Esteve-Volart, FEDEA Working Paper #2011/01, January 2011. The authors, at Universidad Carlos III and FEDEA, Madrid, Spain and at York University, Toronto, Canada, explain: “It is well known that […]
Anything Causes Everything (Depressing)
Today’s classroom exercise: Decide whether the technique used in this study can be used to prove that any particular thing can cause any other particular thing: “Inflammation, Sanitation, and Consternation — Loss of Contact With Coevolved, Tolerogenic Microorganisms and the Pathophysiology and Treatment of Major Depression,” AUTHORS: Charles L. Raison, MD; Christopher A. Lowry, PhD; […]
Esoterica: A Loyal Look at Allegiance
This week’s Esoteric Psychotherapy Paper of the Week is: “Allegiance effects in psychotherapy research: A constructivist approach,” Luis Botella and Diana Beriain, European Journal of Psychotherapy & Counselling, Volume 12, Issue 1 March 2010 , pages 55-64, The authors, at Ramon Llull University, Barcelona, Spain, explain: “This paper examines the concept of allegiance effects in […]