2010-05-21 Spike activity

Quick links from the past week in mind and brain news:

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BBC Radio 4's excellent In Our Time had a discussion on William James' landmark book 'The Varieties of Religious Experience'

The Neurocritic examines a curious study on the cognitive science of gaydar.

The brilliant behavioural economist Dan Ariely writes for Wired UK on habits and behavioural inertia in consumer decision-making.

Neuroskeptic has an insightful post that gets beyond the dopamine = 'instant reward liquid' stereotype that...