#Mindhacks

Oliver Selfridge was an early pioneer of artificial intelligence, and in 1959 wrote a classic paper outlining a system by which simple units, each carrying out a specialised function, could be connected together to perform complex, cogni...

*The Guardian* recently published an article saying “People won’t get ‘tired’ of social distancing – and it’s unscientific to suggest otherwise”.

A project I’ve been working on a for a long time has just launched: The Choice Engine is an interactive essay about the psychology, neuroscience and philosophy of free will.

This thread started by Ekaterina Damer has prompted many recommendations from psychologists on twitter.

*Open science essentials in 2 minutes, part 4* Before a research article is published in a journal you can make it freely available for anyone to read.

I have a guest post for the Research Digest, snappily titled ‘People who think their opinions are superior to others are most prone to overestimating their relevant knowledge and ignoring chances to learn more‘.

I have a review of John Bargh’s new book “Before You Know It: The Unconscious Reasons We Do What We Do” in this month’s Psychologist magazine.

Psychologists have been measuring reaction times since before psychology existed, and they are still a staple of cognitive psychology experiments today.