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Neurons Play Simon Says / Science NewsHuman see. Human do. As with monkeys, it’s apparently the same for some nerve cells in the brain. Macaque monkeys have specialized brain cells — called mirror neurons — that activate when a monkey performs an action involving an object, such as picking up a grape, or when watching someone ...
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Neurons Play Simon Says / Science NewsHuman see. Human do. As with monkeys, it’s apparently the same for some nerve cells in the brain. Macaque monkeys have specialized brain cells — called mirror neurons — that activate when a monkey performs an action involving an object, such as picking up a grape, or when watching someone ...
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ICT Results - When virtual reality feels realDespite advances in computer graphics, few people would think virtual characters or objects are real. Yet placed in a virtual reality environment most people will interact with them as if they are really there. European researchers are finding out why. In trying to understand presence – the ...
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FuturePundit: Brain Scans Of People Full Of Hate Show Uniqe Hate SignatureComing from Professor Semir Zeki and John Romaya of the Wellcome Laboratory of Neurobiology at the University College London, a new research paper in Plos One on how hatred activates and deactivates areas of the brain shows hate creates a unique pattern of brain activates which includes some ...
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Brain's 'Hate Circuit' Identified | Scientific BloggingPeople who view pictures of someone they hate display activity in distinct areas of the brain that, together, may be thought of as a ‘hate circuit’, according to new research by scientists at University College London.The study, by Professor Semir Zeki and John Romaya of the Wellcome Laboratory ...
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Science unveils hidden drivers of stock bubbles and crashesMany economists believe that investors make decisions rationally, weighing up corporate data and other pricing signals to evaluate gain or risk before buying or selling stocks. But this keystone belief in how markets function is now under mounting attack after this month's global stocks crash, ...
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Aboriginal kids can count without numbersKnowing the words for numbers is not necessary to be able to count, according to a new study of aboriginal children by UCL (University College London) and the University of Melbourne. The study of the aboriginal children – from two communities which do not have words or gestures for numbers – ...
Calvin Smith
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Scientists uncover basis of attention span (7/16/2008)Researchers at Newcastle University and UCL, funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Wellcome Trust and Gatsby Foundation, have shown that brain cells require the presence of the neurochemical acetylcholine before we can attend to a demanding task. ...
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