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Study: Believers' inferences about God's beliefs are uniquely egocentricNew research compares religious people's beliefs to their estimates of God's beliefs and the beliefs of other people. The research was led by Nicholas Epley, Professor of Behavioral Science at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business. Religious people tend to use their own beliefs ...
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Consciousness as existence again by Ted Honderich | World Congress of Philosophy, BostonPerceptual consciousness, basic to all consciousness, escapes characterization in four naturalist theories, including eliminative materialism and neural functionalism. We need a new start, something different. Phenomenologically, what it is for you to be perceptually conscious is for a world ...
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What Do You See? / Science NewsStudies show that the brain guesses the identity of objects before it has finished processing all the sensory information collected by the eyes. And now there is evidence that how you feel may play a part in this guessing game. A number of recent studies show that these two phenomena — the ...
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Mind - When All You Have Left Is Your Pride - NYTimes.comLook around you. On the train platform, at the bus stop, in the car pool lane: these days someone there is probably faking it, maintaining a job routine without having a job to go to.
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The election isn't just a referendum on ideology. It's a contest between two modes of thinking. - The Boston GlobeThe irony is that the eight years of the Bush administration have coincided with a growing body of scientific research demonstrating the power of human instincts, at least in certain circumstances. In fact, some studies suggest that when confronted with a complex decision - and the decisions of ...
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Marshmallow temptations, brain scans could yield vital lessons in self-control - The Boston GlobeIt is a simple test, but has surprising power to predict a child's future. A 4-year-old is left sitting at a table with a marshmallow or other treat on it and given a challenge: Wait to eat it until a grown-up comes back into the room, and you'll get two. If you can't wait that long, you'll get ...
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The election isn't just a referendum on ideology. It's a contest between two modes of thinking. - The Boston GlobeFOR THE LAST eight years, America has had a president with an audacious approach to making decisions. "I'm a gut player. I rely on my instincts," President Bush has said repeatedly. It doesn't matter if he's making a decision about invading Iraq, the intentions of a foreign leader, or pushing ...zirafa added 13 months ago
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Science News / Mind Over Muscle: Placebo Boosts Health Benefits Of ExerciseThe physical rewards of exercise derive not just from muscular exertion but, to a surprising extent, from a person's mind-set about exercise, a new report suggests.Alia J. Crum and Ellen J. Langer, psychologists at Harvard University, made this provocative discovery when they studied 84 women ...
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Sleep: Cheat Sheet for Power NapsThe Boston Globe's web site has a great infographic that covers just about all the basics of energy-restoring naps mdashTwine added 15 months ago
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Technology Review: The Brain UnmaskedThe typical brain scan shows a muted gray rendering of the brain, easily distinguished by a series of convoluted folds. But according to Van Wedeen, a neuroscientist at Massachusetts General Hospital, in Boston, that image is just a shadow of the real brain. The actual structure--a precisely ...
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