Smart Recruitment Pays Off
I have to share with you a story that I think is one of the most innovative and optimistic I’ve heard in a while. And I won’t take too long doing it. Promise. It’s about a firm that wants staff with autism. Yes, you read me right. “A computer company in Denmark… has made huge strides in employing workers with autism. [It] is expecting to begin work in...
Read MoreSex and Chocolate on the Brain
In an article entitled ‘People-person’ brain area found, “scientists say they have located the brain areas that may determine how sociable a person is. Warm, sentimental people tend to have more brain tissue in the outer strip of the brain just above the eyes and in a structure deep in the brain’s centre. These are the same zones that allow us to enjoy chocolate and...
Read MoreA School for Scoundrels
Last Saturday I delivered a workshop called Lies and Damned Lied: How to be a Human Lie Detector at Queen’s University. About thirty students turned up to learn about the psychology of deception and practice their new-found skills on each other through a variety of games and role-plays. I used a number of web resources during the day to test their growing skills. Some of you asked me on...
Read MoreLes Yeux Sont Le Miroir de L’Dme
I’ve raved before about the exciting work of Simon Baron-Cohen, professor of psychology and psychiatry at Cambridge University. He’s written what I think is the best book on the subject of how the sexes perceive and interact with the world differently. The thrust of it is that men possess system-directed thinking while women enjoy empathy-directed thinking. There are different sorts of test...
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