February 20, 2026 For psychologists who have spent half a century dissecting the delicate architecture of human attachment, the news from Sandringham this week isn’t just a legal update; it is the final, tragic demolition of a “secure base.” Following the unprecedented arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor yesterday on suspicion of misconduct in public office, the narrative threads of Epstein,Continue reading “Crunch time for the Monarchy?”
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How Big Tobacco Bought UK Science
Corporate interests controlled H J Eysenck and other Psychology professors to produce pro-tobacco findings, while King’s College London and UK universities profited.
Vividness of Visual Mental Imagery as a Naturally Occurring Individual Difference
A previous post asserted the need for caution in drawing inferences about individuals with low VVIQ scores. To prevent continuing problems of the kind to be discussed, this author post advocates that investigators desist from using the VVIQ and VVIQ-2 to ‘diagnose’ aphantasia and the term “aphantasia” should be retired. Individual differences in visual mentalContinue reading “Vividness of Visual Mental Imagery as a Naturally Occurring Individual Difference”
Abuses of VVIQ rapidly increasing
This post addresses an issue which relates to the unwarranted ‘medicalisation’ of low visual mental imagery vividness scores. This trend follows an unfortunate labelling of people with low VVIQ scores as “aphantasic’ by a neurologist Adam Zeman at Exeter University in 2015. Added today to the VVIQ and VVIQ-2 instructions: Warning Neither the original 16-itemContinue reading “Abuses of VVIQ rapidly increasing”
He grew up being curious
David F Marks is a psychologist who writes and edits articles, books, and the majority of posts on this website. You’re born, you work , then – if you’re lucky – you have children, you work some more – if you’re lucky – you have grandchildren, you age – if you’re lucky – you liveContinue reading “He grew up being curious”
An international estimate of the prevalence of differing visual imagery abilities
Abstract: The aim of this research was to establish prevalence estimates for aphantasia, hypophantasia, typical imagery ability, and hyperphantasia in a large multi- national cohort. In Study 1, the Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire was completed by 3,049 participants. Results indicated prevalence estimates of 1.2% for aphantasia, 3% for hypophantasia, 89.9% for typical imagery ability,Continue reading “An international estimate of the prevalence of differing visual imagery abilities”
An Aperiodic Monotile (reblog)
I suppose that most of you have already heard about the first ever aperiodic planar tiling with one type of tiles. It was discovered by David Smith, … An Aperiodic Monotile
CBC-Clock Theory of Life – Integration of cellular circadian clocks and cellular sentience is essential for cognitive basis of life
Authors: František Baluška 1 and Arthur S. Reber 2 1 Institute of Cellular and Molecular Botany, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany 2 Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada Correspondence František Baluška, Institute of Cellular and Molecular Botany, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany. Email: baluska@uni-bonn.de, areber@brooklyn.cuny.edu Originally published by: BioEssays PROBLEMS & PARADIGMSContinue reading “CBC-Clock Theory of Life – Integration of cellular circadian clocks and cellular sentience is essential for cognitive basis of life”
“If I look at the mass I will never act”: Psychic numbing and genocide
Author: Paul Slovic This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Publication: Judgment and Decision Making Date: Jan 1, 2023 Abstract Most people are caring and will exert great effortContinue reading ““If I look at the mass I will never act”: Psychic numbing and genocide”
Alert Memorandum: Risk of Nuclear Conflict
Summary “France could be leading the American people down a path toward a nuclear conflict decidedly not in the interests of the American people – or of humanity itself, VIPS warns President Joe Biden.” youtube.com/watch Transcript France could be leading the American 0:01 people down a path toward a nuclear 0:03 conflict decidedly not inContinue reading “Alert Memorandum: Risk of Nuclear Conflict”
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