Two Aussie psychologists studied the 66-year-old testimony of 70 German sailors rescued after their boat sank. The ship which sank it, the HMAS Sydney, also sank ... taking 645 sailors with it.
After analyzing the stories the shrinks - knowledgeable in the vagaries of storytelling - found that the Germans weren't lying. They crowdsourced the stories, sat down together with a map of the Indian Ocean and ...
posted by Twang
on Oct 1, 2011 -
21 comments
Ecstasy's long-term effects revealed. "Enough time has finally elapsed to start asking if ecstasy damages health in the long term. According to
the biggest review ever undertaken, it causes slight memory difficulties and mild depression, but these rarely translate into problems in the real world. While smaller studies show that some individuals have bigger problems, including weakened immunity and larger memory deficits, so far, for most people, ecstasy seems to be nowhere near as harmful over time as you may have been led to believe."
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posted by homunculus
on Feb 12, 2009 -
94 comments
Dr. Joe Z. Tsien
has previously created a strain of mice unable to form memories, one with much improved memory - "Doogie"
mice - and can now erase single mouse memories. "Our work reveals a molecular mechanism of how that can be done quickly and without doing damage to brain cells."
Remembering to
forget....
posted by Kronos_to_Earth
on Oct 24, 2008 -
45 comments
The Magical Number Seven Psychologist George A. Miller on the human limits for processing and remembering data.
It is a little dramatic to watch a person memorize 40 binary digits in a row without error.
posted by Lanark
on May 10, 2006 -
14 comments
