Scicon Review
Scicon Review
Scicon Review
Critical remarks about art in the brain
An online published paper by John Hyman provides a thorough criticism of two major contributors to the emergent field of neuroaesthetics, V.S. Ramachandran and Semir Zeki.
Metapsychology book review
New book reviews are available from Metapsychology Online. Here we link to the most relevant texts.
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
A new issue of Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience is out with articles relevant for consciousness studies. We feature here a selection of some of the abstracts.
Understanding Emotions
Keith Oatley and Jennifer M. Jenkins’s best-selling book on the psychology of emotions is the most highly regarded and engaging text for the emotions course. While retaining its interdisciplinary breadth, historical insig...
Call for tutorial proposals, ASSC10
CALL FOR TUTORIAL PROPOSALS ASSOCIATION FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF CONSCIOUSNESS 10TH ANNUAL MEETING St. Anne’s College, Oxford June 23 – June 26, 2006 The tenth annual meeting of the Association for the Scientific...
Stressing the brain to forget
Are memories formed under stressful situations the same as those formed under normal, neutral situations? A study by Payne et al demonstrates that this is not the case. Stress induces very specific alterations in emotional memo...
Latest Articles
- A Unique Approach to Science Education
-
Treating Sciencephobia – Or, how to read real science without getting a nervous breakdown.
-
Women not to blame for obesity – but estrogens might be.
-
The Kim Kardashian hypothesis of beauty.
-
Is ROBO2 really a language gene? Hmmm…
-
Cat bug changes behavior – NY Times Science Section
-
Be nice to your Precuneus – it might be your real self…
-
Acupuncture triggers neurotransmitters in the body
-
Flatworm ejaculation is triggered by dopamine… a lesson in ultraconservation.
-
Turn the lights off when you sleep: Melatonin and cancer treatment.
-
You couldn’t be cuter — the power of the baby schema.
-
From The Web – 7 kittens and a flying toy
-
The sexiest mammal on earth?
-
Microbes may trigger Alzheimer’s Disease.
-
Has the Turing test really been cracked?
-
Where does visual input become conscious? (Baars, hat tip to Prof. Alumit Ishai)
-
Flow in the Zone 2013
-
Winter SADness? Stick a light in your ear!
-
Love a Gradient
-
AD-ENM server: computing with elastic network models
-
Fun with oscillations
