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Can We Blame Our Bad Behavior on Stone-Age Genes? | Newsweek Culture | Newsweek.com

"A Natural History of Rape: Biological Bases of Sexual Coercion", argues that rape is an adaptation, a trait encoded by genes that confers an advantage on anyone who possesses them. Back in the late Pleistocene epoch 100,000 years ago men who carried rape genes had a reproductive and evolutionary edge over men who did not: they sired children not only with willing mates, but also with unwilling ones.

by stargaming 2009-07-31 07:23 biology · psychology

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Humans time blinks so they don't miss information - Telegraph

Humans subconsciously time their blinks so not to miss useful information.

by stargaming 2009-07-29 16:31 psychology · biology

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Brain represents tools as temporary body parts, study confirms | Science Blog

Researchers have what they say is the first direct proof of a very old idea: that when we use a tool -- even for just a few minutes -- it changes the way our brain represents the size of our body.

by stargaming 2009-06-27 06:09 psychology

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Bad Memories § SEEDMAGAZINE.COM

Eyewitness testimony is both fallible and irreplaceable. How can we know when to trust it?

by stargaming 2009-06-18 09:56 psychology · law

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Yes! 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive « alex.moskalyuk

50 scientifically proven ways constitute 50 chapters of the book, longest of which take 7 pages. The authors take the position that persuasion is a science, not art, hence with the right approach anybody can become the master in the skill of persuasion. So, what are the 50 ways?

by stargaming 2009-06-11 00:56 psychology

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Animals can tell right from wrong - Telegraph

Scientists studying animal behaviour believe they have growing evidence that species ranging from mice to primates are governed by moral codes of conduct in the same way as humans.

by stargaming 2009-05-29 00:20 psychology

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/5373379/Animals-can-tell-right-from-wrong.html - cached - mail it - history

Habitat Chronicles: Smart people can rationalize anything

For one thing, smart people tend to systematically overestimate the value of being smart. In fact, it is really valuable, but they still tend to weight it too heavily compared to other virtues you might also value, such as consistency, focus, attentiveness to the emotional needs of your customers, and so on. One of the problems with really smart people is that they can talk themselves into anything. And often they can talk you into it with them.

by stargaming 2009-05-24 15:24 psychology

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Hacker News | Meditation: Why Bother?

Meditation is a chance for you to stop reacting to everything around you, stop reacting to the animal impulses that keep floating up in your mind, and just see the world and your mind for what they are.

by stargaming 2009-05-21 11:43 psychology

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Study: Potential criminals deterred by longer sentences

Deterrence is often a stated goal of criminal sentencing guidelines, but there is debate about whether the threat of punishment actually discourages people from committing crimes.

by stargaming 2009-05-19 07:48 law · psychology

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Judging Honesty by Words, Not Fidgets - NYTimes.com

Before any interrogation, before the two-way mirrors or bargaining or good-cop, bad-cop routines, police officers investigating a crime have to make a very tricky determination: Is the person I’m interviewing being honest, or spinning fairy tales?

by stargaming 2009-05-16 09:58 psychology

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