The title grabbed my mind and shook it hard. One of the most basic of ideas I have always been taught and had reinforced was being challenged. I know that is the point of science--take accepted ideas and challenge them. This one caught me off guard.
This article essentially questions the validity of experimental psych research. Take a look, it's well worth your time.
As I re-examine my course and content, I was going over the genetics and biological predisposition with genetics at the fore to describe the causal factors of depression and schizophrenia.
I was reexamining the information on the twin studies. The texts I was reading gave great props to the twin studies.
This morning, I ran across this article on Big Think. Both the article and comments make for some fascinating reading.
For some time now, I have been receiving regular emails from a web site called "Big Think." While the site contains content ranging from economics, technology, style, culture, history, and more, it also contains neuroscience, psychology, and identity.
Like TED, the site contains videos from experts, but they are more individual and up-close. These videos typically occur within longer blogs related to a variety of topics, the best of which relate to psychology and neuroscience. I will link to some favorites below. Because the videos are short, they can be wonderful additions to what we do in the class, to have another person (read: expert) explain an idea that we'd like to get across to our students. Additionally, the content creates a wonderful little professional development opportunity for we teachers.
I discovered this little gem of an article on Big Think. 
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