Revealing the machinery underlying the 'plastic' juvenile brain Among the central mysteries of neurobiology is what properties of the young brain enable it to...
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Robert Karl Stonjek
r_k_stonjek
Mar 2, 2007 12:02 am
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences ISSN: 0962-8452 (Paper) 1471-2954 (Online) Issue: Volume 274, Number 1613 / April 22, 2007 Pages: 1049...
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Pay_the_Piper
pay_the_piper@...
Mar 3, 2007 6:33 am
Dear Dr. Lott: Psychology may be stepping on philosophical toes here but that adds some spice to the ensuing discussion. APA policy is that "For a theory to be...
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Robert Karl Stonjek
r_k_stonjek
Mar 3, 2007 7:54 am
Rare cell prevents rampant brain activity One of the mysteries of the brain is how it avoids ending up in a state of chaos, something which happens only on...
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Robert Karl Stonjek
r_k_stonjek
Mar 3, 2007 11:16 pm
Size of brain areas does matter -- but bigger isn't necessarily better The ability to hit a baseball or play a piano well is part practice and part innate...
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John M
janosapu
Mar 3, 2007 11:17 pm
Dear ptp: you forgot to the ID writeup (a good one at that) the political side. Not that it matters. You also wrote from 'is' creating new planets from space...
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Robert Karl Stonjek
r_k_stonjek
Mar 4, 2007 12:10 am
Rash. Positron emission tomography scans reveal more D2/3 receptors in patient rats (top) than in impulsive ones (bottom). Credit: Dalley et at., Science Just...
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Mark Peaty
markpeaty
Mar 4, 2007 10:20 am
Well that's an interesting little essay! The author has couched it all in very careful, measured words [if it was any more careful, a rude person would call it...
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Robert Karl Stonjek
r_k_stonjek
Mar 5, 2007 8:16 am
Volume 75 Issue 2 Page 265 - April 2007 To cite this article: Laura B. Koenig, Matt McGue, Robert F. Krueger, Thomas J. Bouchard Jr. (2007) Religiousness,...
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Robert Karl Stonjek
r_k_stonjek
Mar 5, 2007 8:17 am
Volume 75 Issue 2 Page 199 - April 2007 To cite this article: Zorana Ivcevic, Marc A. Brackett, John D. Mayer (2007) Emotional Intelligence and Emotional...
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Robert Karl Stonjek
r_k_stonjek
Mar 5, 2007 10:22 am
Neurons That Detect Motion Rapidly Switch Between Modes Of Data Collection Science Daily - Form does follow function, as far as visual cortex neurons tasked...
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Robert Karl Stonjek
r_k_stonjek
Mar 6, 2007 6:01 am
Scientists Try to Predict Intentions By Maria Cheng Associated Press posted: 05 March 2007 04:56 pm ET BERLIN (AP) - At a laboratory in Germany, volunteers...
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Robert Karl Stonjek
r_k_stonjek
Mar 6, 2007 6:01 am
Out-of-body experiences may be caused by arousal system disturbances in brain Near death, sleep-wake transition have same likelihood of correlating to...
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Robert Karl Stonjek
r_k_stonjek
Mar 6, 2007 6:01 am
When God sanctions violence, believers act more aggressively ANN ARBOR, Mich.-Reading violent scriptures increases aggressive behavior, especially among...
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Dr. David Deal
sciinfoexchange
Mar 7, 2007 1:39 am
Harvard University scientist & psychologist Heather M. Gray & colleagues as others are trying to determine how individuals can tell whether or not someone or...
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Robert Karl Stonjek
r_k_stonjek
Mar 7, 2007 1:40 am
Fact or Fiction? Living People Outnumber the Dead Booming population growth among the living, according to one rumor, outpaces the dead By Ciara Curtin Image:...
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Chris Lofting
ddiamondaus
Mar 7, 2007 3:32 am
One dimension relates to X-axis perspectives. Two dimensions adds in the Y-axis. These perspectives are 'slice of reality' focused. When add the Z axis we can...
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Iulian Wande Radu
infinite.flow@...
Mar 7, 2007 3:44 am
From article "11 Steps to a Better Brain", New Scientist vol 2501, May 28 2005. http://www.newscientist.com/channel/being-human/mg18625011.900 *Positive...
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marty monteiro
marty_monteiro
Mar 7, 2007 3:16 pm
Dear david, Where can i read the experiment on the internet? Thanks in advance Marty Monteiro Chair Fnd.International Institute of Interdisciplinary...
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Glen Sizemore
gmsizemore2
Mar 7, 2007 3:19 pm
... http://www.newscientist.com/channel/being-human/mg18625011.900 ... There is nothing astonishing about it - it is called operant conditioning or "the Law of...
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Robert Karl Stonjek
r_k_stonjek
Mar 7, 2007 10:47 pm
Neuroscientist Records Surprising Brain 'Dialogue' During Sleep Science Daily - In work published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a...
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Chris Lofting
ddiamondaus
Mar 7, 2007 11:46 pm
I think this relates to dream analysis done back in the 70s where 'left brain' dreams were sequential, matter of fact, and NOT present in REM sleep. The...
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A. M. G. Solo
amgsolo
Mar 8, 2007 10:18 am
EXTENDING COMPUTATIONAL COGNITIVE MODELLING TO ISSUES OF MULTI-AGENT INTERACTION (ECM_MAI 2007) in conjunction with ICAI'07, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (June...
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Robert Karl Stonjek
r_k_stonjek
Mar 8, 2007 12:07 pm
On The (Sound) Track Of Anesthetics Science Daily - Danish scientists challenge the accepted scientific views of how nerves function and of how anesthetics...
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Robert Karl Stonjek
r_k_stonjek
Mar 8, 2007 12:20 pm
Why Children Love Their Security Blankets Science Daily - Every parent of a young child knows how emotionally attached children can become to a soft toy or...
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Glen Sizemore
gmsizemore2
Mar 8, 2007 9:57 pm
... Even if this were an important thing to say - which it isn't - the real question would be "Why do they think this?" Once you begin to ask questions like...
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Stan Franklin
franklinstan
Mar 8, 2007 9:57 pm
... Here¹s the text of a message I wrote to Mayank Mehta, one of the authors, ... Best to all, Stan -- Stan Franklin...
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Pay_the_Piper
pay_the_piper@...
Mar 8, 2007 9:59 pm
Dear NASA: Do we KNOW what civilization "should" be like? If so, what stellar model of future cities should we export to the Moon and beyond? Who are the...
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Chris Lofting
ddiamondaus
Mar 8, 2007 11:20 pm
The logic of REM sleep is more symmetric than asymmetric and so more focused on the use of metaphor, emotion, and overall an emphasis on sameness. The overall...
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chris kramer
frodothegnome
Mar 9, 2007 5:19 am
Robert, or any who might have some helpful info, I am thinking about animal intelligence and emotion as well as perhaps some link between morality in human and...
