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The impact of invisible stimuli
The more clear a stimulus is, the more distracting it can be. Or so you might think. In a recent Science publiation Tsushima et al. report that weak stimuli that are irrelevant to the task being performed—have a greater impac...
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The rosetta stone of the human mind
Three languages to integrate neurobiology and psychology Vincenzo R. Sanguineti The study of the brain-mind complex has been hampered by the dichotomy between objective biological neuroscience and subjective psychological scien...
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Consciousness: The WebCourse
January 22 to April 9, 2007 Sponsored by the University of Arizona Center for Consciousness Studies Tucson, Arizona To register please go to this site
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Quantum Mind 2007
Quantum Mind, 2007 University of Salzburg, Natural Science Building, 5020 Salzburg, Austria 17th-20th July 2007 The mechanism by which the brain produces or allows for conscious experience remain enigmatic, causing scientists a...
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Toward a Science of Consciousness 2007
Budapest, Hungary, July 23-26, 2007 Abstract submission deadline: January 15 Registration before April 15: 200 € (students 150 €) after April 15: 250 € (students 200 €) at the conference: 300 € (students...
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Consciousness without reference
Consciousness Without Reference – Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Hallucination, Imagination, and Dream Fifth Düsseldorf Workshop “Philosophy and Cognitive Science” 12 Feb. – 16 Feb. 2007, Düsseldorf...
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Morning and evening types and creative thinking
Who is more creative — morning types or evening types? It seems that evening-types are more creative. Or at least so it seems. A recent preliminary study demonstrates this link, but also effects of gender and age. Basical...
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What money does to people
In what way does money change the way people think and act? According to a new study reported in Science, adding monetary motivation and reminders made people act more self-sufficient. Interestingly, being reminded of the money...
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Altered cognition and emotion in depersonalization disorder
Depersonalization Disorder (DPD) is a dissociative disorder in which sufferers are affected by persistent feelings of depersonalization. The symptoms include a sense of automation, feeling a disconnection from one’s body,...