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Neuroscience 2010 in San Diego Nov 13-17
Neuroscience 2010, the 40th annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, is scheduled for Nov. 13-17 in San Diego, CA at the San Diego Convention Center. Through lectures, symposia, workshops, and events, attendees experi...
The Vegetative State and the Science of Consciousness
Article in British Journal for the Philosophy of Science N. Shea, T. Bayne Abstract Consciousness in experimental subjects is typically inferred from reports and other forms of voluntary behaviour. A wealth of everyday experien...
Hypnosis Leads to Heightened Brain Waves and Levels of Consciousness
From: Natural News Many people are wary of hypnosis because they are not educated on the topic. Hypnosis is a natural state and many people reach this state of consciousness every day without even realizing it. When you drive a...
The Default Network: Your Mind, on Its Own Time
From The Dana Foundation: Studies about the brain usually focus on neural activity during the completion of a specific task—remembering a series of words, for example. But over the last 20 years, researchers have been interes...
Seizing an Opportunity: Broader Definitions of Epilepsy May Lead to Better Treatments
From The Dana Foundation: There is not just one type of epilepsy. While some forms of the disease are characterized by convulsive seizures, others involve seizures that are barely noticeable. Seizures can occur for many reasons...
What research paradigms have cognitive psychologists used to study “False memory,” and what are the implications of these choices?
K. Pezdek, S. Lam Article in Consciousness and Cognition Abstract This research examines the methodologies employed by cognitive psychologists to study “false memory“, and assesses if these methodologies are likely ...
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