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APS 20th Annual Convention
The Association for Psychological Science (APS) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of scientific psychology and its representation. From May 22-25, 2008, the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers will host t...
15th Annual CNS meeting
This year marks the 15th anniversary of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS). Founded in 1994, CNS’s mission was to provide its members with a forum to present posters, symposia and to engage in scientific discourse o...
Call for papers: Psychophysiology — cognitive and affective processes
Psychophysiology was the first journal dedicated to the publication of research on relationships between the physiological and psychological aspects of brain and behavior, and it remains the most well-established journal in thi...
Measuring pain
Nature News features an article about a recent study relating pain intensity and EEG signals. Recordings from electrodes in the human brain may offer the first objective way to measure the intensity of pain. Researchers say tha...
Rare great ape fossil challenges theory of primate evolution
From physorg.com: Archaeologists have discovered the ancient jawbone of what appears to be a new species of ape that was very close to the last common ancestor of gorillas, chimpanzees and humans, a study released Monday said. ...
That friendly car is smiling at me: When products are perceived as people
From physorg.com: A forthcoming study from the Journal of Consumer Research looks at how consumers anthropomorphize products, endowing a car or a pair of shoes with human characteristics and personalities. The researchers, from...
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The Kim Kardashian hypothesis of beauty.
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Has the Turing test really been cracked?
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Love a Gradient
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AD-ENM server: computing with elastic network models
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