April 2010
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Crime stats don't support Arizona law →
trecs:
High levels of illegal immigration and crimes committed by unauthorized immigrants are among the key rationales cited by some supporters of a tough new immigration law in Arizona.
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sounds like we’re all having a rough...
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“A new phrase has entered the criminological lexicon: the “CSI effect” after...”
– Forensic science: The “CSI effect” | The Economist (via greguti)
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Post-Traumatic Stress and Elephants in Captivity
“Given the social and neurobiological similarities between species, it is no surprise that both humans and elephants experience PTSD. (…) Unlike natural disturbances elephants may experience in the wild, captivity disallows any hope of escape. Importantly, elephants in most captive situations lack the cohesive communities in which they live and interact naturally which help them cope...
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SO... remember
this? As of today, I have my first covert assignment related to this endeavor…I don’t think I can say anymore until its done. But what is my life where this happens? I’ll have pics and info next week.
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news of non-violent offenders clogging state...
“Pennsylvania has more than 400 inmates sentenced as juveniles to life without parole, a number more than in any other state. Why? In 1979 a referendum requiring a unanimous decision rather than a majority of the five members of the Parole Board increased the life-without-parole population. This ruling has resulted in some nonviolent inmates incarcerated for decades at a cost of millions.
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Mind over Meds →
bobbycalderwood:
Fantastic memoir of a Psychopharmacologist turned doctor. The type of integrated treatment he proposes is a good step for Psychology, and for medicine.
“in the first half of the 20th century, American psychiatry was virtually ‘brainless.’ … In the second half of the 20th century, psychiatry became virtually ‘mindless.’
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Roots of Resilience Located In Specific Brain...
“As for practical implications of their findings (…) Perceived control, or coping more generally, can buffer individuals against the negative impact of stress, and enhancement of ventral medial prefrontal cortex inhibition control over limbic and brainstem stress-responsive structures may be an important mediating ...
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Dreams 'can help with learning' →
projnex:
“They found people who dream about a new task perform it better on waking than those who do not sleep or do not dream.”
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Web Economy Bullshit Generator. →
(via thisistheglamorous)
heh.
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bjornin asked: what are you waiting for?
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“Waiting is the worst.”
– Psydoctor8, now. Calgon Gin, take me away.
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“When the U.S. Supreme Court denied Charles Dean Hood’s appeal last week, it was...”
– You should read this, a really nice bit from Dahlia Lithwick (via newsweek)
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today:
called an elephant rescue in TN for an elephant I know that needs rescuing in NY. Check.
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tonight:
lifting weights. heavy ones, not girlie ones. over and over. ill sweat it out ‘till im sore and out of breath cursing at imaginary people, and feel amazing since that’s what all you gym people never shut up about.
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Cat Brain: A Step Toward The Electronic Equivalent →
(via monkeyfrog)
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What is the memory capacity of the human brain? Is... →
houseofmind:
Coming from a computer science background, I must say that it is an interesting question. The comments section is highly recommended.
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"Most neurons are formed some distance from where...
…metaphors.
Source: Regulation and function of neuronal replacement in the avian song system. CAROLYN PYTTE, et al (via)
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Do we really need internet ads for finding talented artists or illustrator for our ms-13 tattoos? really? We need help with that now?
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What Alcohol Does to Your Mind: Attentional Myopia →
This is a whispery post since I’ll be having this condition today and throughout the weekend. Whiskey in my hazelnut coffee? Check. “The alcohol myopia model says that drink makes our attentional system short-sighted and the more we drink, the more short-sighted it becomes. With more alcohol our brains become less and less able to process peripheral cues and more focused on what is...
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“Tent City in New Jersey Could Be Closed this Week
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — A...”
– http://www.wcbs880.com/pages/6803366.php?contentType=4&contentId=5923916 (via webbo)
conceding i don’t know the full story here, but anytime a “community developer” wants to close something like this down without first proposing possible ways to improve conditions is...
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The ever-growing sex offender registry...a case of... →
Have states gone too far in categorizing criminals as sex offenders? Already, the number of registered sex offenders is growing quickly, and it will only keep rising as more states comply with the federal Adam Walsh Act. That law requires all states to make false imprisonment a sex offense, as Georgia and Wisconsin already do, by July. The Adam Walsh Act also requires the states to post more...
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Inmate on death row for nearly 30 years →
Howard, now 61, remains incarcerated at Ely State Prison. Nevada provides him free room, board and medical care, even flying him by helicopter to University Medical Center in Las Vegas when he slipped into a coma in 1991. Howard is one of 80 male prisoners on death row at the Ely prison. Twenty-nine of them were given death sentences before 1990. Seven have been on death row longer than Howard.
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How Excessive Prosecutor Caseloads Harm Criminal... →
The title of this post is the title of this interesting-looking new piece on SSRN from Adam Gershowitz and Laura Killinger. Here is the abstract:
Although dozens of scholars have documented the appalling underfunding of indigent defense in the United States, virtually no attention has been paid to the overburdening of prosecutors. In many large jurisdictions, prosecutors handle caseloads that...
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Measuring the Suicidal Mind →
These results suggest that an implicit association between death/ suicide and self may be a behavioral marker for suicide attempt. These findings also indicate that measures of implicit cognition may be useful for identifying and predicting clinical behaviors that tend not be reported.
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Scientists using psychedelics as "existential... →
simloovoo:
via wildcat
“Scientists are taking a new look at hallucinogens, which became taboo among regulators after enthusiasts like Timothy Leary promoted them in the 1960s with the slogan “Turn on, tune in, drop out.” Now, using rigorous protocols and safeguards, scientists have won permission to study once again the drugs’ potential for treating mental problems and illuminating the...
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A Psychologist Steeped in Treatment of Sexually... →
scipsy:
Senza commenti, e ce ne sarebbero.
“It was a surprise for me to see how many psychopaths I met in the priesthood,” Dr. Lothstein said. “Glib, callous, could say anything to you and be charming.” He adds, “I had predicted 15 years ago that this would go up to the pope.
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Special Seminar: Interested? I'll be there.
From the Division of Law, Ethics, and Psychiatry- Columbia University Medical Center
Topic: Sex Offender Residence Restrictions: Findings from Survey and Spatial Analyses
Where: New York State Psychiatric Institute
what: … focuses broadly on establishing empirical evidence for use in sex offender policy and sexual violence prevention. ….sex offender treatment, civil commitment, and...
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counterforce:
tylercoates:
Malcolm McLaren -...
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Group Project...
bibeduck:
cheaperthanacupofjoe:
Engineering Major: Ok, lets figure out how to make this happen.
Science Major: But first we need to know why this happened.
Business Major: Guys, we have a deadline… lets just make this happen!
Psychology Major: Everybody calm down… what just happened??
Liberal Arts Major: Does anybody want coffee?
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Why Do We Dream?
Begin with: the “Freudian view that we dream as a result of our subconscious desires, and that dreams have hidden meanings.” oh, everything must mean something!
Then: “dreams are essentially side-effects of brain activation.” Residuals/left over buzz more or less.
Then moving on to dreams as a creative filter: “Dreams are simply a result of the...
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The Small Penis Rule
geekhideout:
The “small penis rule” is an informal strategy used by authors to evade libel lawsuits. It turns out that:
The small penis rule was referenced in a 2006 dispute between Michael Crowley and Michael Crichton. Crowley alleged that after he wrote an unflattering review of Crichton’s novel State of Fear, Crichton libeled him by including a character named “Mick Crowley” in the...
