Aide Memoire 31 January 2009

This is the first Aide Memoire in Occam's Donkey. It is aimed at reminding me of a variety of material that may be useful in future blog posts, also of information that may be some other use or just interesting. Readers of my blog will also find valuable links to material that I may never get around to blogging about.

Complex beginnings from Mind Hacks by Vaughan traces early thinking about the concept "complex" in Psychology. He has some interesting thought about Carl Jung.

Reconstructing the brain in action: Motor re-programming from Developing Intelligence about reductionism in neuroscience and motor re-programming.

Games result in real learning from Donald Brown Plan B about enhancing learning through games.

Concussion In Former Athletes Can Affect Mental And Physical Processes Later In Life from ScienceDaily.

Giant killing from Mind Hacks by Vaughan about big pharmaceutical companies being caught out doing off-label marketing.

Google Google on the wall... Who's the Guru-est of them all? from Green Chameleon by Patrick Lambe about the criteria for determining the greatest leadership guru of them all. (Tongue-in-the-cheek).

Eating dirt is good for you from Deric Bownds' MindBlog reports on the negative effect on children's immune systems (lasting into adulthood) of too hygienic and sterile environments.

Is technology producing a decline in critical thinking and analysis? This title from ScienceDaily is self evident.

Lessons from Bob Woodward: A call for evidence-based management. Bob Sutton supports a call for Pres. Barack Obama to follow the principles of evidence-based management.

The straight dope on learning styles from Mind Hacks by Tom Stafford. A balanced look at learning styles.

Physically fit kids do better at school. From ScienceDaily, self0evident.

Buffett from Frontal Cortex by Jonah Lehrer about Warren Buffett and Colin Powell recognising the importance to distinguish what you know from wat you don't know (an acknowledging wat you don't know".

Marching to the beat of the same drummer improves teamwork by ScienceDaily. On the value of synchronized activities to improve teamwork.

War trauma and brain impact from Mind Hacks by Vaughan. On PTSD in war. Thoughts on EMDR and NLP.

The connectome from Frontal Cortex by Jonah Lehrer on "slicing" the brain. Also an interesting discussion on an inductive vs. deductive model of science. Points out that the brain is so complex that generating theories a priory does not work.

How to avoid procrastination: Think concrete from PsyBlog by Jeremy. Self-evident.

Require new congressment to undergo science training from Socratic Gadfly. Reports on a call for British MP's to be trained in science and suggests extending to congressmen.

Towards a Post-Newtonian era in Psychology: SIMPLE from Developing Intelligence by Chris Chatham. On reductionism and complexity in Psychology.

Spaced practice in learning - at last! from Donald Clark Plan B by Donald Clark. Overjoyed to find that someone in education is at last applying scientific principles of learning.

Unstructured play from The Frontal Cortex by Jonah Lehrer on the value of unstructured play and daydreaming for young children.