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For those who might be new to my blog, one of my blogospheric roles is Psychology and Neuroscience Editor of ResearchBlogging.org. As part of my job, each week, I choose 3-4 of the best psychology and neuroscience posts from around the science blogosphere to highlight.
Here are my Research Blogging Editor's Selections for this week.
Your dose of psycholinguistics for the week: Nature, Nurture, and Bayes over at Games With Words.
What can the Three Stooges teach us about child development and the understanding of fairness? Eric Michael Johnson of the Primate Diaries has an idea: Does Rough-and-Tumble Play Teach Lessons About Fairness? “Why, Soitenly!”
In 1983, Howard Gardner proposed the theory of multiple intelligences. Almost three decades later, can cognitive neuroscience support it? Dave Hayes of the neurosphere blogs covers the brain-based evidence for multiple intelligences.
Are there more connections in a cubic millimeter of your brain than there are stars in the Milky Way? Find out - and check out an awesome photo of rat hippocampus - at The Astronomist.
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That's it for this week... Check back next week for more great psychology and neuroscience blogging!