Description: Have you heard the term “Chemobrain”? While it has been around for quite a while it has been coming up more frequently lately as a concern for those undergoing cancer treatments using chemotherapy as at least 50% of them currently will experience some of the aspects of cognitive imparement associated with Chemobrain and for… Read more »
Posts By: Mike Boyes
Using the Label “At-Risk” With or Without Stigma: An Important Challenge
Description: You have no doubt heard the term “at-risk” used to refer to groups of individuals (perhaps children from low SES backgrounds or children with parents coping with mental illness. Think about the appropriateness of the general use of that term. What could be problematic about referring to groups or worse to individual students as… Read more »
When We Bite on Fake News are We Partisan, Lazy, or Stupid?
Description: Why do you think people fall for (believe) fake news stories? Is it because they simply want them to be true (confirmation bias – I KNOW that politicians are crooked!) when they align with our partisan leanings (It all political right?). Or, is it that we just find that we cannot build up enough… Read more »
APA, Gillette, #MeToo, and Toxic Masculinity
Description: Have you seen the ad recently produced by the Gillette company? Their company tag line is “The Best a Man can Get” and in their ad they argue against toxic masculinity and that recent social change movements such as #MeToo have initiated changes in our thinking about masculinity. Gillette’s ad states that things have… Read more »
Reason vs. Emotion or Reason and Emotion = Learning?
Description: Ok quick, don’t think just answer this question: What is the relationship between reason and emotion? Typically, our first reaction is to say that reason and emotion are in a bit of a tug of war. If you are thinking reasonably you are not being emotional and if you are being emotional you are… Read more »
Want to Age Well? Age with Meaning and Purpose — Age with Ikigai
Description: Live a meaningful life and you will feel better and live longer. Sound good? Well, while you may have heard that somewhere do you know if it is true and if there is research supporting it? Think about how you would design a study to try and evaluate this statement. Who would you include… Read more »
Eye Witnesses to Traumatic Events: A Case Example
Description: You have most certainly heard, somewhere, that people who witness traumatic events do not make very good eye witnesses, but do you know why that is? Oh, and suggesting that it might be related to Freudian defensiveness is not allowed (it is uninvestigable). So why might it be that people do not simply NOT… Read more »
Creativity in the Brain: That’s Not Obvious
Description: Ok here is a neurological question. Creativity involves coming up with something new right? But not just new … something new that works or fits or otherwise impress, like a novel solution to an old problem or a new story or mystery plot line. So how does out brain come up with new things… Read more »
Reflect on Your Current Development (By Considering Current Advice to Parents)
Description: We have had personal electronics for like ever, right? Weeeellll, the answer is yes ONLY if you were born in 1995 or later and if you were you are probably in college or university now or just starting to figure out your career path in the work world. As members of iGen (i for… Read more »
A Cure for Road Rage or Fanning Flames?
Description: I have posted previously on the topic of smash rooms (places where, for a fee, you can go and smash things with hammers, bats or whatever you want). The video linked below shows a similar opportunity where groups of people can go to a junkyard and, while wearing appropriate protective gear, smash of car… Read more »
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