Monthly Archives: March 2010
‘The Male Brain’ Shows the Problem with Many Pop Science Books–They Lack Science
A few years ago I read Louann Brizendine’s book, “The Female Brain”, and marveled at her ability to take weak correlations and turn them into impressively scientific-sounding “facts.” This really is a talent, I think, though not one that has … Continue reading
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When You Expect Rapid Feedback, the Fire to Perform Gets Hotter
Let’s say that you’re preparing for an extremely important test that you and roughly 100 other classmates will be taking in a week. A few days before the test, you find out that your instructor will be going on a … Continue reading
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David DiSalvo is a science, technology and culture writer whose work appears in Scientific American Mind, Psychology Today and a variety of other places.
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