Hive Mind

An open mind with a strict door policy

Robert J King Ph.D.

Through a Glass, Darkly

Are memories of trauma, such as in the Christine Blasey Ford-Brett Kavanaugh case, reliable? What does the science of memory research tell us?

ART Attack

Assistive reproductive technologies: New opportunities, but also new concerns.

Idiot in a Hurry

A recent legal ruling on a chocolate bar, allows me to make a testable prediction based on evolutionary principles

Adverse Childhood Experience

Taking children from their carers can have horrible long-term consequences: And not just for the people directly involved.

Separation Anxiety

Recent attention on the separation of children at the United States border is an opportunity to think about the long-term effects of parental deprivation on children.

The One You Shouldn't Hurt At All

A recent op-ed in the Washington Post called for open hatred of men. This seems like a good opportunity to explore some under-reported issues of intimate partner violence.

Potential People? Abortion in Ireland

Abortion: Who gets to decide who lives and dies? All of us, that's who.

Abortion and Mental Health: What Are the Facts?

The abortion debate in Ireland has generated interest in potential harms to the mother's mental health. The science on this is unequivocal.

What, Exactly, Is an "Unborn Child"?

Conversation around repealing the eighth amendment in Ireland is generating at least as much heat as light.

Bare Branches With Rotten Fruit

Surplus males are a menace to women in a large number of measurable ways

Two Cheers for Empathy

Paul Bloom has recently (and one suspects slightly provocatively) called for a rejection of empathy. But he has left us little grounds for his alternative "rational compassion."

Regiments of Monstrous Women

Contrary to what you may have heard, women in horror stories are not all lingeried chainsaw victims

Mass Killings: An Evolutionary Perspective

What insights does evolutionary psychology offer about mass killings? Some; but we are still a long way from complete understanding.

Blasphemy!

Religious and Secular blasphemy accusations come from a similar source. And we need to call a halt to this nonsense.

Estrogen Promise

Have the rumors of the death of testosterone been somewhat exaggerated? In a word: Yes.

Entranced

Getting in "sync" with a partner may not be a euphemism. Orgasms can help us achieve this, the latest research implies.

Quiz Time!

The Trump regime just issued a preposterous so-called survey which is so riddled with error that I am using it as an end of term quiz for psychology research methods class.

Dem Bones

Most primates (and many mammals) have bones in their penises. Humans don't, and there are some possible reasons for this.

The Last Duel

The last sabre duel in Europe tells us things about present-day disputes.

Elfwick's Law

There is nothing new about a post-truth world. Humans have always wanted to let their hearts rule their heads

Thinking About Thinking

Are minds computers? Yes and no.

Do Try This at Home

Female orgasm: What happens when you try to study it in a more natural setting than labs? Persistent infertility is a hot topic at the moment and this research offers insight.

The Man in the Moon: Faces and Autism

A new study into autism reveals something of what it is like to experience the world this way, and offers a possible early test of the condition.

Life... Don't Talk to Me About Life

The U.K. press recently picked up our paper about violence and gambling. Here's why they (and other traits) tend to go together and why this matters.

Must...Try...Harder

Women are not Rubik's cubes, and their orgasms haven't been "solved."

Things Which Ain't So

Are folk right to tell you not to trust scientists? A Holy Roman Emperor supplies the answer.

When You Assume...

Don't become the butt of the joke.

I'm A African

Meryl Streep got herself in trouble for declaring that we are all African. But she's right. What makes us similar is far greater than what makes us different.

Sex and Violence

"Making a Murderer" is just one of many true crime shows that has become popular. Why is this? Is it a new phenomenon?

Insider Dealing

Oscar time, and a missed opportunity for the Best Picture to be of a radically different kind. Even so—a great year for behavioral science in the movies.

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