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Though primarily a grad student and memory researcher at UCLA, I've got interests in forensic psychology and criminology that I blog about.
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- August 19, 2011
- 10:55 PM
- 528 views
Talking Theory -- Slide post
by Colin Clark in Mens Rea
I recently gave an informal talk which focused on a recent special issue of Perspectives on Psychological Science (Vol. 6(2), March 2011). In it, I summarize and discuss five papers that each raise issues with and make suggestions for the current processes of theory construction in psychology. I'm putting the slides here without much explanation, but I'll say that there's a significant amount ... Read more »
Fiedler, K. (2011) Voodoo Correlations Are Everywhere--Not Only in Neuroscience. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 6(2), 163-171. DOI: 10.1177/1745691611400237
Meiser, T. (2011) Much Pain, Little Gain? Paradigm-Specific Models and Methods in Experimental Psychology. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 6(2), 183-191. DOI: 10.1177/1745691611400241
Garcia-Marques, L., & Ferreira, M. (2011) Friends and Foes of Theory Construction in Psychological Science: Vague Dichotomies, Unified Theories of Cognition, and the New Experimentalism. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 6(2), 192-201. DOI: 10.1177/1745691611400239
Houwer, J. (2011) Why the Cognitive Approach in Psychology Would Profit From a Functional Approach and Vice Versa. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 6(2), 202-209. DOI: 10.1177/1745691611400238
Hahn, U. (2011) The Problem of Circularity in Evidence, Argument, and Explanation. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 6(2), 172-182. DOI: 10.1177/1745691611400240
- May 11, 2011
- 12:49 AM
- 459 views
Better than creationism? Or fueling the fire?
by Colin Clark in Mens Rea
Last year, Michael Berkman and Eric Plutzer put out a monograph, titled "Evolution, Creationism, and the Battle to Control America's Classrooms." It describes their nationwide survey of public high school teachers on their views and practices in regards to teaching evolution or nonscientific alternatives.Now, what's clear that evolution is winning in the courts, as time and again efforts to "... Read more »
Berkman MB, & Plutzer E. (2011) Science education. Defeating creationism in the courtroom, but not in the classroom. Science (New York, N.Y.), 331(6016), 404-5. PMID: 21273472
- January 12, 2011
- 11:43 PM
- 634 views
Self-reflection In the Brain
by Colin Clark in Mens Rea
How do you know how well you're doing when you perform a task? Let's make it really easy -- let's say I quickly flash a word in front of your eyes, and you have to say what that word is. Now how confident are you that you got it right?Making this kind of decision falls into the realm of metacognition, or thinking about thinking. It's something that we do all the time -- "Am I remembering that ... Read more »
Fleming SM, Weil RS, Nagy Z, Dolan RJ, & Rees G. (2010) Relating introspective accuracy to individual differences in brain structure. Science (New York, N.Y.), 329(5998), 1541-3. PMID: 20847276
- June 19, 2009
- 04:00 PM
- 396 views
Ethics & Loss
by Colin Clark in Mens Rea
Talks about a recent study linking the perception of loss to ethical decision-making.... Read more »
Kern, M., & Chugh, D. (2009) Bounded Ethicality: The Perils of Loss Framing. Psychological Science, 20(3), 378-384. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02296.x
- March 19, 2009
- 01:32 PM
- 403 views
This Place is a Dump... Let's Trash It: Experimentally Testing the "Broken Window" Hypothesis
by Colin Clark in Mens Rea
Reviews an article on the effects of disordered environments on crime.... Read more »
Keizer, K., Lindenberg, S., & Steg, L. (2008) The Spreading of Disorder. Science, 322(5908), 1681-1685. DOI: 10.1126/science.1161405
- February 14, 2009
- 10:00 PM
- 462 views
Do you not get it, or do you just not care? Psychopaths and mirror neurons
by Colin Clark in Mens Rea
Links between psychopathy and the mirror neuron system... Read more »
FECTEAU, S., PASCUALLEONE, A., & THEORET, H. (2008) Psychopathy and the mirror neuron system: Preliminary findings from a non-psychiatric sample. Psychiatry Research, 160(2), 137-144. DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2007.08.022
AGNEW, Z., BHAKOO, K., & PURI, B. (2007) The human mirror system: A motor resonance theory of mind-reading. Brain Research Reviews, 54(2), 286-293. DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2007.04.003
- January 26, 2009
- 08:44 PM
- 405 views
Causes of violence: Take 2
by Colin Clark in Mens Rea
New findings and limits of the biological epidemiology of violent behavior.... Read more »
Lee, T., Chan, S., & Raine, A. (2008) Strong limbic and weak frontal activation to aggressive stimuli in spouse abusers. Molecular Psychiatry, 13(7), 655-656. DOI: 10.1038/mp.2008.46
Raine, A. (2008) From Genes to Brain to Antisocial Behavior. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 17(5), 323-328. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2008.00599.x
- January 12, 2009
- 11:17 PM
- 475 views
Youth Violence is Like a Rose... Wait, That's Not It
by Colin Clark in Mens Rea
Framing effects: how calling a problem by the "right" name can make a difference in solving it.... Read more »
Dodge, K. (2008) Framing public policy and prevention of chronic violence in American youths. American Psychologist, 63(7), 573-590. DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.63.7.573
- May 17, 2008
- 11:19 PM
- 384 views
Free will ain't what it used to be
by Colin Clark in Mens Rea
Perceptions of free will can affect how people act.... Read more »
Vohs, K., & Schooler, J. (2008) The Value of Believing in Free Will: Encouraging a Belief in Determinism Increases Cheating. Psychological Science, 19(1), 49-54. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02045.x
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