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abnormal psych
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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The best explanation of DSP
I submit that acronyms are a plague upon our civilization and should be banned. Some acronyms, by being daily in the media, such as HIV, are probably recognized by most people as… what? Something bad, certainly, but ho...
abnormal psych
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...
Why Con
The science game
Once upon a time, guys and gals read the sports pages for the drama of how their teams and their favorite sports warriors were doing. Batting averages, total yards gained, what Federer wore to Center Court at Wimbledon, these w...
Why Con
Ignorance: How It Drives Science
Firestein (a neurobiologist at Columbia University) takes us outside of the lab meetings, popular-science books, journal papers, and public talks where scientists promote what they already know and invites us into the bars and ...
Scicon Review
Everyday Practice of Science: Where Intuition and Passion Meet Objectivity and Logic
Everyday Practice of Science: Where Intuition and Passion Meet Objectivity and Logic BY FREDERICK GRINNELL OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 248 PAGES Reviewed by Alice Kim From grade school onwards, I was taught that science follows a l...
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Seeking Insights Into the Human Mind in Art and Science
Proust Was a Neuroscientist BY JONAH LEHRER HOUGHTON MIFFLIN, 2007 230 PAGES Reviewed by Steven Rose, Ph.D. About Steven Rose, Ph.D. From The Dana Foundation: Proust was a neuroscientist? No, despite Jonah Lehrer’s provoc...
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New books for SCR review
Dear all, As recently announced, we now present a list of books that are approved for review at the Science & Consciousness Review. If you are interested in reviewing a particular book (or a book not listed here), please se...
Scicon Review
Call for book reviewers
SCR is expanding! We now call for people that are interested in reviewing books. Recently published and forthcoming books are often made available to SCR, and we have the opportunity to bring you the latest news on the consciou...
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