Psychology, Philosophy and Real Life Archives for February 16th, 2011

Psychology, Philosophy and Real Life published the following articles on February 16th, 2011.

Getting By With a Little Help From Your Friends: Drugs as Instruments

It’s wrong to lump drug use and drug abuse together, say the authors of a forthcoming paper. On the contrary, most people who take psychoactive drugs will never be addicts, and for them, drug taking may be an adaptive and rational decision.

Dr Greg Mulhauser, Managing Editor

Are Bugs Messing With Your Mind?

Two biologists propose that the presence or absence of parasites in our environment exerts a strong top-down influence on the extent to which we have historically developed family ties and even religion. Surely it’s not the whole picture — I sure hope we’re more complicated than that — but could it be part of the picture?

Dr Greg Mulhauser, Managing Editor

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