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Jim Davies

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Jim Davies is a professor at the Department of Cognitive Science at Carleton University. He is co-host of the award-winning podcast Minding the Brain. His latest book is Being the Person Your Dog Thinks You Are: The Science of a Better You.

Psychology

Why Is There So Much Hate for the Word “Moist”?

June 8, 2015
Neuroscience

Why Facebook Is the Junk Food of Socializing

June 1, 2015
Communication

How Science Can Learn From Writing That Is “Not Even Wrong”

May 25, 2015
Arts

Some Music Is Inherently Bad—But People Can Be Convinced Otherwise

April 15, 2015
Psychology

The Death of Hundreds Is Just a Statistic—But It Doesn’t Have to Be

February 27, 2015
Psychology

Finding the Perfect Amount of Creativity in Cars & Religion

There is only a certain level of novelty that most people are willing to tolerate.

January 30, 2015
Evolution

Why Are You So Smart? Thank Your Mom & Your Difficult Birth

Our inability to care for ourselves as babies is a key to the genius of our species.

January 26, 2015
Psychology

New Year’s Resolutions and the Science of Willpower

January 21, 2015
Philosophy

Is Santa Claus a God?

Father Christmas bears some striking similarities to the divinities of many religions.

December 24, 2014
Psychology

How Your Brain Gaslights You—for Your Own Good

November 10, 2014
Psychology

San Francisco Is Smarter Than You Are

The city is a big brain that can solve big problems.

October 2, 2014
Neuroscience

San Francisco Is Smarter Than You Are

The city is a big brain that can solve big problems.

October 2, 2014
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