geneticist:

The effects of meth on the human brain

that is so nasty.

“The social psychology of this century reveals a major lesson: often it is not so much the kind of person a man is as the kind of situation in which he finds himself that determines how he will act.” –Stanley Milgram, 1974

If a person in a position of authority ordered you to deliver a 400-volt electrical shock to another person, would you follow orders? Most people would answer this question with an adamant no, but Yale University psychologist Stanley Milgram conducted a series of obedience experiments during the 1960s that demonstrated surprising results. These experiments offer a powerful and disturbing look into the power of authority and obedience.

Introduction to the Milgram Experiment

Milgram started his experiments in 1961, shortly after the trial of the World War II criminal Adolph Eichmann had begun. Eichmann’s defense that he was simply following instructions when he ordered the deaths of millions of Jews roused Milgram’s interest. In his 1974 book Obedience to Authority, Milgram posed the question, “Could it be that Eichmann and his million accomplices in the Holocaust were just following orders? Could we call them all accomplices?”

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Do you see people having sex? Or a bunch of dolphins? The answer depends on your age!

Freudian Theory suggests we forget “familiar things” as our minds develop…

I count 7 dolphins… haha

tolleetlege:

The Case of Clive Wearing: Anterograde & Retrograde Amnesia

this is so interesting.

this is an awesome video about split brain. it explains how it works and shows some pretty cool tests…

i love this! shows just how crazy the mind works.

Prosopagnosia, also called face blindness, is an impairment in the recognition of faces. It is often accompanied by other types of recognition impairments (place recognition, car recognition, facial expression of emotion, etc.) though sometimes it appears to be restricted to facial identity. Not surprisingly, prosopagnosia can create serious social problems. Prosopagnosics often have difficulty recognizing family members, close friends, and even themselves. They often use alternative routes to recognition, but these routes are not as effective as recognition via the face.

 http://www.faceblind.org/research/

What if we had the power to use more than just 20% of our brain, just by taking a drug….

this is the premise for the new movie, Limitless. In theaters March 18th..it looks good.