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Defending fair use
I wanted to write up Part II of our EuroScience Adventures today, but unfortunately, I didn’t manage to – look out for them tomorrow! However, I came across a very interesting (and, at the risk of sounding pompous, important) video today. It describes how Chris Boulton‘s thesis was repeatedly turned down for publication because its…
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An excellent EuroScience adventure, Part I
Well, what can I say! The EuroScience Open Forum 2008 in Barcelona has turned out great so far. Due to its considerable greatitude and excellent greatishness, Jan decided not to let me have all the fun by myself and joined me yesterday. On the downside, the heat and travel stress didn’t exactly help me get…
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Putting the neuroscience revolution into perspective
My favourite neuroscience/psychology blog Mind Hacks ran a wonderful quote by Harvard psychologist Dan Gilbert (whose TED talk I linked to earlier). The quote echoes one of the themes of my Ph.D. thesis (trying to account for the effects of emotions on decision making) and illustrates what has always drawn me to social psychology: Its…
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Another good discussion ruined by facts
Last week, I mentioned an idea that Michael, Felix and I had discussed a while ago: The Journal of Failed Studies. We felt that this journal was to have a bright and shining future… if we ever got around to launching it. Then Prof. Duchier kindly pointed me to The Journal of Interesting Negative Results,…
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Off to Weimar to wrap up the Guru*Lab
I’m currently packing my bags for a trip to Weimar. I’ll fly out of London Stansted to Leipzig-Altenburg in the morning, but since Weimar isn’t close to any major airports, I’ll only be arriving in the early afternoon. The occasion for my visit is the last seminar I’ll be teaching at the Bauhaus-University, at least…
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