Scicon Review
Scicon Review
Scicon Review
Multiple priming routes
Is it possible to have more than one priming effect at a time? According to a German research team, it is possible to have at least two simultaneous priming effects.
Sleep Protects Declarative Memories From Interference
Declarative memories — memories for facts and events in time — become more resistant to interference during sleep, according to a study that will presented at the 59th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology (AA...
What is the FACT?
The FACT refers to ‘The First Axiom of Consciousness and Thought’ – ‘If a thing is not alive, it cannot be conscious, nor can it think’, a lucid thought if ever one was expressed. Dr. Endel Tulving wrote about...
What is happening in the brain when our minds wander?
It seems like science still has a ways to go before this question can be answered, but scientists have already started the investigation. In a recent study, Mason and colleagues used fMRI and thought sampling to study which are...
Film – Victim of the Brain
Victim of the Brain is a 1988 docudrama by Dutch director Piet Hoenderdos about “the ideas of Douglas Hofstadter”. It features interviews with Douglas Hofstadter and Daniel Dennett. It has never been online before, ...
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