abnormal psych
abnormal psych
Quora, when you just have to have intelligent responses
https://www.quora.com/ You are obsessed with a question. Your sleep is interrupted. When you are sleeping, you dream about the question. You have discussed it with all the usual ...
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See cartoons: The new New Yorker science site
Dramatic pictures and funny cartoons! Serious science and trending technology! Snappy editing and peppy prose! How would you pitch such a thing? Like combining National Geographic, Scientific American and The New Yorker ...
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HUMOR – Everything you didn’t know about the brain – HUMOR
Dr. John Cleese is a world-famous British neuroscientist whose work with Claude Bernard and Ivan Pavlov first brought him to the attention of scientists on the world stage. (This is completely false.) During the 20th cen...
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What I did on my summer vacation: mind hacks
When faced with a huge task, a truly humungous task which stretches out over the horizon and with no sensible timely end – bailing out the ever-expanding oceans with a tea spoon is a commonly thought of example – it’s...
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Will what is missing solve consciousness?
In the world of scientific discovery and entrepaneurship, scholars often seem like the homeless of the institutional world. Yet in the midden of overwhelming masses of informatio...
abnormal psych
Technology, Entertainment, Design Talks
TED Talks Has anyone not heard of TED Talks? Apparently, because I still often find people who respond to mention of TED Talks in a way that reminds me of the old joke about medical students: Why do medical students have hunche...
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Long-term Memories The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
From The Dana Foundation Editor’s note: Traumatic memories haunt the lives of people suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, and other illnesses. Fortunately, recent research into the changeability of long-ter...
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The Vegetative State and the Science of Consciousness
Article in British Journal for the Philosophy of Science N. Shea, T. Bayne Abstract Consciousness in experimental subjects is typically inferred from reports and other forms of voluntary behaviour. A wealth of everyday experien...
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What research paradigms have cognitive psychologists used to study “False memory,” and what are the implications of these choices?
K. Pezdek, S. Lam Article in Consciousness and Cognition Abstract This research examines the methodologies employed by cognitive psychologists to study “false memory“, and assesses if these methodologies are likely ...
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Neuropsychologia special issue: Consciousness & Perception
Neuropsychologia hosts a special issue in relation to the work of Larry Weiskrantz. It contains a densely packed number of articles on the topic of blindsight and hindsights.