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Words have sensory connotations to most of us. The word leathery really does feel …well, rather leathery. But to some synaesthetes – people who experience a cross-over of the senses – such analogies are literal and can relate to tastes. That is, certain words cause them to experience a given taste each time they’re encountered. Now Julia Simner and Jamie Ward have shown that this perceptual association seems to be  [ Read More ]

No wonder he’s so adept at getting past defenders. According to Patric Bach and Steven Tipper of Bangor University, the mere sight of Wayne Rooney inhibits the control you have over your feet. Apparently, looking at Rooney automatically triggers football-related activity in the movement control parts of your brain, leading to the paradoxical effect of impairing your own foot control. By contrast, Bach and Tipper found the sight of the  [ Read More ]

The idea that creative geniuses might not be entirely sane isn’t exactly new. But just how much do creative types have in common with people suffering from psychosis? Well, according to Daniel Nettle at the University of Newcastle, serious poets and artists have just as many ‘unusual experiences’ as people diagnosed with schizophrenia. What saves them from the disabling effects of schizophrenia is that they don’t suffer from the lack  [ Read More ]

Physics seems to have an image problem. According to BBC News, the physics department at Reading University is set to become the 21st physics school to have closed or merged over the last 10 years in the UK. But now Ursula Kessels and colleagues at the Freie Universität in Berlin have shown that some students’ attitudes towards physics are easily improved – they need only to be shown the social  [ Read More ]

البعوضةالبعوضة،ولا أعرف اسم مذكرها في اللغة،أشدّ فتكاً من النميمة.لاتكتفي بمصّ الدم،بل تزج بك في معركة عبثية.ولا تزور إلا في الظلام كحمىالمتنبي.تطن وتزن كطائرة حربية لا تسمعها إلا بعد إصابة الهدف.دمك هوالهدف.تشعل الضوء لتراها فتختفي في ركن ما من الغرفة والوساوس،ثمتقف على الحائط…آمنةً مسالمة كالمستسلمة.تحاول أن تقتلها بفردة حذائك،فتراوغك وتفلت وتعاود الظهور الشامت.تكرر محاولتك وتفشل.تشتمهابصوت عال فلا تكترث.تفاوضها على هدنة بصوت ودي:نامي لأنام!تظنأنك أقنعتها فتطفيء النور وتنام.لكنها وقد امتصت المزيد من  [ Read More ]

نيرون ماذا يدور في بال نيرون، وهو يتفرج على حريق لبنان؟ عيناه زائغتانمن النشوة، ويمشي كالراقص في حفلة عرس:هذا الجنون،جنوني،سيّدالحكمة،فلتشعلوا النار في كل شيء خارج طاعتي…. وعلى الاطفال أنيتأدبوا ويتهذبوا ويكفوا عن الصراخ بحضرة أنغامي!وماذا يدور في بال نيرون،وهو يتفرج على حريق العراق؟يسعده أنيوقظ في تاريخ الغابات ذاكرة تحفظ اسمه عدواً لحمورابي وجلجامش وأبينواس:شريعتي هي أم الشرائع.وعشبة الخلود تنمو في مزرعتي. والشعر،مامعنى هذه الكلمة؟وماذا يدور في بال نيرون،وهو يتفرج على  [ Read More ]

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We normally associate leadership with a confident, assertive speaking style. But according to Alison Fragale at the University of North Carolina, when it comes to tasks or organisations that require a cooperative style of working, people look for leadership from those with doubt and hesitation in their voice. Fifty-four participants read one of two descriptions of a company – one version emphasised that the company prized the ability to work  [ Read More ]

For when you’ve had enough of journal articles: Simon Baron-Cohen argues autism may be on the rise because people with autistic-like traits tend to mate with partners who also have such traits. One way of solving the cocktail party problem. Can fish oils improve schoolchildren’s exam results? (audio). Which is the world’s happiest nation? The biggest questions ever asked – New Scientist celebrates its 50th (subscription required). Mental processes in  [ Read More ]

Eye-catching studies that didn’t make the final cut this fortnight: Breast feeding does not affect children’s intelligence. Elephants recognise themselves in the mirror. Most psychologists asked to share their data failed to do so (PDF). The stigmatisation of smokers. Everyday crimes by middle class people. Some batsmen are less likely to be out leg before wicket when playing at their home ground. Depression linked with loss of bone mass. Have  [ Read More ]