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Study Demonstrates How We Support Our False Beliefs
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a study published in the most recent issue of the journal Sociological Inquiry, sociologists from four major research institutions focus on one of the most curious aspects of the 2004 presidential electi ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 21, 2009 |
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You can't trust a tortured brain: Neuroscience discredits coercive interrogation
According to a new review of neuroscientific research, coercive interrogation techniques used during the Bush administration to extract information from terrorist suspects are likely to have been unsuccessful and may have ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 21, 2009 |
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CIA's 'Enhanced Interrogation' Techniques Were Counterproductive
(PhysOrg.com) -- The author of a new report suggests the belief that harsh interrogation and torture techniques are effective is a form of folk neuroscience that is not supported by scientific evidence, and does not fit with ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 29, 2009 |
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Forget your previous conceptions about memory
Memory difficulties such as those seen in dementia may arise because the brain forms incomplete memories that are more easily confused, new research from the University of Cambridge has found. The findings are published ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 02, 2010 |
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Sydney study finds false memories are common
Memories can't be trusted and become contaminated when people discuss their memories of an event with others, according to a University of Sydney study.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 09, 2010 |
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False memories of self-performance result from watching others' actions
Did I turn off the stove, or did I just imagine it? Memory isn't always reliable. Psychological scientists have discovered all sorts of ways that false memories get created, and now there's another one for the list: watching ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 14, 2010 |
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Astronomy without a telescope - bubblology
One model of a hypothetical multiverse has, perhaps appropriately, some similarity to a glass of beer. Imagine an eternal false vacuum – that’s a bit like a fluid, though not all that much like a f ...
Jul 25, 2011 |
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New insights into how to correct false knowledge
The abundance of false information available on the Internet, in movies and on TV has created a big challenge for educators.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 07, 2012 |
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Forget everything you thought you knew about memory
Research may shed light on why dementia sufferers have memory difficulties.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 07, 2010 |
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True or false? How our brain processes negative statements
Every day we are confronted with positive and negative statements. By combining the new, incoming information with what we already know, we are usually able to figure out if the statement is true or false. Previous research ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 11, 2009 |
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Adult's gestures may prompt wrong answers from children during interviews
(PhysOrg.com) -- People who interview young children for criminal investigations and other inquiries could elicit false information through their own gestures, particularly if the child is inarticulate, research at the University ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 04, 2010 |
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Did I see what I think I saw?
Eyewitness testimony is a crucial part of many criminal trials even though research increasingly suggests that it may not be as accurate as we (and many lawyers) would like it to be. For example, if you witness a man in a ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 28, 2009 |
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Wikipedia testing new method to curb false info
(AP) -- Wikipedia says it is testing a new method for curbing false information on pages devoted to individual people.
Aug 25, 2009 |
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Do you remember what you did on March 13, 1985?
If somebody asks you "Do you remember what you did on March 13, 1985?" you are very likely to answer "I don't know", even if your memory is excellent.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 13, 2009 |
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Bad mood, better recall, researchers find
People grumbling their way through the grimness of winter have better recall than those enjoying a carefree, sunny day, Australian researchers have found.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 11, 2009 |
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