Editor’s Selections: Throwing Words, Deceptive Spider Sex, and Littering
April 3rd, 2012 Editor's Selections 22 Comments
Jason Goldman selects several notable posts each week from Psychology and Neuroscience. He blogs at The Thoughtful Animal.
- Did language emerge from the neural systems supporting aimed throwing? The argument, explained by Andrew Wilson, is more reasonable than you might expect.
- Sex, Lies and… Spider Silk? At The Scorpion and the Frog, blogger Miss Behavior discusses the nursery web spider’s guide to love and sex.
- Here’s an easy way to modify your messy roommate’s behavior: make the place smell like citrus. At BPS Research Digest, find out why: Passengers litter less on carriages that smell of cleaning product.
That’s it for this week… Check back next week for more great psychology and neuroscience blogging!

