MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'dominance'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:22:09 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4470451&cid=t_151666_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F02%2F12%2Fare-we-rational-animals-part-2%2F This is the second in a two-part discussion about human rationality. Click to read Part 1, Are We Rational Animals?. Intelligence as a predictor of rationality Some may be surprised to learn that high levels of intelligence do not necessarily indicate high levels of rationality.  In fact, some people may rank high in intelligence while low in rationality.  There is more to sound thinking than intelligence. Below is a list of rational thinking tasks and their association with cognitive ability/intelligence from Stanovich (2010, p.221). Tasks that fail to show associations with cognitive ability Noncausal base-rate usage (Stanovich & West, 1998c, 1999, 2008) Conjunction fallacy between subjects (Stanovich & West, 2008) Framing between subjects (Stanovich & West, 2008) Anchori... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4470451 Sat, 12 Feb 2011 16:44:23 +0100 4470451 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4074163&cid=t_151666_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F10%2F14%2Fjim-sidanius-terror-intergroup-violence-and-the-law-%25e2%2580%259d%2F In his fascinating presentation at Harvard Law School on September 12, 2010, Professor Sidanius discussed ways in which the legal system has been, and continues to be, used as a means to effectuate intergroup violence, particularly through the criminal justice system.  Here is a video of that that talk [Duration: 54:10]. Professor Sidanius, a Harvard University professor in the departments of Psychology and African and African American Studies, focuses his research on the political psychology of gender, group conflict, and institutional discrimination, as well as the evolutionary psychology of intergroup prejudice. He runs the Sidanius Lab in Intergroup Relations, which conducts research regarding intergroup relations, social inequality, hierarchy, stereotyping, ideology, and prejudice.... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4074163 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 05:21:42 +0100 4074163 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3056889&cid=t_151666_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FRecoveryIsSexycom%2F%7E3%2F2gZ4PfCXW64%2F This study is published in the December 2008 issue of Personal Relationships. Source: Blackwell Publishing Related Reading: Share/Save (Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com) Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3056889 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:12:27 +0100 3056889 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2390103&cid=t_151666_122_f&fid=35065&url=http%3A%2F%2Feideneurolearningblog.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F05%2Ffeeling-learning-and-brain-why-lefties.html We've heard it so many times..."He can only do well in a class if he likes the teacher," or "The material has to mean something to her, before she can learn it...", but the link between feeling and personal relevance, and learning and memory has never been clearer for some of these students with this latest study from Johns Hopkins:When performing an auditory word memory task, lefties (mixed dominance / left-handedness are more in dyslexics, individuals with spatial talent...), activated their emotions (amygdala) and personal relevance (left hippocampus) areas when remembering. This pattern is likely why we see such a personal (i.e. not impersonal or rote memory) preference among dyslexic students in our clinic.It explains why some students really struggle to learn in classes where they fe... Eide Neurolearning Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2390103 Mon, 04 May 2009 18:58:00 +0100 2390103 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1870667&cid=t_151666_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F10%2F12%2Fseroquel-xr-gets-additional-approvals%2F Helping to extend Seroquel’s existing reach, AstraZeneca, its maker, has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to market it as an effective treatment not only for mania associated with bipolar disorder, but also now for depressive episodes in bipolar disorder too. According to the Reuters report on the news: The green light from the Food and Drug Administration makes Seroquel XR the first medication cleared in the United States for the once-daily acute treatment of both depressive and manic episodes associated with bipolar disorder. Seroquel was first approved for the treatment of schizophrenia in 1997 by the FDA, and for manic episodes of bipolar disorder in 2004. The government-funded CATIE trials demonstrated mixed efficacy for Seroquel. Such research has c... