2010-09-17 Spike activity

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

There's a fantastic discussion and video interview on America's first prison for drug addicts, "the world's most famous – and infamous – center for the treatment and study of drug addiction", over at Neuroanthropology.

The Guardian has a piece by psychologist Susan Blackmore on why she's changed her mind on the idea that religion works like a 'meme virus'.

How political beliefs affect racial biases. Neuron Culture covers an intriguing study ...