Moonlit Minds

Political rhetoric divides Danes and immigrants http://tinyurl.com/bjugpn – research made at last – “better late than never” #feedly

Online Research: Zotero Moves Into the Cloud [feedly] via ReadWriteWeb

Time to give it a try once again…?

Is difficult better? Study reveals we tend to ignore simple items while pursuing goals

Also from the article: “The authors suggest that when we have goals, we need to be careful as we consider just how useful certain actions and products will be in helping us meet those goals – and that difficult is not necessarily better.” – this explains lots of failures, doesn’t it?

How we think before we speak: Making sense of sentences

Important research result – especially for people teaching/learning languages and communication experts!

The Psychologist on stigma, statistics and S&M

Splendid comment to yesterday’s news on social media increasing social isolation. Showing how you can make “news” out of everything by changing data or choosing the one to expose… As @SignalPatterns commented on Twitter: “Many people cling to correlations and neglect causality”. And the result is: “as if” science

Secrets of Truly Effective Affirmation Techniques http://ff.im/-18VLn
From the article: “The affirmation must be believable to the subconscious mind.” – and that is why they usually fail… Good article. Saved as note to myself