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Zoran Josipovic, PhD: The Functioning of Anti-Correlated Neural Networks
Dr. Zoran Josipovic is the Director/Principal Investigator of the Contemplative Science Lab, a Research Associate and an Adjunct Professor at Psychology Department and Center for Neural Science, New York University. His main in...
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Clear, Lucid, Intuitive Teaching: BetterExplained
BetterExplained.com is in the tradition of “questions you always wanted to ask your math professor but were too scared to ask.” Clarifications and insights abound in a wide range of topics: Bayes Theorem, combinations and p...
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The Evolving Third Culture
he Art|Sci Center is dedicated to pursuing and promoting the evolving “Third Culture” by facilitating the infinite potential of collaborations between (media) arts and (bio/nano) sciences. The center’s affiliation with th...
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PhET Sims + Science Literacy
PhET’s mission is to increase science literacy, especially for nonscientists.
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Moran Cerf, PhD: Perception Squared
Moran Cerf, Ph.D., is neuroscientist at the California Institute of Technology (‘Caltech’), UCLA department of neurosurgery and New York University. Dr. Cerf studies the neural basis of consciousness. His research fo...
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Meditation alters your grey matter, studies show
From the Globe and Mail: Move over cryptic crosswords and Sudoku, and make way for the ultimate mental workout. It’s called Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, or MBSR for short. Recent neuroscience research shows that novice...
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The Same Old Consciousness
From: ErvinLaszlo.com: It makes sense to paraphrase Einstein’s famous dictum in regard to consciousness. Our problem is the unsustainability of the world we have created, and we should be clear that we can’t solve this ...
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Mental Training Through Meditation Enhances Attentional Stability
A. Lutz, H. Slagter, et al. Article in Journal of Neuroscience Abstract The capacity to stabilize the content of attention over time varies among individuals, and its impairment is a hallmark of several mental illnesses. Impair...
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Could an Experimental Memory Drug Put an End to “Senior Moments”?
From: Discover Magazine Online: A new drug seems to be able to reverse normal age-related memory decline in old mice–like a face-lift for neurons, bringing them back to their younger days. The results of the experimental trea...
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Northern Exposure
Bringing experiential exercises into science classes can enliven the class, provide a personal growing experience for the students, as well as inspire some original thinking.