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PLoS Computational Biology: Circadian KaiC Phosphorylation: A Multi-Layer NetworkPLoS Computational Biology Login | Create Account | Feedback Browse RSS Search Search Advanced Search Home Browse Articles Current Issue Journal Archive By Publication Date By Subject Collections About Journal Information Editorial Board Edi...
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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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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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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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PLoS Computational Biology: Circadian KaiC Phosphorylation: A Multi-Layer NetworkThis article suggests an internal clock mechanism may exist within the cell that times certain types of chemical reactions. If a similar mechanism were found in human cells, it might be useful for understanding biochemistry of the cell.Graeme Smith added 40 hours ago
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