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 'gladwell'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:08:27 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4911587&cid=t_101080_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F06%2F07%2Fanthony-greenwald-on-the-psychology-of-blink%2F From ResearchChannel: [Situationist friend] Dr. Anthony Greenwald, professor of psychology at the University of Washington, describes his research developing the method (described in Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink) that reveals unconscious thought patterns that most people would rather not possess. Learn about these mental contents, as Dr. Greenwald demonstrates the method and describes how these patterns affect our behavior. From ResearchChannel: In this program from the University of Washington psychology department, MacArthur awardee Dr. Lisa Cooper, professor at John Hopkins University School of Medicine, describes her research on how patient race influences patient-physician communication and physician clinical decision making. She also includes her efforts to design interventions to... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4911587 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 04:01:43 +0100 4911587 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4622283&cid=t_101080_107_f&fid=36672&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencebase.com%2Fscience-blog%2Fsix-science-selections-4.html Map mashup reveals world’s top science cities – Combining citation data with Google Maps reveals the cities where science prospers, and those where it doesn't. 9 arguments for (against) herbal remedies – About 40% of pharmaceuticals have a herbal origin but that doesn't mean natural is all good. Here's 9 arguments often posited in support of herbal over pharma. The first one: They’re natural. (So what? Strychnine is natural.), Read on for the other 8. The long-distance shimmer – The secret to controlling an NMR spectrometer is not to let your mind wander. The mind can play tricks on even an experienced spectroscopist…Chris Blake explains the loneliness of the long-distance shimmer. Simple salt removal to get fresh water – Simple... Sciencebase Science Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4622283 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 10:00:00 +0100 4622283 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4077231&cid=t_101080_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FErcVlLhBYqE%2F By David BoazNPR reports on more doctors giving up private practices and going to work for hospitals. Hospitals think they can manage care better and get more patients, and doctors like being relieved of administrative headaches. But it isn’t a perfect solution. Reporter Jenny Gold notes one of the problems: GOLD: This isn’t the first time hospitals have gone doctor shopping. In the 1990s, hospitals bought up as many practices as possible. Dr. Bill Jessee is the president of the Medical Group Management Association. He remembers the ’90s as something of a disaster. Dr. BILL JESSEE (President, Medical Group Management Association): The first thing a lot of physicians did was took a vacation. And when they came back, they weren’t working as hard as they were before th... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4077231 Mon, 18 Oct 2010 14:47:08 +0100 4077231 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3942844&cid=t_101080_109_f&fid=34761&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedblitz.com%2F%7E%2F19297107%2F0%2Fneuromarketing%7ETop-Psych-Blogs-The-Guardian.htm Big thanks to Johnny Dee of The Guardian for listing Neuromarketing as one of the six psych blogs that made their “Internet Picks of the Week.” Others listed include Mind Hacks and Malcolm Gladwell. CommentsNice list, I'm going to add them all to my RSS feed. by Water4 FoundationCongrats on the recognition! I've been following your feed ... by Matthew P. Block (Source: Neuromarketing) Neuromarketing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3942844 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:58:47 +0100 3942844 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3772291&cid=t_101080_109_f&fid=34761&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedblitz.com%2F%7E%2F14909340%2F1lsbjl%2Fneuromarketing%7EThe-Invisible-Gorilla.htm Review: The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us, by Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons Before reading farther, watch this video if you haven’t already seen it:The Invisible Gorilla provides an interesting counterpoint to Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink. While Gladwell sought to show that our minds can perform remarkable feats of judgment, often without [...] (Source: Neuromarketing) Neuromarketing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3772291 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:54:57 +0100 3772291 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3467813&cid=t_101080_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F04%2F14%2Fsketching-a-more-realistic-portrait-of-science-in-practice%2F One of the most notable developments in the book business in the last decade or so has been the rise of the likes of Malcolm Gladwell (The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, etc.), Steven Leavitt, Stephen Dubner (Freakonomics, SuperFreakonomics), Ian Ayres (Super Crunchers), and Nicholas Taleb (Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan). All of their books are best-sellers; all of them have been embraced as business books, management books, and general interest books. For anyone trained in the sciences, this is a thrilling development, a sure sign that scientific thinking has enthralled the public. This welcome development was an inspiration for writing my new book, titled Numbers Rule Your World: The Hidden Influence of Probability and Statistics on Everything You Do (McGraw-Hill, 2010). As a lon... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3467813 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 10:02:20 +0100 3467813 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2981280&cid=t_101080_131_f&fid=34994&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gnxp.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F11%2Fgladwell-hatin.php Some red meat for readers, Malcolm Gladwell, Memes and Intellectual Honesty:Gladwell comes across as a child trying to explain why his hand was in the cookie jar. He advances a series of unconvincing, somewhat contradictory explanations, hoping that we will ignore the larger problem. So far as I can tell from Google searching, this strategy has worked; people have noted that Gladwell is talking about memes but no one has called him out for his failure to acknowledge this prior work. This isn't acceptable. Gladwell's behavior is intellectually dishonest. His failure to credit Dawkins or others who have thought about these ideas before him does a disservice to those individuals and to honest intellectual discourse. I don't think Gladwell's behavior constitutes plagiarism, but it certainly wo... Gene Expression blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2981280 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:57:00 +0100 2981280 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2463495&cid=t_101080_180_f&fid=38607&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fsuccessbeginstoday%2FBHWQ%2F%7E3%2FYhuFT5hxwJY%2F Have you noticed lately that there are drastic swings daily in the way the news media represents our current economic crisis. One day it’s the end of the world, the next day recovery is here.     