Scicon Review
Scicon Review
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Consciousness & Cognition — special issue on self
The latest issue of Consciousness & Cognition is a special edition dedicated to the scientific study of “The brain and its self”. For background topics see Wikipedia or SCR articles
Phenomenolgy & the Cognitive Sciences
The recent issue of Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences contains articles on topics such as: self-awareness schizophrenia and threat perception memory and the brain the philosophy of neuroscience
Discovery localizes visual awareness
A new discovery published in PNAS, from researchers at Dartmouth College and the Barrow Neurological Institute offers new insight into the localization of visual awareness of simple unattended targets in the visual system. Open...
Making your brain crave a cola
Jay Ingram reports in The Star about some evidence that subliminal ads work.
Reward, hedonic experience and the brain
In a recent paper in Nature Neuroscience, Morten Kringelbach summarizes the research on orbitofrontal cortex and its relation in organizing behaviour. In this paper, Kringelbach presents a new, integrated model of the functions...
Latest Articles
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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
