Minding Psychology: A Weekly Update - May 30

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Rejoinder to Gary Guttings Doubts about the Behavioral Sciences

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Gary Gutting, Professor of Philosophy at Notre Dame, published an opinion piece on the New York Times Opinionator pages. In it he spoke of the “severely limited reliability of social scientific results” and asserted that “While the physical sciences produce many detailed and precise predictions, the social sciences do not.”

If Dr. Gutting’s assessment of the behavioral sciences were accurate, it would mean that there is little hope for society. If it is impossible, as he speculates, to rigorously investigate the factors that influence human behavior, we shall never evolve a society that has less conflict, crime, academic failure, depression, suicide, drug abuse, teenage pregnancy, marital conflict, or obesity. Physical and biological science will continue to produce a steady stream of findings and technologies, but we will continue to cope with these evolving and sometimes harmful developments with no greater capacity to influence behavioral and cultural developments than was true three hundred years ago.

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New Study Demystifies Neuroscience's Most Celebrated Case

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It’s easy enough to understand the ghastly accident that befell poor Phineas Gage in Cavendish, Vermont on Sept. 13, 1848: the 25-year-old railroad worker was using an iron rod to tamp down blasting powder when the stuff exploded, sending the 43-inch-long, 13-pound rod through his left cheek and out the top of his head.

What’s not so easy to understand is why Gage survived the accident—or the precise reason for the dramatic change in his personality afterward.

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Contact sports may reduce learning in some college athletes, study finds

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A new study published in the American Academy of Neurology has revealed that impacts to the head during contact sports like football and hockey may lead some athletes to experience a decrease in their abilities to remember things or acquire new information…

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Mental health slashed by budget cuts - Murdoch Independent

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The service provides Australians with serious yet all too common mental health issues such as depression and anxiety access to a certain amount of subsidized counseling or psychology sessions each year.

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Masters in Clinical Psychology

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Find out more about masters in clinical psychology online programs, locate suitable university online degree programs, learn about the work of a clinical psychologist, and more …

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Psychotherapy’s Fifth Wave

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Psychotherapy is on the cusp of a new revolution, one that will result in the effective combination of the major perspectives into a coherent whole, anchored to…

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Leadership Psychology Degree Programs

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Find out more about taking leadership psychology degrees online and on campus, locating suitable university programs, what the prospects are, and more …

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Studying Psychology Programs Online

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If you want to work in a job using psychology and are looking for psychology programs online, then this page will help you to find out more and to locate suitable university online psychology degree programs.

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Do iPods Teach Children Anything?

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No more plopping preschoolers in front of videos to “zone out.” With the emergence of touchscreen tablets and e-readers, screen time has become interactive—and thus less guilt-inducing for parents who need a short break.

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