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Our editor’s pick of this week’s 10 best psychology and neuroscience links: How Curiosity Can Protect The Mind From Bias Neither intelligence nor education can stop you from forming prejudiced opinions – but an inquisitive attitude may help you make wiser judgements There’s a Lot of Junk fMRI Research Out There. Here’s What Top Neuroscientists Want You to Know It’s easy to misrepresent the findings from brain scan studies. Just ask a dead salmon. Live Long and Prosper The psychology of Star Trek’s relentless optimism about the future. Why Are Babies So Dumb If Humans Are So Smart? Human intelligence comes with a curious caveat: our babies are among the dumbest—or, rather, the most helpless—that exist. The 8 New Books To Read This Autumn/Winter Occupational psychologist and best-selling author Adam Grant spent his summer reading advance copies of the top-releases on the way later this year. Here are his favourite 8. How to Raise a Genius: Lessons From a 45-Year Study of Super-smart Children A long-running investigation of exceptional children reveals what it takes to produce the scientists who will lead the twenty-first century. Clues To Your Personality Appeared Before You Could Talk Long before you could express yourself with words, you were giving away the signs of your adult temperament. I explain how over at my BBC column. Brain drain? Lumosity Reels After Federal Crackdown on Online ‘Brain Training’ The brain-training giant Lumo...
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