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The Illusion Contest 2007 — submissions
It’s time for this year’s Illusion Contest. The 2007 Contest Gala will be held in Sarasota, Florida (Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall) on Saturday, May 12th, 2007, during the week of the Vision Sciences Society (VSS) ...
Cerebellum on emotions
When the neuro-talk falls on emotions, most start thinking about the amygdala. Little do we associate with that hind-brain structure we call the cerebellum. Although it is known that this structure is involved in more than move...
Memory for what, where, when and who in nonhuman animals
Can birds remember who watched them do what, as well as when and where? Scrub jays have already been demonstrated to encode the “what-where-when” (what happened, where it happened and when it happened) of specific caching e...
Mind Hacks
Tips & Tools for Using Your Brain (Hacks) by Tom Stafford, Matt Webb The brain is a fearsomely complex information-processing environment–one that often eludes our ability to understand it. At any given time, the bra...
Are memory errors adaptive?
Are memory errors really a bad thing? Could they actually reflect processes that are adaptive for our existence? Schacter and Addis discuss this interesting idea in an essay on constructive memory. (Continue reading for a passa...
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