Garth Kroeker

 This is a sequel to my last post ( https://garthkroeker.blogspot.com/2024/09/narcissistic-antisocial-personality-in.html ) It is possible f...

The norm in mental health practice has wisely been to stay out of politics for the most part, except when it comes to mental health advocacy...

I'm uncomfortable with the term "gifted" since it implies that some people have "gifts" while others do not.  Really...

 Jay Van Bavel and Dominic Packer are social psychologists whose recent book, The Power of Us, is a nice review of basic social psychology w...

I strongly recommend a new book by Cambridge psychologist Sander van der Linden, entitled Foolproof: why misinformation infects our minds an...

The COVID vaccines have saved millions of lives, and spared millions more a frightening hospital or intensive care admission.   Many people ...

David McRaney, in his new book called "How Minds Change" (2022), reviews our understanding of why people can form tenacious belief...

 It is very difficult to get admitted to a medical school.   At UBC, only about 10% of applicants are accepted.    This leads to extreme com...

 Two more books to recommend:   The Folly of Fools (2011) by Robert Trivers and The Elephant in the Brain (2018)  by Kevin Simler & Robi...

 One of the most important posts that I've written on my blog, in my opinion, has been " Political polarization, propaganda, conspi...