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Slashdot Science Story | Researchers Implant Neural-Monitoring RFID Into a MothA team from the University of Washington has attached an RFID chip capable of sensing neural activity to a live moth, to pick up the spikes that occur as it beats its wings. Most neural implants are still relatively bulky, but the Washington researchers wanted to show the components in an RFID ...
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Don’t! The secret of self-control by Jonah Lehrer | The New YorkerChildren who are able to pass the marshmallow test enjoy greater success as adults. (...) A researcher then made Carolyn an offer: she could either eat one marshmallow right away or, if she was willing to wait while he stepped out for a few minutes, she could have two marshmallows when he ...
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Neuroscientists discover Da Vinci's secret: Is the Mona Lisa smiling or not?Mona Lisa's smile: It all depends on where you look. According to Ewen Callaway’s article, Mona Lisa’s Smile a Mystery No More , in October’s New Scientist , neuroscientists have solved the mystery as to why some people see Mona …
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Technology Review: Intelligence ExplainedTracking and understanding the complex connections within the brain may finally reveal the neural secret of cognitive ability. Or not.
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Scientists hail a thoughtful future with ‘brain-to-brain communication’Ever wanted to read minds? Ever wanted to communicate your thoughts without speaking a word? It may become possible after claims by British scientists that they have created a system that allows “brain-to-brain communication”, sending messages formed by one person’s brain signals though an ...
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2Hyenas Surprisingly Good at Cooperative Tasks | LiveScienceIntelligence, including cooperation, continues to "spread" - actually be shown to be more WIDE spread than previously supposed.JDP added 5 weeks ago
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Quote from: Clay Shirky, “It’s Not Information Overload. It’s Filter Failure”, Web 2.0 Expo NYI can not belive you posted this, I am amazed, the project I do research in is based on the theory that the brain has an almost endless capacity to store data, and the processing is done by different kind of filters and also by combining them in different kind of ways.mariana soffer added 2 months ago
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The powerful and mysterious brain circuitry that makes us love Google, Twitter, and texting.I think this kind of technology will have a tremendous impact on how we socialize as human beings. As a teacher, I therefore cannot underestimate its importance and relevance in the classroom. I have begun using moodle and class websites, but I feel this only begins to tap the passion and ...Katie Kegler added 2 months ago
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Do Parents Matter? underestimate the power of genetics | Scientific AmericanI just had a discussion with a parent about her child's personality and work ethic and it seems more and more apparent to be tied with genetics than environment.Katie Kegler added 2 months ago
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Neuroscience articles indexParticularly read: Robosemantics- (all articles are PDF)wildcat added 4 months ago
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