Experimental psychology studies on mirror neurons? Help?

twojastara · 9 days

Iacoboni, M. (2009). Imitation, Empathy, and Mirror Neurons. Annual Review of Psychology, 60(1), 653–670. doi:10.1146/annurev.psych.60.110707.163604

Has a section on cognitive mechanisms of imitation that cites some studies that may be useful for you. Let me know if you can't find it and I'll send it to you.

FrankWarren · 11 days

I know secrets. Check please.

hypothesis983 · 12 days

Ding ding! We have a winnah!

Exactly. Downs is not genetically linked but rather an error in transcription during reproduction. This is why the incidence is linked, not to genetic lines, but rather the age at which procreation occurs. As one supervisor put it, "The Old Sperm and Egg Theory." Some research suggest similar mechanisms may be at work in autism.

gruntledlibrarian · 13 days

Ha! Upvote for you!

Seriously....I have never seen so many half-naked, unattractive people before in my life - and before you ask, yes, I have lived in Florida.

andrethecat · 18 days

As a dedicated Shipyard hater, I will still give it a try.

lamaface21 · 21 days

Are you saying he takes it up the Ender?

userSNOTWY · 26 days

Relevant

idont_getit · 27 days

Tell him to head over to Market Square in Portland at the coffee shop upstairs. They have pretty good horchata and even mix it with espresso.

JBurrows_ · 29 days

I've never heard better explanations on stress and the brain from anyone other than Robert Sapolsky - his videos are a regular feature in my class.

If you've got the time, check out his lecture on Stress, Neurodegeneration and Individual Differences.

Otherwise a google search for his videos is a good source too.

Larza · 1 month

If you are epileptic or prone to epilepsy then yes, this would be potentially very dangerous and possibly cause a seizure.

Otherwise, I don't know enough to say / don't think it would be dangerous in a "neurotypical" brain.

Larza · 1 month

One of the few studies I could find in a non-alternative medicine journal suggests that they may minimally reduce anxiety, so potentially, they could help with sleep, in terms of lowering anxiety.

I doubt they would be as effective as say, Ambien.

Larza · 1 month

From an ELI5 answer I gave a few months back:

Neuropsychologist here - In ELI5 terms, Binaural beats work by predisposing your brain toward specific EEG frequencies. These frequencies are associated with and recorded to occur during certain activities - like sleep or meditation. It is believed that by artificially inducing these frequencies - through sound or light - some of the benefits of those states can be induced in the brain.

And no, you can't get "high" off of sound. You might feel funny and disoriented, but you won't trip balls. (Yes, I've tried I-Doser.)

For a more in-depth look, check out the Wikipedia page.

Basically the research can be summed up as, we know there's a physiological response in terms of brainwaves, but we don't have a very good idea of what that means/translates to in psychological terms. Also, much of the research in this area is suspect because of the non-scientific nature / commercial agenda of the researchers.

corbs · 1 month

Essentially asked and answered.

indieawk · 1 month

This IS a point it try to impress with my students about psychophramacology however.

subtextual · 2 months

Well crap. There goes that. Why does science have to ruin all the fun things!?

acparks1 · 2 months

I was going to say - Yeah I'm on that listserv too :)

kakarothasgoneinsane · 2 months

What she said.

kakarothasgoneinsane · 2 months

I think you should come with a warning sticker for potential mentors.

kakarothasgoneinsane · 2 months

The Peace Corps is good for two things in my opinion. The first is for getting federal jobs. You get "bonus points" for any federal job you apply for when returning (I'm not sure for how long after you continue to get these points.) This automatically gives you a leg up in getting a job. The second is that it lets you appreciate being in school. I know so many people who came into graduate school after undergrad because "it was just the next step." While many of them were successful, there were also a number of them who were clearly burnt-out from school and weren't passionate about what they were doing. People who took some time off to work, even if it was just a year or two clearly appreciates grad school more and did better.

VA jobs = Veterans Affairs/Administration jobs. Working in VA hospitals is a great way to get experience and get a nice federal job. It's one of the more stable jobs in psychology/neuropsychology.

kakarothasgoneinsane · 2 months

As to "How to succeed in Psychology without really trying," my advice is this: Get 3 things - a PhD program, an APA internship and a mentor in the top of your chosen field.

Everyone I've seen who has gone through the process with little to no struggle (and who isn't a total moron or obviously dealing with their own mental illness) has had at least 2 of the 3.

The first two are just becoming more and more "de facto" prerequisites, especially for neuropsychology. Despite the fact that there are plenty of competent candidates from Psy.D. programs, and who are often better trained than their Ph.D. counterparts, the variably of Psy.D. trainees is so wild, that most supervisors have either written them off entirely or judge them prejudicially. The same goes for the APA internship. There is little to no difference in the training between APA accredited internships and APPIC approved ones - but the prejudice exists (and no APA means no VA jobs).

The last goes a long way to helping grease the wheels. Having a well-connected, well-respected mentor to call and grease the wheels at whatever place you want to go is priceless. Honestly, it's probably the most important thing you can do for a career in psychology - even above whatever clinical training you get or "special things" you do.

My hope is that in 5-10 years, this will all be cleared up - but honestly I doubt it. We'll have to wait for most of the older psychologists to die off. Right now they fight like children over small issues - like who said what to who at that one conference in '75 - while completely ignoring the need to band together to address the larger ones like insurance reimbursement and internships.

As to getting into PhD programs, see my above advice and use it at the undergrad level. Having a mentor call a program and drop your name is very helpful. They'll also probably be able to advise you on what you need to do to get in. You'll incur less debt in a Ph.D program - so that's good. (You're smart to take advantage of the FL money for education. I did that myself and the only debt I have is from grad school.)

Finally, I've been teaching at a local community college while I wait and apply for a neuropsych postdoc. (Shocked that my post was so bitter?) I had one last year but it lost funding too late for me to get another one.

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