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Here are my Research Blogging Editor's Selections for this week.
You don't need a shaky bridge for misattribution of arousal to impact your relationship for the better: all you need is to do new, fun, exciting things with your partner! Find out about the science behind this in a new post by Amie at Psych Your Mind.
What does psychology have to say about quantum mechanics? Not much, really, and that's sort of the problem. At Puff the Mutant Dragon, see Heisenberg vs. Freud: the psychology of quantum mechanics.
Think you know how caffeine works in the brain? The story keeps changing, and A Hippo On Campus explains the most recent finding: A coffee a day keeps the adenosine at bay
That's it for this week... Check back next week for more great psychology and neuroscience blogging!