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Autobiographical memory and the self in time
In Brain & Cognition, Brian Levine argues that the emergence of autobiographical recollection at around age four coincides with the timing of prefrontal regressive cortical and progressive white matter changes.
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The Role of Dreams in the Evolution of the Human Mind
In a new article in Human Nature Review, Franklin et al. argue that “Rather than a simple threat rehearsal mechanism, it is argued that dreams reflect a more general virtual rehearsal mechanism that is likely to play an i...
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Imagination gets its due as a real-world thinking tool
Kids make some unusual friends. Take Simpy, an 8-year-old girl with blue skin and black eyes who likes funny clothes. Then, there’s Skateboard Guy. He wears cool shirts and performs amazing tricks on his fancy board, even...
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Animal Bodies, Human Minds: Ape, Dolphin, and Parrot Language Skills
Several books chronicle attempts, most of them during the last 40 years, to teach animals to communicate with people in a human-designed language. These books have typically treated only one or two species, or even one or a few...
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Face blindness runs in families
The genetic basis of a distressing neurological condition that prevents people from recognising faces has been pinned down. The finding may help people cope with the impairment, which the researchers believe may affect 1 in 50 ...
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A Neural Theory of Visual Attention: Bridging Cognition and Neurophysiology.
Building on Claus Bundesens work on attention, this article presents an updated framework for his theory of visual attention.
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The Evolution and Function of Cognition
“The book presents the author’s ambitious attempt to formulate a general theory of how all animals (from the most primitive to the most complex, hence humans included) deal with their environment.”
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Cognition & Emotion Vol X; Issue Y
A recent publication discusses the different stages of the so-called post-traumatic amnesic period, including brain death,coma, vegetative state and minimaly conscious state.
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Dreaming
A new (and very interesting) volume of Dreaming is now out. It includes a discussion between William Domhoff and J. Allan Hobson about the compability between Hobson’s and Mark Solms’ theories of dreaming.