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 'hacks'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:23:53 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4642675&cid=t_175851_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F03%2F28%2Fdelusions-keep-up-with-the-times%2F Would you imagine the content of people’s delusions would change with the changing times? Well, according to Vaughan Bell writing over at Mind Hacks, they do. Research that analyzed the content of people’s delusions over the past few decades found that people’s delusions do indeed change. They recorded the content of the delusions for every patient with psychosis and while they didn’t find that the level of delusions changed, they did find that they tended to relate to the social concerns of the time. …more patients after 1950 believe they are being spied upon is consistent with the development of related technology and the advent of the Cold War. Delusional content tended to reflect the culture at the time, with focus on syphilis in the early 1900s, on Germans during... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4642675 Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:55:28 +0100 4642675 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3942844&cid=t_175851_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=3683688&cid=t_175851_109_f&fid=34761&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedblitz.com%2F%7E%2F14192273%2F1iax3t%2Fneuromarketing%7EFrench-Appoint-Neuromarketing-Skeptic.htm Have the French appointed a neuromarketing skeptic as a special neuroscience advisor? It seems so. First, this news item: The French are pioneering the marriage of neuro-science and public policy. In what is thought to be a world first, the Prime Minister has, within his Centre for Strategic Analysis, a program dedicated to the use [...] CommentsOlivier, I think your viewpoints and mine have a lot in ... by Roger DooleyDear Roger, many thanks for your post. For the record, I ... by Olivier OullierIt's normal that people are afraid of neuromarketing. Because ... by Alexandre (Source: Neuromarketing) Neuromarketing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3683688 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:23:19 +0100 3683688 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3208446&cid=t_175851_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F01%2F26%2Fptsd-brain-scan-hype%2F Last week, we noted along with many news outlets that a biomarker had been apparently discovered for PTSD. The researchers claimed they had a new tool to help make a differential diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The tool is a brain scanning technology that, like EEG, measures the brain’s electrical activity. But instead of directly measuring such activity, it measures magnetic fluctuations in the electrical activity. The technique is called MEG. There are certain technical benefits to this method as compared to a traditional EEG, so some researchers are exploring its greater use. Mind Hacks has a very good analysis of why the researchers’ claims were overreaching and a bit ridiculous: Crucially, the scan didn’t pick out cases of PTSD among people with ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3208446 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:00:08 +0100 3208446 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2584216&cid=t_175851_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F07%2F08%2Fmichael-jacksons-brain-and-the-false-narrative%2F Since the news media seems to be unable to tear itself away from the Michael Jackson story, we learn about every fascinating detail about his life, and his death. Including the details of standard autopsy procedures, as though they were new or bizarre. The latest, of course, is that Michael Jackson’s body is being buried without his brain. But this is not unusual in an autopsy where the cause of death isn’t certain and the brain is suspected to carry some clues. The brain needs to harden, in order to perform the later slicing needed in the autopsy procedure: It involves removing the brain from the skull and leaving it to soak in a diluted mixture of formaldehyde and water called formalin. This soaking process usually takes four weeks and the brain genuinely does harden. Vaug... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2584216 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:24:00 +0100 2584216 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2452707&cid=t_175851_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F06%2F04%2Frevenge-the-psychology-of-retribution%2F Your boyfriend just broke up with you and you’re thinking, “Wow, he left his favorite t-shirt over here at my place. He wouldn’t mind if I cleaned the toilet with it, would he?” Revenge is sweet. Or is it? Psychology research on the study of revenge suggests the picture is a little more complicated than a feeling of satisfaction after we’ve taken out our revenge on another. Researchers call revenge the psychology of retribution, and our feelings about revenge the “revenge paradox,” because when we take out revenge on another person, we often feel worse afterward when we thought we would feel better. Vaughan over at Mind Hacks has the commentary on an article that appeared in the APA’s Monitor this month: One of the most interesting bits is w... