Posts Tagged ‘cognitive neuroscience’
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Consciousness Online: Hakwan Lau on the Higher-Order Theory of Consciousness
Hakwan Lau, a cognitive neuroscientist at Columbia University and the Donders Institute, is interested in empirically testing philosophical theories of consciousness. In this talk he presents the results of his experiments that...
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Stan Franklin, PhD: Consciousness, LIDA Model of Cognition and a Non-linear Dynamics View
As always, I’m thinking about how minds work. Our evolving answer to that question is in the form of a broad based, systems level cognitive model at a more conceptual level than brains, but still based on the underlying n...
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PhET Sims + Science Literacy
PhET’s mission is to increase science literacy, especially for nonscientists.
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Math Overflow
Devoted to professional mathematicians, love of mathematics and a genuine question are the only real requirements to use and enjoy this marvelous site.
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Educating Consciousness
he scientific study of consciousness is now a legitimate endeavor at some universities and research centers around the world. Among those in the know, excitement is intense. We are privileged to study an essential aspect of the...
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The Mind’s Laughter: fMRI from Japan.
Whether you know it or not, your brain acts out the words you hear. For example, a study led by Naoyuki Osaka of Kyoto University (Japan) shows that the motor cortex revs up in response to words like "belly laugh.”
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Why Consciousness Science?
The study of consciousness is emerging from a century of scientific taboo. We suggest it is the key to respect for sentient beings and our shared humanity.
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Brain Info
BrainInfo helps one identify structures in the brain. One can either search by a structure name or locate the structure in a brain atlas and get information such as its location in the classical brain hierarchy, images of the s...
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Breakthrough: A brain measure of consciousness?
Effective connectivity refers to a causal link between two or more brain areas, as if signal traffic can now flow over a highway system.
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Can Someone in a Vegetative State Communicate?
In this short video (about 4 mins) from the New York Times, David Corcoran discusses evidence from an fMRI study that suggests that people in a vegetative state can communicate thoughts.