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What the web is teaching our brains by Anastasia Stephens | The IndependentSpending hours on the net isn't only changing the way we work, shop and socialise. A leading neurologist says it is subtly re-wiring the way we think and behave – often for the better. "Dr Small, one of America's leading neurologists, has written a book, iBrain – Surviving the ...
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Courtroom First: Brain Scan Used in Murder SentencingA defendant's fMRI brain scan has been used in court for what is believed to be the first time.
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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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How Culture Shapes Our Mind and Brain by Meghan Meyer | Brain BloggerMost people would agree that culture can have a large effect on our daily lives — influencing what we may wear, say, or find humorous. But many people may be surprised to learn that culture may even effect how our brain responds to different stimuli. Indeed, until recently, most psychology and ...
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Philosophy of mind - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaPhilosophy of mind is a branch of modern analytic philosophy that studies the nature of the mind, mental events, mental functions, mental properties, consciousness and their relationship to the physical body, particularly the brain. The mind-body problem, i.e. the relationship of the mind to the ...
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How Language Works - the cognitive science of linguistics: Table of Contents | Indiana UniversityThe organization of this book is based on the idea that human language has a small set of basic properties, each of which plays a role in the workings of language as an instrument for communication and thought. Each chapter in the book (after this one) introduces a new property. Chapter 2 ...
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