Moonlit Minds

Republican senator Chuck Grassley has made it his mission to shake up the cosy relationship between doctors, researchers and the pharmaceutical industry. Now he is introducing legislation to force drugs companies to disclose the payments they make to doctors. He tells Jim Giles why he has chosen to be a troublemaker

read more here:  Exposing the links between doctors and Big Pharma

(via NewScientist)

Political rhetoric divides Danes and immigrants http://tinyurl.com/bjugpn – research made at last – “better late than never” #feedly

Online Research: Zotero Moves Into the Cloud [feedly] via ReadWriteWeb

Time to give it a try once again…?

Carl Honore: Slowing down in a world built for speed

Splendid idea, worth spreading. If you really want to see – stop and look around. Enjoy!

Is difficult better? Study reveals we tend to ignore simple items while pursuing goals

Also from the article: “The authors suggest that when we have goals, we need to be careful as we consider just how useful certain actions and products will be in helping us meet those goals – and that difficult is not necessarily better.” – this explains lots of failures, doesn’t it?

How we think before we speak: Making sense of sentences

Important research result – especially for people teaching/learning languages and communication experts!