Posts tagged Research
188 | Real Fake Medicine
188 | Real Fake Medicine

As Green Day once sang, “Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me…Am I just paranoid, or am I just stoned?” Great question, and one worth investigating. We do a lot of things to feel better, but what about taking a whole lot of nothing? It’s called a placebo, and there are many components and interesting effects of such treatment that may help those dealing with pain and discomfort from a variety of illnesses. We’ll shed some light on the Placebo Effect and see how an initial phenomenon has evolved into a potentially strategic and cost-effective future for pain management.

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The Brain, TherapyScott Abraham MillerAbraham, Shane, Shane Spiker, Shanebraham, Placebos, Placebo effect, the mandalorian, Star Wars, Listener Mail, Nocebo, Classical Conditioning, Operant Conditioning, Medicine, Science Based Medicine, Science, ResearchComment
165 | Human Nature
165 | Human Nature

"Human nature" is often used as an excuse, explanation, justification, or assumption for the good and bad things that we do. Although we can make general statements about human voluntary and involuntary behavior, most of the time that people invoke this phrase, they claiming ignorance or giving up understanding. No more! it is difficult to argue that a behavior is "human nature" if not all humans do it. It's also nonsense to assume that studies of WEIRD populations reflect the majority of people. The most scientific thing we can say is that human nature is just what we do in the contexts in which we do it. It's the "what we do" part without the "why" part.

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Human Bias, PhilosophyScott Abraham MillerAbraham, Shane, Shanebraham, Black Lives Matter, Human Nature, Nature, Kantor, J.R. Kantor, Behaviorism, WEIRD Populations, Research, Logical Fallacy, Circular ReasoningComment
119 | Twin Studies | Why We Do What We Do
119 | Twin Studies | Why We Do What We Do

In 2018, astronaut Scott Kelly went into space for a year while his identical twin brother stayed on earth. The purpose was to study genetic changes that occur by spending time in space. Twin studies have been a staple of psychological research since the late 1800s. But many people don’t know about the underlying philosophy of twin studies, how they have been used, and what we can learn from them. Turns out this research method is a lot less robust than it seems. Learn about what the “shared experience” hypothesis is and how it weakens the execution of psychological research and testing using twins.

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Psychological History, Research, Philosophy, GeneticsScott Abraham MillerAbraham, Shane, Shanebraham, Twins, Twin Studies, Monozygotic Twins, Dizygotic Twins, Embryo, Zygote, Birth, Pregnancy, Research, Bubble Bursting, Shared Environments, Poor Science, ExperimentationComment