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Erotic images can turn you blind

Researchers have finally found evidence for what good Catholic boys have known all along – erotic images make you go blind. The effect is temporary and lasts just a moment, but the research has added to road-safety campaigner...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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‘Thoughts read’ via brain scans

Scientists say they have been able to monitor people’s thoughts via scans of their brains.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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New issue — Cognition & Emotion

Volume 19 Number 5/August 2005 of Cognition & Emotion is now available on the Taylor & Francis – Psychology Press web site
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
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“Sleights of mind”: Delusions, defences, and self‐deception

How do delusions occur? A recent review discusses two models; a motivational approach and a cognitive deficit approach.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Theory of mind in schizophrenia: A critical review

A recent review claims that there is considerable evidence that ToM is impaired in people with schizophrenia.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Is self special?

Many of the claims for the special status of self-related processing are premature given the evidence and that the various self-related research programs do not seem to be illuminating a unitary, common system, despite individu...
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
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Male and female voices activate distinct regions in the male brain

The results of this study demonstrate that, in the male brain, the perception of male and female voices activates distinct brain regions.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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The sleep cycle: a mathematical analysis from a global workspace perspective

Combining Dretske’s AIM model and Baars’ Global Workspace model provides new insights into sleep and abnormal brain states.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Neuroeconomics: making risky choices in the brain

In a recent study macaques consistently take the riskier option, and posterior cingulate cortex neurons represent the riskiness of those choices
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
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Neural mechanisms involved in error processing

Anterior cingulate is not sufficient for conscious awareness of errors or post-error adaptation of response strategies