Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
Just as I do the first podcast ep for the Token Skeptic. ‘On Santa’ – the Wall Street Journal reports on magical thinking in kids! The Power of Magical Thinking – Research Shows the Importance of Imagination in Children’s Cognitive Development: The researchers found that while children as young as 3 understand the concept of [...]
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Ah, I adore E, my regular commentator under many guises. And deliverer of LolCat goodness! Anyway, after E sent me an article today on superstitious beliefs amongst politicians, I countered with the blog entry I wrote a while back on the issue – Political Punditry On McCain’s Magical Thinking: The notion of ‘magical thinking‘ has [...]
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And some of the things I find… this one will be cited, for sure: Principe, Gabrielle F. and Eric Smith. The tooth, the whole tooth and nothing but the tooth: how belief in the Tooth Fairy can engender false memories. Applied Cognitive Psychology. Abstract: To examine how children’s fantasy beliefs can affect memory for their [...]
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It’s been a little while since I’ve gone in depth on this topic, so it’s probably a good opportunity for a recap! Especially after just having read Tall Tales About The Mind And Brain: Separating Fact From Fiction, edited by Sergio Della Sala. I’m pulling together the literature review for my dissertation on beliefs of [...]
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The PodBlack Cat can’t avoid crossing the path of this one! There’s an interesting offshoot from the US elections that has caught my attention recently — John McCain’s superstitious beliefs being openly touted – “I’m wearing my lucky shoes from today till Sunday,” McCain says from his bus on Wednesday. At the moment, his pockets [...]
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