FYI http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/05/21/1085120120322.html Some music makes us weep, some makes our spirits soar. Now an Australian music psychologist...
Dear all, As my own workload is piling up these days, I have asked Robert Karl Stonjek to help me out with the moeration of the Mind & Brain group. Our list...
*The artist Michelangelo may have suffered from the condition Asperger's Syndrome, according researchers. * Two experts in Asperger's, a milder form of autism,...
Most of us are poor judges of our own abilities ANN ARBOR, Mich.---If you believe you're a good driver or a lousy dancer, think again. Most of us believe we...
Thomas, the article raised mixed feelings in me (a practicing/performing musician, not a composer). First: Dr Schubert (nomen non est omen) "quantized"...
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Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance Volume 30, Issue 3 , June 2004, Pages 598-612 This Document Abstract Abstract + References...
http://www.economist.com/science/displayStory.cfm?story_id=2668085 Humans like to regard themselves as exceptional. But it seems that even bird-brained ravens...
Paul Bloom: Natural-Born Dualists May 16, 2004 Edge 139 at http://www.edge.org (5,100 words) ... THE THIRD CULTURE ... NATURAL-BORN DUALISTS A Talk with Paul...
Link proved between senses and memory Brain scans show how sights and smells evoke the past. 31 May 2004 MICHAEL HOPKIN Marcel Proust reflected that "the smell...
John Benjamins Publishing Company is pleased to announce the publication of the following book in the field of Consciousness Studies: Philosophy of the Brain ...
... book, Do Animals Think?, is: Not very much. The answer is, "I think that animals do not think very much, compared to humans, who I suspect think rather as...
Dear Dr. Stonjek, The study referenced in NATURE by Michael Hopins (http://www.nature.com/nsu/040524/040524-12.html ) aligns itself nicely with the theory of...
Dear Members, this month I would like the group to think about animal consciousness, animal thinking, and animal innovation. We are not the only animals to...
Human feelings: why are some more aware than others? A.D. (Bud) Craig Trends in Cognitive Sciences 2004, 8:239-241 A recent article reports that human...
To state it as simply as possible, ALL neuron-dependent life forms share the SAME set of GENERIC meanings and as such a degree of 'reasoning' using those...
I would like to thank Thomas for his excellent work on this group, a difficult task at the best of times. Incidently Robert, it has been very difficult to get...
W ORKSHOP ON THE R OLE OF C ONSCIOUSNESS IN M EMORY Program & Presentations held at the FedEx Institute of Technology Saturday, May 1, 2004: 08:00-08:30 ...
Do non-human Animals have Consciousness? The question of consciousness in non-human animals is heavily dependant on the definition of consciousness one is...
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN Freud Returns May 2004; by Mark Solms; 8 page(s) File size: 401 KB For the first half of the 1900s, the ideas of Sigmund Freud dominated ...
Nice invitation, Thomas. We here in the US are already have June 3 2004, when will be Saturday, May 1, 2004: (date of the announcement) be at your quarters up...
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Robert, ... From: Robert Karl Stonjek [mailto:stonjek@...] Sent: Thursday, 3 June 2004 10:39 To: A Group MindBrain Subject: [Mind and Brain] Do...
<snip> [robert] "My solution to understanding consciousness is to identify all the elements that contribute to a human-like consciousness and follow each one....
Humor and Handedness When Seana Coulson, assistant professor of cognitive science, and her graduate student, Christopher Lovett, looked for a high-level...
Behold the Talking Chimp Zeroing in on the genetic basis of language By Gary Marcus From our common ancestor with chimpanzees, it took only six million years,...