Scicon Review
Scicon Review
Scicon Review
Synesthesia: When colors count
Is synaesthesia only a conscious phenomenon, or does it reflect processing even at unconscious levels also? A recent study finds that unconscious synaesthetic priming can occur.
Reminder: ASSC William James Prize
The deadline for the ASSC William James Prize for Contributions to the Study of Consciousness is 15. December.
New Scientist special feature about the brain
JUST LAUNCHED: THE HUMAN BRAIN – our thought-provoking special report. With one billion nerve cells, the complexity of the brain is mind-boggling. Follow the latest discoveries, plus our Expert Guide, including an interac...
Loss of brain signal points to difference between visual imagery and perception
In a recent brain imaging study published in Neuron, Amedi and colleagues demonstrates that visual imagery deactivates areas in the auditory brain system and other “deeper” areas. This seems to suggest that normal v...
Cognition & Emotion
A new issue of C&E is out, including articles on the relation between emotional awareness and attention, and psychological needs the relationship between emotions and decision making and complex problem solving the effects ...
Empirical evidence and common sense of the mind
How does empirical evidence in psychology and psychiatry impact on common-sense and philosophical accounts of the mind? A new conference in Birmingham.
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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
