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Posts published in “Psychiatric”

Physician decision-making: Heuristics at work

When about to give birth, I would like my healthcare provider to make a recommendation for cesarean or vaginal delivery based on my particular set…

Pavlov meant conditional, not conditoned

In the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP) Facebook group, Bridgette Martin Hard wondered why conditioning (as in classical and operant conditioning) is called…

Cab Drivers and Alzheimer's Disease

What can cab drivers tell us about Alzheimer’s Disease? Quite a lot, it turns out. London Cabbies’ Brains Analyzed for Alzheimer’s Research https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021/11/01/london-taxi-driver-alzheimers-research/ Source: macmillan…

A free beverage if you have a buddy

What if you ran a company where your employees are spending their days in their cubicles staring at computer screens in silence? What if you…