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Fishing For Birds
A crafty killer whale has devised a new way to catch a tasty bite. The orca spits regurgitated fish onto the surface of the water – and then waits. When a passing gull dives for the bait, the whale lunges at the feathery ...
Fetuses may not feel pain until week 30
They are “unlikely” to be able to feel pain until the last stage of pregnancy, a controversial US study claims, adding to the debate on abortion laws.
Erotic images can turn you blind
Researchers have finally found evidence for what good Catholic boys have known all along – erotic images make you go blind. The effect is temporary and lasts just a moment, but the research has added to road-safety campaigner...
‘Thoughts read’ via brain scans
Scientists say they have been able to monitor people’s thoughts via scans of their brains.
New issue — Cognition & Emotion
Volume 19 Number 5/August 2005 of Cognition & Emotion is now available on the Taylor & Francis – Psychology Press web site
“Sleights of mind”: Delusions, defences, and self‐deception
How do delusions occur? A recent review discusses two models; a motivational approach and a cognitive deficit approach.
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The sexiest mammal on earth?
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Has the Turing test really been cracked?
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Love a Gradient
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AD-ENM server: computing with elastic network models
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