In @nautil.us @drjimdavies.bsky.social reports on a huge study: People are motivated more by helping others than self-oriented motivations like reputation. Implications for how we try to encourage goodness .https://nautil.us/people-really-want-to-be-good-1227879/ @carleton-cogsci.bsky.social

@drjimdavies.bsky.social with musician Jesse Stewart and poet Jamaal Amir Akbari. Davies with calligraphy, Stewart with percussion, and Akbari with poetry. Paper has linked vids: www.criticalimprov.com/index.php/cs... @carletonu.bsky.social @carleton-cogsci.bsky.social

Social media good for mental health? @drjimdavies.bsky.social interviews @drkimhellemans.bsky.social and Andrea Howard. P1: mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2025/06/01/s... P2: mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2025/07/01/s... @carletonu.bsky.social @carleton-cogsci.bsky.social @mindingthebrain.bsky.social

May is #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth. This long weekend, take time to rest, recharge, and tune into Minding the Brain, a great podcast by @drkimhellemans.bsky.social and @drjimdavies.bsky.social at @carleton.ca exploring how our minds work. spti.fi/n5Q89oU #MentalHealth #Neuroscience #CdnResearch

An open access journal article with Zoe Roy-Stang and @drjimdavies.bsky.social looks at how thinking biases might influence people's perception of dangers of AI. Remedies suggested, too! jimdavies.org/research/pub... @carletonu.bsky.social @carleton-cogsci.bsky.social @mindingthebrain.bsky.social

At @mindingthebrain.bsky.social podcast @drjimdavies.bsky.social interviews Dr. Ian Gold. What are delusions? mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2025/05/01/d... @carletonu.bsky.social @carleton-cogsci.bsky.social @drjimdavies.bsky.social @drkimhellemans.bsky.social

Minding the Brain was ranked number 8 in the best cognitive science podcasts by Feedspot! podcast.feedspot.com/cognitive_sc... @carletonu.bsky.social @carleton-cogsci.bsky.social @drjimdavies.bsky.social @drkimhellemans.bsky.social @mindingthebrain.bsky.social

A new episode of the @mindingthebrain.bsky.social is a Q&A, tackling lucid dreaming, brain implants, and more. audio at: mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2025/04/15/n... video at youtu.be/BgU7vBbmNBo @carletonu.bsky.social @carleton-cogsci.bsky.social @drjimdavies.bsky.social @drkimhellemans.bsky.social

@drjimdavies.bsky.social appears on The Goods with Dahlia Kurtz, on CFRA 580am. This June 16, 2019 episode is about whether people have a type of person that they date. 18 m. soundcloud.com/scjimmyd/201... @carletonu.bsky.social @carleton-cogsci.bsky.social @mindingthebrain.bsky.social

new @mindingthebrain.bsky.social Q&A with @drjimdavies.bsky.social and @drkimhellemans.bsky.social Should we "cure" ADHD? audio: mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2025/02/17/t... video: youtu.be/LWLv3GOJnIQ?... @carleton.ca @carleton-cogsci.bsky.social @drjimdavies.bsky.social

Jim Davies talks about why we love April Fool's day on CFRA. Time 59:00 to 1:06. Aired April 1, 2025. www.iheart.com/podcast/962-... @carletonu.bsky.social @carleton-cogsci.bsky.social @drjimdavies.bsky.social

In the new @mindingthebrain.bsky.social @drjimdavies.bsky.social interviews @drkimhellemans.bsky.social about Cultural Effects on the Brain Podcast: mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2025/04/01/c... YouTube: youtu.be/fL4jDkFm39U @carleton.ca @carleton-cogsci.bsky.social

@mindingthebrain.bsky.social podcast episode about the evolution of females, with @catbohannon.bsky.social and her book Eve. Listen: mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2025/03/01/t... video: youtu.be/NOlGQUwfnHI @carletonu.bsky.social @carleton-cogsci.bsky.social @drjimdavies.bsky.social

A TikTok reviewer gives a brief overview of Jim Davies's tabletop role-playing game Things that Go Squeak in the Night at 60 RPG reviews, Chapter 70. www.tiktok.com/@fergusharpe...

New @mindingthebrain.bsky.social episode: Question and Answer, about ape brains, evo psych's rep... Listen! mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2025/03/15/a... or watch at youtu.be/o_AugoVFs80 @carletonu.bsky.social @carleton-cogsci.bsky.social @drjimdavies.bsky.social @drkimhellemans.bsky.social

Jim Davies interviewed on CBC Ottawa Morning about the promises and dangers of generative artificial intelligence into school curricula. 10m. Listen at: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... @carletonu.bsky.social @carleton-cogsci.bsky.social @drjimdavies.bsky.social @mindingthebrain.bsky.social

In the September episode of @mindingthebrain.bsky.social, @drkimhellemans.bsky.social interviews Jodi Pawluski about mommy brain and the mental load of motherhood. mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2024/09/01/m... @carletonu.bsky.social @carleton-cogsci.bsky.social @drjimdavies.bsky.social

In a new Minding the Brain episode @drjimdavies.bsky.social and @drkimhellemans.bsky.social answer audience questions! mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2025/01/21/q... @nautil.us.bsky.social @carletonu.bsky.social @carleton-cogsci.bsky.social @mindingthebrain.bsky.social

@drjimdavies.bsky.social Davies talks about the ethics of artificial intelligence, human bias, and threats of superintelligent AI in this article and podcast episode of AI Purity. Released August 2, 2024. www.ai-purity.com/podcast/cogn... @carletonu.bsky.social @carleton-cogsci.bsky.social

False memories can be attenuated by telling people that they are false, Jim Davies reports in Nautilus Magazine. Published September 2, 2024. nautil.us/what-makes-a... @nautil.us @carletonu @carleton-cogsci

Jim Davies is interviewed in the Ottawa Citizen about why people like to be scared and watch horror movies. Published October 27, 2024. ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...

Jim Davies writes in Nautilus about the work of Matthew Coleman, who finds that people care less about the pain people will feel in the future. nautil.us/yes-we-can-c... @nautil.us @carletonu.bsky.social

A new episode of the Minding the Brain podcast is out. In this month's episode Jim Davies interviews Dr. Rebecca Merkley about whether or not babies can understand math. mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2025/01/01/d...

Why do some people look like their dogs? See the article by Jim Davies in @nautil.us magazine. nautil.us/why-do-some-... #dogs #science @carletonu.bsky.social