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Last post I introduced the idea that illusions of external agency could arise if we unknowingly change ‘truly mediocre’ outcomes into ‘falsely great’ outcomes and then confuse them as actually […]
So I was reading through some papers and found an oldie but a goody by Gilbert et al[1] that I’d like to share. This paper aimed to experimentally test what the […]
Tasha is a postdoctoral research fellow working with the Body in Mind Research Group both in Adelaide (at University of South Australia) and in Sydney (at Neuroscience Research Australia). Tash […]
Welcome to the first fruit of the Heidi Hurricane. Heidi thinks you should all meet the team. The first one you are to meet is Carolyn Berryman. Carolyn has been […]
I have just come across an intriguing paper in Psychological Science by Travis Carter and his mates in Chicago. They did an experiment in which Americans who were filling out political […]
I’m not a vegetarian. Perhaps that understates the issue, I am a fundamentalist carnivore and the idea of a barbeque without sausages and burgers is to me an unconscionable aberration; […]
Some of you may remember that we ran a limerick competition. Well we now have a winner. Alison Klossner, by popular vote, has taken out the very big prize of […]
I have to admit, I’m a massive Seinfeld fan. So my apologies for this blog post title as it reflects my constant need to infuse daily life with Seinfeld references. […]
Some of you might have heard of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) and its use in chronic pain. Basically rTMS uses magnetic fields to generate electrical currents within the brain. […]
Reduction in pain and disability with a graded sensorimotor retraining program in chronic back pain Our team recently returned home from Darwin, where we all attended the Australian Pain Society’s […]