Bad Brain, Bad Behavior Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, David Berkowitz. The names of well-known serial killers elicit chills and horror. What were they thinking?...
Do animals think? When a fox hears the hounds baying and starts to run, is it obeying some ancient instinct, or does it 'know' to be afraid? Tim Radford ...
Music Appreciation 'Hard Wired' in Brain, Research Shows - Listen to Weekend Edition - Saturday Audio Dec. 28, 2002 It takes no musical training to recognize a...
New issue of Trends In Cognitive Sciences Selected articles: Why do some perceptual illusions affect visually guided action, when others don't?, Pages 10-11 ...
... What's the problem? It's merely a rehash of, what if I am dreaming? It doesn't matter; even if I am dreaming, it's MY dream. No matter what my experience...
Music Appreciation 'Hard Wired' in Brain, Research Shows - Listen to Weekend Edition - Saturday Audio Dec. 28, 2002 It takes no musical training to recognize a...
Do animals think? When a fox hears the hounds baying and starts to run, is it obeying some ancient instinct, or does it 'know' to be afraid? Tim Radford ...
Bad Brain, Bad Behavior Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, David Berkowitz. The names of well-known serial killers elicit chills and horror. What were they thinking?...
<<RKS: This is not quite right. Libet discovered that when you become consciously aware that you have initiated an action, the signal has already been sent...
I'm not sure, I need still think about it, however I have doubts that is completely true or only has a part. Lisa Simpson doesn't think, although we have hear...
... What's the problem? It's merely a rehash of, what if I am dreaming? It doesn't matter; even if I am dreaming, it's MY dream. No matter what my experience...
Search for Sympathy Uncovers Patterns of Brain Activity Description: Neuroscientists trying to tease out the mechanisms underlying the basis of human sympathy...
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New York Times December 31 2002 VITAL SIGNS Mental Health: Gloom, When the Sunshine Fades By ERIC NAGOURNEY Researchers say they have direct evidence that the...
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... salivates at the sound of the word "MacDonald's". Does that mean that junk food is hard wired? Researchers should learn to differentiate 'hard wiring'...
... distinguish between subjective and objective experience. The question is of the subjective, in essence "what goes on inside the animal's mind". ... to...
... distinguish between subjective and objective experience. The question is of the subjective, in essence "what goes on inside the animal's mind". ... to...
Robert has has given a good description of the problem of free will below. The important characteristic of this description is that we are conscious of the...
Hi there, You probably all know the study of blindsight in brain damaged patients. But I vaguely recall that there has been a claim for different forms or...
Alex: Robert given a good description of the problem of free will below. The important characteristic of this description is that we are conscious of the...
... Hello. Well I don't know if I can write much, but a bit, at least. [the exchange below is re cyclic organization] ... even ... pressures.> ... Glen Yes,...
I will try to answer Glen Davidson“s criticisms and Alex Green“s questions about my last last year post to MindBrain. As you know I advocated the utility of...
Hi there, You probably all know the study of blindsight in brain damaged patients. But I vaguely recall that there has been a claim for different forms or...
... body ... of ... are ... of ... perform ... by muscle plan, that is done subconsciously. [Alex] Agreed, I was just reporting my own sensation of muscle tone...
... encapsulate a ... Glen Well I'm back, and for good or for ill I said I'd write more in reply when I returned. Of course I can throw any number of questions...
Robert, Many thanks for the references. It was particularly the Weiskrantz article I was after. But it was good to see all those other articles. I would also...
BBC NEWS ONLINE Thursday, 2 January, 2003, 00:47 GMT Scientists analyse placebo effect Dummy treatments used in clinical trials of cancer treatments can...
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Lab chimp speaks his own language Exclusive from New Scientist Print Edition A bonobo has surprised his trainers by appearing to make up his own "words". It is...
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... observations of animals, but drew subjective conclusions eg they noticed that the Wildebeest withdraws its leg in pain (objective observation) and assumed...
Dear Glen, I'll try to answer this the best I can. Glen Of course I can throw any number of questions at the claims made for the GW model. Right now I'd ask...
[Thomas] ... [Alex] Most interesting article. This correlates nicely with Marcel's work: Authors : MARCEL, A.J. Title : Blindsight and shape perception:...