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2452707 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:10:09 +0100 2452707 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2416993&cid=t_175851_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F05%2F18%2Fcomputers-rotting-our-brains%2F There are some scientists who are becoming increasingly concerned about the negative effects of long-term, widespread computer usage, brought about primarily by the rise of the Internet and immersive video games. The only problem is that there’s very little good quality research that suggests this is so. That hasn’t stopped neuroscientists like Susan Greenfield, a renowned UK scientist, from presenting a very one-sided, biased picture about this topic. Oh, and of course, from promoting her book about identity in the age of technology. The problem is, once you start cloaking things in the language of the brain, you start sounding like you’re talking “science” and know far more than the science actually shows, as Bad Science points out: There is much talk of th... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2416993 Mon, 18 May 2009 15:03:12 +0100 2416993 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1334469&cid=t_175851_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F03%2F28%2Fhow-does-the-internet-and-video-games-affect-children%2F Mind Hacks has a good entry today about U.K. psychologist Tanya Byron’s take on the effects of digital media — mainly the Internet and video games — on children (PDF). It’s a 226 page file, and I stopped about 10% of the way through it, but hope to finish reading it over the weekend. The gist of her findings, which were done at the request of the U.K.’s Prime Minister, is that technology is both good and bad. It’s just as important to understand and embrace it, than it is to fear and demonize it. Because through embracing and understanding, we can better educate and help guide our children in its use. Throughout the report, she emphasizes the need to come at all of this through a child-centered approach. We need to look at these things through the eyes ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1334469 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:30:13 +0100 1334469 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1305875&cid=t_175851_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F252194117%2F A few very interesting New York Times articles over the last couple of days, plus a great opportunity for clinicians and researchers in Latin America. - Well: When a Brain Scientist Suffers a Stroke "Dr. Taylor recounts the details of her stroke and the amazing insights she gained from it in a riveting 18-minute video of her speech at the Technology, Entertainment, Design Conference in Monterey, Calif., last month." - Cases Without Borders: Psychotherapy for All: An Experiment "The clinic is at the forefront of a program that has the potential to transform mental health treatment in the developing world. Instead of doctors, the program trains laypeople to identify and treat depression and anxiety and sends them to six community health clinics in Goa, in western India."... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1305875 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 01:03:11 +0100 1305875 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1284996&cid=t_175851_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F247236302%2F Conclusion: the placebo effect is real, and it can benefit our health. A few implications to ponder: - First, how do we prevent other people from selling us stuff that only works based on the placebo effect? the therapeutic value is in us, not in the stuff. - Once we decide to do something, shouldn't we try to "placebo" ourselves in order to get the most of it? we may not control how our beliefs affect us, but, can we manage our beliefs? belief, ETech, hack our minds, medicines, Mind Hacks, placebo, Placebo Effect, sugar pill, suggestion, therapeutic effect (Source: SharpBrains) SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1284996 Fri, 07 Mar 2008 07:49:43 +0100 1284996 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1281236&cid=t_175851_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F246351191%2F A few updates and announcements: - 1) My apologies for slow blogging, due to travel. I participated yesterday in a fun panel discussion at ETech on Use Your Head- The Future of Mind Hacks. You can read some take-aways (in Italian, so this may be good brain exercise) here. - 2) We will release our report The State of the Brain Fitness Software Market 2008 next Monday, to coincide with Brain Awareness Week. Make sure to visit our blog next Monday if you want to learn more. - 3) The National Museum of Health and Medicine at Walter Reed Army Medical Center is planning some great activities during Brain Awareness Week (Thank you, Tim). Learn more about their "Partners in Education" activities for students in the Washington DC area. - 4) The Dana Foundation has released a great researc... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1281236 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:50:00 +0100 1281236 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1146253&cid=t_175851_122_f&fid=34755&url=http%3A%2F%2Fneuropsychological.