Thinking Critically with Psychological Science

• Statistics Simulations

• James Randi (Famous Skeptic)

• Scientific American Frontiers (SAF) Web Site

• The Wonder Pill (SAF Program on the Placebo)

• The Baloney Detection Collection (Some good tips for thinking critically)

Neuroscience & Behavior

• Brain Briefings

• Mind/Body Medical Institute

• Alzheimer's and the Brain

The Developing Person

Sensation & Perception

• Blind Spot Demonstration

• Illusions

• More Illusions

States of Consciousness

• Sleep Facts for College Students

• Why do we yawn?

• SleepQuest.com

Memory

• Magic Number 7

Thinking, Language, & Intelligence

• Interview with Claude Steele (stereotype threat)

• Bell Curve book commentary

Emotions, Stress, & Health

• Joseph LeDoux Lab (Researcher examining the physiology of emotion)

• Modern Lie Detection

Psychological Disorders

• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

• American Psychological Association

• American Psychiatric Association

• Famous people who have (or appear to have) suffered from mental illness

Therapy

Social Psychology

• Stanford Prison Experiment

• Web Site of Phillip Zimbardo (Conducted  the Stanford Prison Experiment)