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Subscribe to this Blog- NIMH Biomarker Porn: Depression, Daughters, and Telomeres Part 1 January 21, 2015Does having to cope with their mother’s depression REALLY inflict irreversible damage on daughters’ psychobiology and shorten their lives? A recent BMJ article revived discussion of responsibility for hyped and distorted coverage of scientific work in the media. The usual … Continue reading »The post NIMH Biomarker Porn: Depression, Daughters, and Telomeres […]James Coyne PhD
- Will following positive psychology advice make you happier and healthier? December 18, 2014Smile or Die – the European retitling of Barbara Ehrenreich’s realist, anti-positive-psychology book Bright Sided:How Positive Thinking Is Undermining America – captures the threat of some positive psychology marketers’ advice: if you do not buy what we sell, you will … Continue reading »The post Will following positive psychology advice make you happier and […]James Coyne PhD
- Pay $1000 to criticize a bad ‘blood test for depression’ article? December 4, 2014No way, call for retraction. Would you pay $1,000 for the right to criticize bad science in the journal in which it originally appeared? That is what it costs to participate in postpublication peer review at the online Nature Publishing … Continue reading »The post Pay $1000 to criticize a bad ‘blood test for depression’ article? appeared first on Mind the B […]James Coyne PhD
- Failing grade for highly cited meta-analysis of positive psychology interventions November 18, 2014The many sins of Sin and Lyubomirsky I recently blogged about Linda Bolier and colleagues’ meta-analysis of positive psychology interventions [PPIs] in BMC Public Health. It is the new kid on the block. Sin and Lyubomirsky’s meta analysis is accepted … Continue reading »The post Failing grade for highly cited meta-analysis of positive psychology intervent […]James Coyne PhD
- Re-examining Ellen Langer’s classic study of giving plants to nursing home residents November 5, 2014Memories of famous studies do not serve us well A journalist emailed me a request for an interview about the work of Ellen Langer. I was busy hopping from Leipzig to Istanbul and on to Groningen with undependable Internet quality. … Continue reading »The post Re-examining Ellen Langer’s classic study of giving plants to nursing home residents appeared first […]James Coyne PhD
- NIMH Biomarker Porn: Depression, Daughters, and Telomeres Part 1 January 21, 2015