Why We Do What We Do

The rise in incidents of dyslexia is likely due to better awareness and diagnostic tools, as well as increased emphasis in schools on reading skills. Although there are several performance-based diagnostic tests, neurological tests have not been very successful at identifying exactly what biological factors contribute to dyslexia. There is hope though because many curricula and teaching strategies have been successful at helping children with dyslexia.

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Is it Jiff Peanut Butter or Jiffy Peanut Butter? Turns out, Vader never said, "Luke, I am your father." Retellings that become popular that incorrectly reference a cultural event can carry a lot of weight in our memories. Furthermore, if we mishear, or think we knew about something, that can feel cemented in our memories as if it really happened. As we have discussed before, our memories are highly fallible and subject to mistakes. The cultural version of widespread false memories is called the Mandela Effect. What else do you remember that never happened?

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Authority has long tried to narrow the pool of suspects in a crime. Eventually, police turned to psychologists to help understand the person so that they could be more easily discovered. This opened the door for all kinds of wild speculation that was about as useful as a psychic (really, they compared profilers to psychics in the research). But some pioneering researchers are starting to use science and statistics to bring some clarity to profiling in a way that has already proved to be much more effective than the wild west of speculationville.

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Most people know that the right brain left brain personality attribution is a silly myth. But do you know where it comes from? Largely started out of research on corpus callosotomies for patients with seizure disorders, one or two die-hard researchers have created their own tests to find support for hemispheric dominance. Plenty to learn about this urban myth.

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Why do some accomplished people feel insecure about themselves? Turns out the vast majority of people who have achieved fame, success, responsibility, or other recognition feel unworthy of their accomplishments. This can be combatted by allowing yourself to acknowledge your actual failings and celebrating your achievements. The real frauds know who they are. But most people who think of themselves as frauds are actually legitimate and excessively self-critical.

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Popular neuropsychology has identified that there is increased activity in a particular network of the brain when we are "at rest." The question we ask is "what is at rest?" We express some skepticism toward this popular idea because there seem to be some foundational assumptions with which we are uncomfortable.

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Turns out we are absolutely abysmal at determining if someone is trying to flirt with us. To begin with, it is important to note that flirting is about the most appropriate way to try and begin a consensual relationship in a non-aggressive and non-coercive way. In short, if someone is trying to increase their presence in your life or your presence in theirs, then they might be trying to flirt. Not all behavior of this sort is flirting. However, it is useful to know how to tell if someone is trying to obtain your attention. Similarly, it is useful to know how to gently let them down if this is the case. Don't let that special someone pass you by! But also, don't just assume someone is trying to flirt with you because they do some of the things that we list in this episode.

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Do intentions matter to determine if an action is altruistic? Depends on who you ask. Actually, historical writers on altruism are fraught with subjective interpretations of what it is or could be. Some promote it, some dismiss it. Some even call anything but altruism immoral. Technically, doing something with intent to harm that accidentally benefits someone else could be considered altruistic. But that isn't the world we want to promote. We'll suggest altruism as a better term for what is meant by altruism.

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Yet another generation of fussy adults are concerned about how kids are so distracted these days that they have atomically-sized attention spans, rivaling that of the goldfish. This is false, also, goldfish are a poor comparison because they have pretty decent memories. Also, "attention-span" doesn't mean anything and has no definition or anchor to measurable behavior. Join us in taking down another dumb myth

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Likey to ruffle some feathers, this episode is a discussion about the science of the sensory integration therapy approach. This is NOT an indictment of occupational therapists, but a review of the philosophy and evidence around sensory integration therapy. We specifically take on sensory oral feeding and other SIT strategies and history. There are some interesting nuggets and a legitimate hypothesis at its base but with a failed execution.

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