I can’t remember a time that perception is so intrinsically tied to news events. This last week a number of large companies announced their first quarter earnings. The stock market gyrated almost as fast as the news headlines. If a company had better than expected results, the recession is over, but if it missed expectations, watch out. This type of reporting can really take an emotional toll… if you let it. I am a news junkie to a certain extent, but sometimes the media goes into overdrive. I find myself swinging from depressed to ecstatic in just one well placed... Success Begins Today blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2463495 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:58:56 +0100 2463495 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2207931&cid=t_101080_122_f&fid=38275&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.drjonathanreed.co.uk%2Fwordpress%2F2009%2F01%2Fthe-problem-with-high-iq%2F I have recently been reading Malcolm Gladwell’s new bookOutliers: The Story of SuccessI have to say that I found a lot of it irritating as I thought his arguments were very polemic and with lots of flaws, although he is a great storyteller and writer. There are however, two interesting chapters on high IQ in the book.  As a neuropsychologist who assesses IQ, I sometimes get people telling me that they or their children have very high IQ’s normally over 150 and sometimes over 200.  I am never sure when this comes from as on the most commonly used test of IQ in the US and UK, the Wechsler scales, the highest IQ you can get is 160. In Gladwell’s chapter he discusses the case of Chris Langan a person with one of the highest IQ’s in the US, with an IQ of 195. I think a... Child Neuropsychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2207931 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:07:44 +0100 2207931 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1998920&cid=t_101080_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F11%2F29%2Fgladwells-outliers-is-an-outlier-itself%2F If you want a nice beach read (in November) that’s filled with light anecdotes, lots of “truthiness” and Wikipedia-based references, then I highly recommend Malcolm Gladwell’s new Outliers: The Story of Success. In it, you’ll learn such bold proclamations as: Talent takes practice (and lots of it) Success takes luck Success also takes access to social advantages Emotional intelligence (or, as Gladwell calls it, “practical intelligence”) is more important than IQ So if you wanted the summary of the McDonald’s version of these McLite insights, there you have it. I just saved you $17, because Gladwell adds little to these observations other than stories that nicely highlight his points. There’s little critical thinking here, or ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1998920 Sat, 29 Nov 2008 10:38:49 +0100 1998920 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1806780&cid=t_101080_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F395591792%2F Welcome to the September 17th edition of the Carnival of Human Resources, the virtual gathering, every other week, of bloggers focused on Human Resources and Leadership topics. Let's imagine all participants in a conference room, conducting a lively Q&A brown-bag lunch discussion. Q: Can you teach Leadership in a classroom? - Wally: Not really. Neither the person who aspires to become a leader nor HR departments should see leadership development as an activity to be outsourced to a classroom setting. Leadership is a lifelong apprentice trade, led by the learner himself/ herself. The most HR departments can do is to architect the right set of experiences to enable/ accelerate that development. Q: Can you teach Social Intelligence in a classroom? - Jon: According to a recent Harvard Bus... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1806780 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 03:35:56 +0100 1806780 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1683802&cid=t_101080_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F355707152%2F Should Hamlet be living with us now and reading bestsellers, he might be wondering:  To Blink or not to Blink? To Think or not to Think? We are pleased to present, as part of our ongoing Author Speaks Series, an article by Madeleine Van Hecke, author of Blind Spots: Why Smart People Do Dumb Things. In it, she offers the "on the other hand" to Malcolm Gladwell's Blink argument.      To Think or to Blink? - By Madeleine Van Hecke, PhD Is thoughtful reflection necessarily better than hasty judgments? Not according to Malcolm Gladwell who argued in his best-selling book, Blink, that the decisions people make in a blink are often not only just as accurate, but MORE accurate, than the conclusions they draw after painstaking analysis. So, should we blink, or think? When we make j... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1683802 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:49:47 +0100 1683802 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1147439&cid=t_101080_107_f&fid=36698&url=http%3A%2F%2Fminingdrugs.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F09%2Fwikipedia-hits-two-million-articles-not.html The number of articles in Wikipedia has reached 2,000,000. I think this is not bad for a self-selecting oligarchy. So, thanks to the top 2-10% users of Wikipedia, may the Web 2.0 with you ;-)BTW, I was informed by Derek Cashman that there was an initiative started. The WikiProject is called Pharmacology/Collaboration of the Week. Feel free to watch the status or to contribute!The Law of the Few contends that before widespread popularity can be attained, a few key types of people must champion an idea, concept, or product before it can reach the tipping point. Gladwell describes these key types as Connectors, Mavens, and Salesmen. If individuals representing all three of these groups endorse and advocate a new idea, it is much more likely that it will tip into exponential success. [The Tipp... Mining Drug Space blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1147439 Sun, 09 Sep 2007 19:48:00 +0100 1147439 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=472274&cid=t_101080_109_f&fid=34794&url=http%3A%2F%2Fadseg-shu.blogspot.com%2F2006%2F09%2Fblink-its-your-ass.html This study is a meta-analysis of 67 studies of algorithmic prediction. The authors note that it is only the second such analysis of which they are aware and thus conclude that, "the arguments in favor of the small, but reliable, edge of statistical prediction techniques are strong, but we are struck by the limits of these studies." But they are clear in indicating:One area in which the statistical method is most clearly superior to the clinical approach is the prediction of violence, r = –.09. Out of 1,000 pre- dictions of violence,the statistical method should correctly identify 90 more violent clients than will the clinical method (Rosenthal,1991). The victims of violence would not consider this effect small. Some predictions are more important; therefore,we recommend that statistical ... Turn Your Head and Scoff blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=472274 Sat, 09 Sep 2006 14:06:00 +0100 472274