I think I’ll keep this one light today. I had a few ideas I was working on, but this seems easy. I’ve recently started a second blog – ilikeclouds. I’ll give some back story before I get to the related science. About a year ago I started to think – what about clouds? Not a [...]... Ikegaya, H., & Suganami, H. (2008) Correlation between Climate and Crime in Ea
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July 12, 2010
July 3, 2010
Could a brain parasite be responsible for everything?
Slate has a tongue-in-cheek article making the case that national levels of infection with the toxoplasma gondii parasite could be responsible for World Cup success.It's timely because the parasite has most recently been discussed in the press due to a new study that found a correlation between infection rates and national IQ levels. However, it's previously been linked (again, correlated) with a
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March 2, 2010
Is this why atheists are, on average, more intelligent?
There's a new paper out by Satoshi Kanazawa which is causing a bit of a stir. You might have seen something about it already - I'm a little behind the curve on this one, but on the plus side I have actually read the paper, unlike many other pundits!What's got people talking is the correlation between atheism and intelligence, although that isn't what the paper is actually about. It's already pret
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January 28, 2010
Music in speech equals empathy in heart?
Brain circuits involved in prosody seem to operate on a mirror neuron system, according to neuroscientists. A new study also finds correlation between empathy and prosodic ability.
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January 22, 2010
Early risers are more proactive than evening people
I've always envied early risers, those who spring out of bed at the crack of dawn, ready, it seems, to take on the world. Of course their early vitality could be short-lived. Morning friskiness gives the impression of a positive nature but are 'larks' really more proactive people than 'owls'?Yes, according to Christoph Randler who surveyed 367 student participants and found a correlation between
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Actually, maybe economists did prove money can buy happiness…
A little while ago, I wrote a post about an article in Science about the relationship between “objective” measurements of “quality of life” and subjective measurements of “life-satisfaction”. The article found a very high correlation between these measurements leading the authors to claim that there was now “objective verification” of the subjective
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January 21, 2010
School Burnout Among Adolescents Shows Correlation With Parental Work Burnout
Recent research indicates that school burnout among adolescents is shared with parental work burnout. Children of parents suffering from burnout are more likely than others to experience school burnout. Funding from the Academy of Finland has supported the first ever scientific study into the associations between adolescents' and parents' burnout...
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November 19, 2009
A Challenge To Autism Researchers
Autism research. Having a vested interest, I watch it closely. But looking at the latest batch of "newsworthy" releases -- I find myself frustrated. Is this the best we can do? The latest to get the lion's share of attention, is the Kennedy Krieger Institute study documented in the latest issue of Neurology, which tells us that there is a correlation between autism spectrum diso
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August 24, 2009
Correlation (even multivariate analysis) is not causation
I’ve been reviewing some of my PhD proposal (it has to be submitted by the end of this week), and considering the topic of coping. Coping refers to ‘the strategies people use to manage pain andits impact.’ It is one of the two main topics researched in psychological contributions to the pain experience, with the [...]... Jensen, M. (2009) Research on coping with chroni
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