Scicon Review
Scicon Review
Scicon Review
Neurons in the frontal lobe may be responsible for rational decision-making
From physorg.com — You study the menu at a restaurant and decide to order the steak rather than the salmon. But when the waiter tells you about the lobster special, you decide lobster trumps steak. Without reconsidering t...
Researchers can read thoughts to decipher what a person is actually seeing
From physorg.com — Following ground-breaking research showing that neurons in the human brain respond in an abstract manner to particular individuals or objects, University of Leicester researchers have now discovered tha...
Are Humans Evolving Faster?
From physorg.com — Researchers discovered genetic evidence that human evolution is speeding up – and has not halted or proceeded at a constant rate, as had been thought – indicating that humans on different ...
Subliminal smells bias perception about a person’s likeability
From physorg.com — Anyone who has bonded with a puppy madly sniffing with affection gets an idea of how scents, most not apparent to humans, are critical to a dog’s appreciation of her two-legged friends. Now new re...
How emotions colour our perception of time
Our sense of time is altered by our emotions to such an extent that time seems to fly when we are having fun and drags when we are bored. Recent studies using standardized emotional material provide a unique opportunity for und...
New issue: Emotion
A new issue of Emotion is now out, including articles on audition and time perception, distraction and emotional bias, mood and cognition, and emotioms over time. Here, we bring the table of contents.
Latest Articles
- A Unique Approach to Science Education
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Treating Sciencephobia – Or, how to read real science without getting a nervous breakdown.
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Women not to blame for obesity – but estrogens might be.
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The Kim Kardashian hypothesis of beauty.
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Is ROBO2 really a language gene? Hmmm…
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Cat bug changes behavior – NY Times Science Section
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Be nice to your Precuneus – it might be your real self…
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Acupuncture triggers neurotransmitters in the body
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Flatworm ejaculation is triggered by dopamine… a lesson in ultraconservation.
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Turn the lights off when you sleep: Melatonin and cancer treatment.
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You couldn’t be cuter — the power of the baby schema.
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From The Web – 7 kittens and a flying toy
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The sexiest mammal on earth?
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Microbes may trigger Alzheimer’s Disease.
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Has the Turing test really been cracked?
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Where does visual input become conscious? (Baars, hat tip to Prof. Alumit Ishai)
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Flow in the Zone 2013
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Winter SADness? Stick a light in your ear!
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Love a Gradient
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AD-ENM server: computing with elastic network models
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Fun with oscillations
