Scicon Review
Scicon Review
Scicon Review
What is the relation between emotion and consciousness?
What is the relation between emotion and consciousness? In their recent paper in TRENDS in Cognitive Sciences, Tsuchiya and Adolphs review recent studies that address this question. Focusing on domains where emotion and consc...
Studying the wandering mind
Do your thoughts stray from your work or studies? Do you catch yourself making to-do lists when your attention should be elsewhere? Welcome to the club. College students reported mind-wandering almost one-third of the time in t...
Why We Give In To Temptation
We’ve all had our moments of weakness when trying to control ourselves; eating that donut on your diet, losing your temper with your kids, becoming upset when you’re doing your best not to. It isn’t like we pl...
Beliefs about the rigidity of personality
How do people reason about personality, and how people change or stay the same over time? In a study by Nick Haslam and colleagues lay theories of personality over time was explored. Among other things the researchers found tha...
ASSC — call for abstracts
ASSC promotes interdisciplinary dialogue in the scientific study of consciousness. This year’s conference will not disappoint, with numerous exciting events and symposia that will bring you up-to-date with the cutting-edg...
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