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1870667 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:51:50 +0100 1870667 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1596262&cid=t_151666_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F07%2Fnow-nature-medicine-admits-us-not.html The RAND report demonstrating that contrary to the warnings of some among the blank check crowd, the USA is not falling behind in scinece (which I referenced here at SHS) is now the subject of a Nature Medicine editorial (no link available). Despite years of moaning that the Bush Administration is ruining science in the USA, RAND demonstrated--and Nature Medicine admits--that the USA remains the world's leader in scientific research. From the editorial: Threats to the US scientific dominance notwithstanding,the authors of the RAND report are right in concluding that a changing of the guard is not imminent. As they remind us,to perform well in science and technology, a country needs at least three elements to be in place--infrastructure, workforce and education. Decades of investment have l... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1596262 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:39:00 +0100 1596262 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1001778&cid=t_151666_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F179181704%2Fleft_handers_brains_are_less_p.html  Debate still rattles about the capabilities of that 10 percent of the population --  left-handers. From being forced to change dominance at school, to worries about their creative capabilities … left-handers differ in ways that remained a mystery. How so? Researcher Clyde Francks of Oxford University is helping to crack a few new codes … using modern technology … to explain how left handed brains differs. Left-handedness links to neurodevelopmental disorders, according to Daniel Geschwind, at UCLA expert.  Autism and schizophrenia tend toward left-handedness, and so too do mental strengths. More MIT professors and musicians and architects, tend to be left-handed and research has begun to show why.It seems that left-handed people’s brain  deve... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1001778 Sat, 03 Nov 2007 13:23:08 +0100 1001778 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=941976&cid=t_151666_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F168099798%2Fone_eyed_golf_brainiac.html Fix on the flag with your dominant eye – and watch the ball fly straight to the pin. That’s how the one-eyed-golf-brainiac does it anyway. Are you one? If not ... try this competitive edge golfer technique.  You'll likeley win your next match, and become the next one-eyed brainiac golfer all in the same round.  How so? 1. First ... point directly to the flag while you stand on the first tee. 2. Then ... with your pointer finger still targeted … cover your right eye. Open your eyes. Is your finger still pointing directly to the flag?3. Now ... cover your left eye, without moving your pointer finger. Is the flag direction still in line perfectly with your finger's pointed direction? 4. Finally ... whichever finger is still di... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=941976 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 21:38:02 +0100 941976 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=568307&cid=t_151666_122_f&fid=35065&url=http%3A%2F%2Feideneurolearningblog.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Fbenefits-of-mixed-dominancelefties.html If you are frustrated by what's not easier to do with mixed-dominance, then read on- In a recent study by Australian researchers, lefties and dyslexic subjects were found to be faster at interhemispheric transfer than more conventional right-handed controls. Although it seems to be a right-handed world (90%), people with quicker interhemispheric connections are over-represented among the mathematically gifted and they tend to perform more quickly and accurately in demanding and complex tasks. In the figure at right, BDA corresponds to "Bilateral Distribution Advantage". So the idea is that although "L-brain" folks may be better at simpler visual or motor response activities, when visually demanding tasks are given (challenging both hemispheres simultaneously), the mixed-dominance folks win... Eide Neurolearning Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=568307 Wed, 25 Apr 2007 07:01:00 +0100 568307 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=556192&cid=t_151666_122_f&fid=35065&url=http%3A%2F%2Feideneurolearningblog.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Frecovering-lost-literature-on-dyslexia.html In this study, Dr. Denckla tested dyslexic children (and followed them over time) on a map-walking test that involved drawing a similar pathway as one outlined in dots on a floor. "The younger dyslexic children, that is children below the age of 10 years...had the worst performance of hte three groups, as measured by walking these routes correctly. A startling "late blooming" effect, however, shone forth in the data on children over 10 years old. The teenaged dyslexic group, and in particular the familial dyslexic adolescents demonstrated superior (my italics added) performance on this test, averaging better scores than the nondsylexic, otherwise learning-disabled and normal groups. What could these results possibly mean, and what do they have to do with the history of good athletic abilit... Eide Neurolearning Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=556192 Fri, 20 Apr 2007 07:03:00 +0100 556192