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Though primarily a grad student and memory researcher at UCLA, I've got interests in forensic psychology and criminology that I blog about.
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- June 19, 2009
- 04:00 PM
- 238 views
Ethics & Loss
by Colin Clark in Mens Rea
Talks about a recent study linking the perception of loss to ethical decision-making.... Read more »
Kern, M., & Chugh, D. (2009) Bounded Ethicality: The Perils of Loss Framing. Psychological Science, 20(3), 378-384. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02296.x
- January 12, 2009
- 11:17 PM
- 218 views
Youth Violence is Like a Rose... Wait, That's Not It
by Colin Clark in Mens Rea
Framing effects: how calling a problem by the "right" name can make a difference in solving it.... Read more »
Dodge, K. (2008) Framing public policy and prevention of chronic violence in American youths. American Psychologist, 63(7), 573-590. DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.63.7.573
- March 19, 2009
- 01:32 PM
- 205 views
This Place is a Dump... Let's Trash It: Experimentally Testing the "Broken Window" Hypothesis
by Colin Clark in Mens Rea
Reviews an article on the effects of disordered environments on crime.... Read more »
Keizer, K., Lindenberg, S., & Steg, L. (2008) The Spreading of Disorder. Science, 322(5908), 1681-1685. DOI: 10.1126/science.1161405
- January 26, 2009
- 08:44 PM
- 196 views
Causes of violence: Take 2
by Colin Clark in Mens Rea
New findings and limits of the biological epidemiology of violent behavior.... Read more »
Lee, T., Chan, S., & Raine, A. (2008) Strong limbic and weak frontal activation to aggressive stimuli in spouse abusers. Molecular Psychiatry, 13(7), 655-656. DOI: 10.1038/mp.2008.46
Raine, A. (2008) From Genes to Brain to Antisocial Behavior. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 17(5), 323-328. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2008.00599.x
- February 14, 2009
- 10:00 PM
- 191 views
Do you not get it, or do you just not care? Psychopaths and mirror neurons
by Colin Clark in Mens Rea
Links between psychopathy and the mirror neuron system... Read more »
FECTEAU, S., PASCUALLEONE, A., & THEORET, H. (2008) Psychopathy and the mirror neuron system: Preliminary findings from a non-psychiatric sample. Psychiatry Research, 160(2), 137-144. DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2007.08.022
AGNEW, Z., BHAKOO, K., & PURI, B. (2007) The human mirror system: A motor resonance theory of mind-reading. Brain Research Reviews, 54(2), 286-293. DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2007.04.003
- May 17, 2008
- 11:19 PM
- 172 views
Free will ain't what it used to be
by Colin Clark in Mens Rea
Perceptions of free will can affect how people act.... Read more »
Vohs, K., & Schooler, J. (2008) The Value of Believing in Free Will: Encouraging a Belief in Determinism Increases Cheating. Psychological Science, 19(1), 49-54. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02045.x
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