Scicon Review
Scicon Review
Scicon Review
New issue of Psyche: Rosenberg
A new issue of Psyche is out, focusing on the work of Gregg Rosenberg. It is a special issue focusing on consciousness, causation and the links to the physical structure of the brain. Rosenberg has a page about the book, with s...
The mutation that takes away pain
Imagine being unable to feel any pain at all. For a tiny handful of people, that is the reality — and medical researchers have now pinpointed the mutation that removes their ability to perceive painful sensations.The study be...
New issue of Cognition & Emotion
A new issue of Cognition & Emotion is out. It contains articles on emotionally evocative music, emotional intelligence, and gender-by-race emotional differences.
What was the hobbit?
PloS Biology has a very nice feature article on the “hobbit”, aka Homo floresiensis. From the article: Who—or what—is Homo floresiensis? The tiny hominid bones, which a joint Australian-Indonesian team unearthed...
The impact of invisible stimuli
The more clear a stimulus is, the more distracting it can be. Or so you might think. In a recent Science publiation Tsushima et al. report that weak stimuli that are irrelevant to the task being performed—have a greater impac...
The rosetta stone of the human mind
Three languages to integrate neurobiology and psychology Vincenzo R. Sanguineti The study of the brain-mind complex has been hampered by the dichotomy between objective biological neuroscience and subjective psychological scien...
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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
