What stops people raising the alarm when a friend heads down the dark path to violent extremism?
http://digest.bps.org.uk/2015/12/what-st...-when.html
EXCERPT: A timely study published in "Behavioural Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression" has looked into the crucial role played by the friends of would-be terrorists, in preventing their descent into radicalism....
This Sex Really DOES Have A Better Sense of Direction
http://www.spring.org.uk/2015/12/this-se...ection.php
EXCERPT: Men and women use different strategies to navigate — but which is really most effective? Men have a better sense of direction than women, a new study finds. But putting some testosterone under women’s tongues improves their performance. This suggests that men’s advantage at navigation is more than a stereotype or cultural belief, but has some biological basis....
The Creativity Bias against Women
http://www.scientificamerican.com/articl...nst-women/
EXCERPT: [...] Although the findings from this research are potentially the most damaging for women, they have important implications for everyone. Most of us would be reluctant to admit any tendency to evaluate a potentially innovative idea as less so simply because it was generated by a woman. However, if we do possess such a bias, it may cause us to overlook an important idea that has the potential to change our lives for the better....
http://digest.bps.org.uk/2015/12/what-st...-when.html
EXCERPT: A timely study published in "Behavioural Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression" has looked into the crucial role played by the friends of would-be terrorists, in preventing their descent into radicalism....
This Sex Really DOES Have A Better Sense of Direction
http://www.spring.org.uk/2015/12/this-se...ection.php
EXCERPT: Men and women use different strategies to navigate — but which is really most effective? Men have a better sense of direction than women, a new study finds. But putting some testosterone under women’s tongues improves their performance. This suggests that men’s advantage at navigation is more than a stereotype or cultural belief, but has some biological basis....
The Creativity Bias against Women
http://www.scientificamerican.com/articl...nst-women/
EXCERPT: [...] Although the findings from this research are potentially the most damaging for women, they have important implications for everyone. Most of us would be reluctant to admit any tendency to evaluate a potentially innovative idea as less so simply because it was generated by a woman. However, if we do possess such a bias, it may cause us to overlook an important idea that has the potential to change our lives for the better....