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Mark, never mind what anyone NEEDS. Evolution will not follow well thought-off needs and requirements to instigate changes. It goes the other way around: By...
September 2, 2008 About Death, Just Like Us or Pretty Much Unaware? By NATALIE ANGIER [http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/09/01/science/02angi_190.jpg] ...
Yes John, I think we are in agreement on that point. And I don't mean to totally dismiss the point that Mark Changizi is making about the utility of "X-ray"...
Age-related memory loss tied to slip in filtering information quickly Scientists have identified a way in which the brain's ability to process information...
Neuroscientist scans brain for clues on best time to multitask In today's fast-paced world, multitasking has become an increasingly necessary part of our daily...
Bonobos May Have Greater Linguistic Skills Than Previously Thought The bonobo Panbanisha's use of turn-taking to achieve her aim is the basis of a paper...
Scientific American Mind - August 28, 2008 Animal Intelligence and the Evolution of the Human Mind Subtle refinements in brain architecture, rather than...
Robotic helicopters teach themselves stunts Sept. 2, 2008 Courtesy Stanford University and World Science staff Computer scientists have developed an artificial...
Chandelier cells unveil human cognition What is it that distinguishes humans from other mammals? The answer to this question lies in the neocortex - the part...
Zen training speeds the mind's return after distraction, brain scans reveal Experienced Zen meditators can clear their minds of distractions more quickly than...
"Thinking about Not-Thinking": Neural Correlates of Conceptual Processing during Zen Meditation Giuseppe Pagnoni1, Milos Cekic2, Ying Guo3 1 Department of...
The Influence of Object Relative Size on Priming and Explicit Memory Bob Uttl 1, Peter Graf 2, Amy L. Siegenthaler 3 1 Red Deer College, Red Deer, Alberta,...
Playing, And Even Watching, Sports Improves Brain Function enlarge Researchers at the University of Chicago used fMRI scans to study how the brain works when...
Hallucinations in the flash of an eye Dominic H. ffytche at the Institute of Psychiatry in London reviews what we do know and moves the field forward, by...
Is There a 'Mozart Effect'? Ask a Neuroscientist and a Musicologist (PhysOrg.com) -- Neuroscientists and musicians have learned that looking at the brain on...
Published Online September 4, 2008 Science DOI: 10.1126/science.1164685 Submitted on August 14, 2008 Accepted on August 28, 2008 Internally Generated...
Robert, do you have a distinction between 'musicologist' (people occupied by the SCIENCE drawn upon musical characteristics - history - technique - theory) and...
... [S.P.] The paper was published in "Scientific American", as I see. The authors' logic has much in common with "American", but has nothing in common with...
Introduction. The use of artificial neural networks to study perception in animals Article Type Introduction Authors Colin R. Tosh and Graeme D. Ruxton DOI...
Introduction. Social intelligence: from brain to culture Article Type Introduction Authors Nathan J. Emery, Nicola S. Clayton and Chris D. Frith DOI...
Introduction. Mental processes in the human brain Article Type Introduction Authors Jon Driver, Patrick Haggard and Tim Shallice DOI 10.1098/rstb.2007.2085 ...
Summation of perceptual cues in natural visual scenes Issue Volume 275, Number 1649 / October 22, 2008 Pages 2299-2308 DOI 10.1098/rspb.2008.0692 PDF (499.9...
Serge, I second (that means in America: support your position). I wrote once to someone absorbed in the topic RKS reported on by asking: "And you, Sir, could...
Hi all, as part of the ongoing work on meaning derivation I have updated the look/feel of the EIC presentation where such reflects what comes out of analysis...
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Can anyone give pointed comments on how may a conscious neuro-humoral based emotional state may determine (choose) an associated cortical attractor? Click...
I just can't believe that anyone seriously holds, or held, the opinion expressed in the news clip that: "The brain puts together different items -- the what,...