Articles et réflexions sur les sciences comportementales appliquées au management au leadership et à l'entreprise
A common complaint about wrinkle-masking Botox is that recipients have difficulty displaying emotions on their faces. That side effect might be a good thing, however, for people with treatment-resistant depression. In the first randomized, controlled...
Lire la suiteReprinted from Are We Getting Smarter? Rising IQ in the Twenty-First Century , by James R. Flynn. Copyright © 2012 James R. Flynn. Reprinted with the permission of Cambridge University Press. The phenomenon of IQ gains has created unnecessary controversy...
Lire la suiteIntroduction Have you ever been playing cards and wished you could use psychic powers to draw the card you wanted? You may not be psychic, but you can still have the power of probability on your side. In this activity you'll investigate the probabilities...
Lire la suiteHow much is too much chocolate? Desperately devouring 5 percent of one's body weight might sound extreme, but scientists tinkering with the brain chemistry of rodents have found it's certainly possible. Scientists at the University of Michigan (U.M.)...
Lire la suiteThe laughter of tiny babies is not just a phenomenally popular theme for YouTube videos, it is also a fantastic window into the workings of the human brain. You can’t laugh unless you get the joke. At the University of London's Birkbeck Babylab we study...
Lire la suiteFeeling sociable or reckless? You might have toxoplasmosis, an infection caused by the microscopic parasite Toxoplasma gondii, which the CDC estimates has infected about 22.5 percent of Americans older than 12 years old. Researchers tested participants...
Lire la suiteEmotion is a powerful driver of behavior, sometimes too powerful. Virtually everyone has had the experience of reacting in the heat of the moment only to later regret his or her words or deed. An almond-shaped structure in the center of the brain called...
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Permanent Address: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=superpowers-for-the-blind-and-deaf Super Powers for the Blind and Deaf The brain rewires itself to boost the remaining senses By Mary Bates | Tuesday, September 18, 2012 It's a bird,...
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Super Powers for the Blind and Deaf The brain rewires itself to boost the remaining senses By Mary Bates | Tuesday, September 18, 2012 It's a bird, it's a plane... Image: iStock/ Kriss Russell It's an oft-repeated idea that blind people can compensate...
Lire la suiteVoilà un article et un livre qui remettent les choses en place. Sans tomber dans l'extrème inverse et promouvoir l'introversion, laissons la sortir de l'ombre et nous autoriser à faire des alternances. Juste pour méditer sur nous et notre société http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-power-of-introverts&WT.mc_id=SA_CAT_MB_20120125...
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