Cognoculture http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/cognoculture At the intersection of folk wisdom and cognitive science, Cognoculture dispels myths while delving into the exciting and limitless potential of current mind research, without brainwashing. On the origin of thoughts (and fly swatting) http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/cognoculture/on_the_origin_of_thoughts Thursday 26 th July saw the launch of SciLogs.com , a new English language s... Wed, 01 Aug 2012 10:08:36 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/cognoculture/on_the_origin_of_thoughts 2012-08-01T10:08:36Z Overheard at SciBarCamb http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/cognoculture/overheard_at_scibarcamb SciBarCamb is wonderful. A small, open science ‘unconference' in Cambridge, it'... Wed, 30 May 2012 21:47:15 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/cognoculture/overheard_at_scibarcamb 2012-05-30T21:47:15Z Molecular structure ain't nothing but a thing http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/cognoculture/molecular_structure_aint_nothing_but I've just discovered Reggie Watts' performance at PopTech 2011. Inspires an odd ... Mon, 07 May 2012 10:34:14 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/cognoculture/molecular_structure_aint_nothing_but 2012-05-07T10:34:14Z The unbearable heaviness of (not) blogging – or, the 'Khalil Effect’ http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/cognoculture/the_unbearable_heaviness_of_not For my friend Khalil - community manager of community managers, consistent blogg... Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:50:37 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/cognoculture/the_unbearable_heaviness_of_not 2012-04-10T21:50:37Z On cognitive palaeontology and the infamous 'spotted' horse http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/cognoculture/on_cognitive_palaeontology_and_the So I wrote an article last week on the (now notorious) discovery that a certain ... Fri, 11 Nov 2011 17:38:52 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/cognoculture/on_cognitive_palaeontology_and_the 2011-11-11T17:38:52Z School smart: IQ and the teenage brain http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/cognoculture/the_trouble_with_iq A story that made the rounds this week (I wrote about it for COSMOS, but it we... Sun, 23 Oct 2011 18:58:46 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/cognoculture/the_trouble_with_iq 2011-10-23T18:58:46Z Marc Hauser and the freedom of science http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/cognoculture/marc_hauser_and_the_freedom Perhaps the biggest controversy in cognitive science is more personal than acade... Wed, 24 Aug 2011 14:02:13 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/cognoculture/marc_hauser_and_the_freedom 2011-08-24T14:02:13Z Riot redux: Stephen Reicher Q&A http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/cognoculture/riot_redux_stephen_reicher_qa So, last week, I wrote a little piece for Scientific American on the abuse of ... Sun, 21 Aug 2011 21:48:37 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/cognoculture/riot_redux_stephen_reicher_qa 2011-08-21T21:48:37Z Encephalon #88: Questions, questions http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/cognoculture/encephalon_88_questions_questions A good blog, I find, often asks more questions than it answers. That trend is st... Fri, 01 Jul 2011 00:17:57 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/cognoculture/encephalon_88_questions_questions 2011-07-01T00:17:57Z The less human humans?: Recursion, songbirds and the limits of language http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/cognoculture/the_less_human_humans_recursion Brains sell magazines, mathematical linguistics sells caffeine. That basical... Thu, 30 Jun 2011 22:53:11 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/cognoculture/the_less_human_humans_recursion 2011-06-30T22:53:11Z Encephalon! Carnivals! http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/cognoculture/encephalon_carnivals Ah, it's good to be back. (Though I suspect Khalil Cassimally, our dear blog man... Tue, 14 Jun 2011 14:52:35 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/cognoculture/encephalon_carnivals 2011-06-14T14:52:35Z Gone fishin' (for a degree) http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/cognoculture/gone_fishin_for_a_degree Welcome to CC! I'm off fishing, by which I mean trying to finish a thesis / degr... Tue, 26 Apr 2011 16:32:14 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/cognoculture/gone_fishin_for_a_degree 2011-04-26T16:32:14Z The evolution of loss http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/cognoculture/the_evolution_of_loss Fascinating study out this week that has been making rounds in the press. This i... Fri, 11 Mar 2011 23:34:10 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/cognoculture/the_evolution_of_loss 2011-03-11T23:34:10Z A more perfect science: Jon Haidt and our Tribal Moral Community http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/cognoculture/a_more_perfect_science_jon Studying human behaviour is complicated (e.g. trying to explain the above phot... Sun, 20 Feb 2011 17:07:38 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/cognoculture/a_more_perfect_science_jon 2011-02-20T17:07:38Z Testosterone and human aggression (or why it's time to give your gonads some credit) http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/cognoculture/testosterone_and_human_aggression_or_180520 "The world needs less testosterone." I can't begin to count how many times I've... Sat, 22 Jan 2011 21:38:09 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/cognoculture/testosterone_and_human_aggression_or_180520 2011-01-22T21:38:09Z Getting weird (and saying hallo!) http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/cognoculture/getting_weird_and_saying_hallo Hallo von der Schweiz! Spending some time in the Alps and I figured there's not ... Tue, 11 Jan 2011 14:57:19 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/cognoculture/getting_weird_and_saying_hallo 2011-01-11T14:57:19Z Welcome, Cognoculture! http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/cognoculture/welcome_cognoculture Nature Education welcomes Taylor Burns to the Scitable Blogopshere, with his deb... Wed, 22 Dec 2010 15:46:52 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/cognoculture/welcome_cognoculture 2010-12-22T15:46:52Z