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Here are my Research Blogging Editor's Selections for this week.
For your weekly fix of sensation and perception, head over to That's Basic Science! to find out when humans gain the ability to feel pain.
And for your weekly dose of brain blobs, check out Neuroskeptic on whether an MRI scan can identify who is a pedophile and who is not: To Catch A Predator... With A Brain Scanner?
That's it for this week... Check back next week for more great psychology and neuroscience blogging!