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F01%2Fhippocampus-mind-hacks-catches-taxi.html The excellent neuroblog, Mind Hacks, has a post today that includes discussion about a program of research examining the hippocampal structures of professional navigators (e.g., taxi drivers) - research with fascinating neuropsychological results.The Mind Hacks post can be read at: post.A link to a .pdf of one of these publications can be found at: London Taxi Drivers and Bus Drivers: A Structural MRI and Neuropsychological Analysis. I am off to read this paper right now, which was published in 2006 in the journal Hippocampus. (Source: BrainBlog) BrainBlog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1146253 Sat, 12 Jan 2008 15:55:00 +0100 1146253 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=948999&cid=t_175851_122_f&fid=36506&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainSciencePodcastBlog%2F%7E3%2F168665298%2F Discussion Forum. (Source: the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell) the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=948999 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 23:13:40 +0100 948999 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=651740&cid=t_175851_93_f&fid=35707&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhemodynamics.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Ften-years-ago-today-on-may-18th-1997.html Top: Bill Clinton and Bill Gates, both of whom head foundations which make AIDS a high priority, and also tend to favor technological solutions; since leaving office, Clinton's own choices have suggested more strongly than ever that political expediency drove his AIDS decisions in office. Bottom: George Bush plugs a cord into a prototype hybrid electric-hydrogen car.Ten years ago today, on May 18th, 1997, President Clinton called on scientists to develop a vaccine to prevent HIV infection, and to do it within ten years:“My fellow Americans, if the 21st century is to be the century of biology, let us make an AIDS vaccine its first great triumph.”Clinton compared this presidential goal to President Kennedy’s “moon shot.” But this year, we mark the date knowing that Clinton’s goal... hemodynamics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=651740 Fri, 18 May 2007 04:01:00 +0100 651740 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=651741&cid=t_175851_93_f&fid=35707&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhemodynamics.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Ftestimony-alberto-gonzales-should-be_17.html Apropos of I'm not sure what, except to illustrate the general theme that Alberto Gonzales is an ethics-less toady, Senator Chuck Shumer (D-NY) drew the following story out of former deputy Attorney General James Comey, told below in an excerpt of the transcript from Wednesday May 16 2007. Let the other blogs chatter about how this hurts or doesn't hurt Gonzales' chance at keeping his job. Here are the questions from the Hemodynamics.blogspot point of view:Where was hospital security?And where were the doctors? and John Ashcroft's nurse?And if you were a resident that month in the ICU, and John Ashcroft were your guy, and you'd been having family meetings with Mrs. Ashcroft, and you knew that Mr. Ashcroft was not the acting attorney general at that moment, what would you do?Finally, if the... hemodynamics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=651741 Thu, 17 May 2007 04:24:00 +0100 651741 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=651748&cid=t_175851_93_f&fid=35707&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhemodynamics.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Fhi-fleishman-hillard-hi-your-client-is.html You know what I love?StatCounter.You know why I love StatCounter?Because it told me that someone from Fleishman Hillard, a PR firm that represents Abbott, was doing an internet search with the key words "Abbott Kaletra" and landed on... my dumb blog post about what I was going to wear to the protest, which I'll write about more in the next day or so. Now, that makes me feel stupid because it would have been nicer if that Fleishman Hillard intern landed on a post that said something like... something like the title of THIS post. Or at least, something that wasn't my little throwaway observations about the semiotics of hospital fashion when protesting. How embarrassing is that? So, now I've got my post title all set up for tomorrow, which I hope will bring another blog search from the good f... hemodynamics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=651748 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 05:42:00 +0100 651748 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=568175&cid=t_175851_95_f&fid=34914&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.streetdoc.net%2Findex.php%2Fffp%2Findividual%2F1876%2F Need a quick hand from some Linux gurus out there. I have a small shell script that backs up my home directory nightly.  I run it on a cron. What I need is a simple way to send the command line output (my echos and the commands output) to a dialog box in Xwindows so that I can be sure the program ran appropriately when I wake up.  I could check pine daily, but this would just be nicer. Thanks.. Comments:(0) (Source: Far From Perfect - Complete) Far From Perfect - Complete blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=568175 Wed, 25 Apr 2007 04:00:00 +0100 568175