Regular readers know that that Peter and I do a semi-regular podcast on obesity-related issues. This week, I have a discussion with psychology researcher (and fellow ScienceBlogger) Jason Goldman. For the uninitiated, self-report data refers to information that people provide themselves - questionnaires and interviews are very common examples. This is in contrast to direct measurement, which i
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June 14, 2010
Self-report vs direct measures - new podcast!
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February 23, 2010
New podcast: obsessive-compulsive disorder, definitions and treatments
by Joye C. Anestis The latest podcast from behaviortherapist.com discusses obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Dr. Jonathan Abramowitz, a preeminent researcher in the OCD field, discusses multiple topics related to OCD, including: What is OCD? Descriptions of the disorder in general, as...
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December 31, 2009
Some new podcasts to check out
by Joye C. Anestis We're always looking for good mental health podcasts...and BehaviorTherapist.com has one of our favorites. I've written before about their podcast on current issues in addiction treatment. Here are three more that you might enjoy: An interview...
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December 1, 2009
Should You Pray with Your Patient? . . . A Reader Responds
I recently listened to Dr Geppert's podcast, Should You Pray with Your Patient . . . very interesting and helpful information. My Christian faith has always been based on spirituality, not necessarily theology; hopefully, limiting my bias to alternate faith beliefs.
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November 26, 2009
NeuroPod covers the best of SfN
Don't miss a special edition of the Nature NeuroPod podcast which is dedicated to highlights from the recent Society for Neuroscience annual gathering of the tribes which took place in Chicago in October.The discussion looks at the big themes in this year's conference, including optogenetics - the use of light stimulation to alter gene expression with millisecond precision, society and neuroethic
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October 9, 2009
NeuroPod on learning in coma-like states
The latest Nature NeuroPod podcast has just been released and covers the use of the hot new genetics technique genome-wide association studies in neuroscience, sections on colour-blindness and stroke, and a recent study on learning in patients in coma-like states.The discussion of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) is interesting in light of some headline studies that have come along recently
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October 6, 2009
Blink outside the box
RadioLab has a brilliant short podcast on the psychological role of blinks, based on a study that found that when watching a film our blinks are remarkably synchronised.The programme dispels the myth that blinking serves only to keep our eyes wet as apparently studies have shown that we don't blink any more or less in different humidities.Instead, it explores a fascinating new study that found th
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August 31, 2009
The automated phrenologist
I've just discovered the excellent This Week in the History of Psychology podcast series which has a particularly good episode on the 'psycograph', an automated phrenology device created in 1905.The idea is that it would 'read' the bumps on your head by the use of mechanical plungers and it would then print a profile of your 'character' in a matter of seconds.There's a remarkable amount of inform
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