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Ghost in the Shell: Why Our Brains Will Never Live in the Matrix | h+ MagazineWhen surveying the goals of transhumanists, I found it striking how heavily many of them favor conventional engineering. This seems inefficient and inelegant, since such engineering reproduces slowly, clumsily and imperfectly, what biological systems have fine-tuned for eons, from nanobots ...
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Your Brain on Books. How the mind makes sense of written language | Scientific AmericanIn his new book, “Reading in the Brain,” neuroscientist S. Dehaene describes his quest to understand an astounding feat that most of us take for granted: translating marks on a page (or a screen) into language. (...) We humans would be liberated from our past instincts and free to invent ...
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UCLA study proves looking at photo of loved one reduces painUCLA study proves looking at photo of loved one reduces pain According to a recent study by UCLA psychologists , looking at a photo, holding the hand or even just thinking of a loved one will reduce pain . The study which appeared in the November 2009 issue of the Journal Psychological Science...
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Singularity University: Cracking the (Human) CodeThe greatest mysteries yield the biggest opportunities. And for Christopher deCharms, the human brain is the most mysterious thing of all. A neuroscientist specializing in real-time brain imagery, deCharms suggests that the next wave of knowledge, technology and business will come from cracking ...
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Born to Perform. The ability to keep cool depends on how your brain is wired by Joshua Gowin | Psychology TodaySome people seem to be naturals, born performers, so what makes them different? The ability to remain calm could be due to the structure of the brain. "Stage manager asked McCartney, "Are you nervous? "No, not really." "You should be, there are over 70 million people watching." (...) The ...
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1Hyenas Surprisingly Good at Cooperative Tasks | LiveScienceIntelligence, including cooperation, continues to "spread" - actually be shown to be more WIDE spread than previously supposed.JDP added 7 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 3 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 3 months ago
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Neuroscience articles indexParticularly read: Robosemantics- (all articles are PDF)wildcat added 4 months ago
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