Neuroscience
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World Wide Mind
March 28, 2011
For an author with cochlear implants, the merger of computer and brain, bytes and thoughts, has never felt far-fetched. In a brilliant new book, Michael Chorost makes his case: by making the internet a new nervous system for humanity, humans will also re-connect with one another in a profoundly new way.
books, cognition, communication, internet, language, neuroscience
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Buddhism and the Brain
March 09, 2011
Many of Buddhism’s core tenets significantly overlap with findings from modern neurology and neuroscience. So how did Buddhism come close to getting the brain right?
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Humans, Version 3.0
February 23, 2011
The next giant leap in human evolution may not come from new fields like genetic engineering or artificial intelligence, but rather from appreciating our ancient brains.
enhancement, evolution, neuroscience, psychology, technology
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The Improvisational Brain
December 14, 2010
Watching a musician in the throes of an improvisational solo can be like witnessing an act of divine intervention. But embedded memories and conspiring brain regions, scientists now believe, are the true source of ad-hoc creativity.
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Divided Minds, Specious Souls
September 21, 2010
The experience of a unified mind and the possibility of an everlasting soul are connected. And there is scant evidence to support the existence of either.
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This is Your Brain on Food
September 13, 2010
The foods you eat often affect how your neurons behave and, subsequently, how you think and feel. From your brain’s perspective, food is a drug.
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On Pleasure
June 22, 2010
In How Pleasure Works, Paul Bloom argues that understanding why we like what we do—from food and sex to art, science, and religion—is critical to comprehending the human experience.
art, books, evolution, food, neuroscience, psychology, sex
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fMRI on Trial
June 08, 2010
If neuroimaging can reliably discern truth from falsehood, should brain scans be admissible evidence in court cases?
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Books to Read Now
June 01, 2010
June releases follow cave divers into the bowels of the Earth; chart the geography of hunger; and explore the science of false memories, inflated confidence, and distorted senses.
agriculture, climate, food, geography, innovation, neuroscience, psychology, technology
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The Expanding Mind
May 17, 2010
The technological progress that revolutionized computing, electronics, and robotics in the 20th century will transform our bodies and enhance our brains in the 21st.
cognition, enhancement, intelligence, neuroscience, research
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Why Invisible Gorillas Matter
May 12, 2010
The cognitive psychologist Daniel Simons helped create one of the most iconic and remarkable studies of the past fifteen years. Now he’s trying something new.
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Starving in a World of Plenty
May 05, 2010
Researchers are beginning to uncover the neurological underpinnings of eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia. Can recent advances lead to better treatments?
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Vintage Music and Biotech Seeds
April 27, 2010
In this week’s Findings Log, we take a look at new research on genetically engineered crops, the benefits of brain training, and turning sound into sheet music.
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Slippery Cells and Gestures
April 12, 2010
In this week’s Findings Log, we take a look at new research on desiccated plants, a cloud-sparse young Earth, and the silent parts of conversation.
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Emotion’s Alchemy
March 30, 2010
New insights into the science of emotion unravel the seeming neurological magic that turns emotions into social expressions.
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Mosquito Noses and Baby Brains
February 23, 2010
In this week's Findings Log, we examine new research that studies mosquitoes' sense of smell, bilingual babies, brain-computer interfaces, and more.
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Incredible Journeys
February 10, 2010
Some animals can instinctively solve navigational problems that have baffled humans for centuries. Now, researchers are uncovering how.
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Many Minds, One Story
February 02, 2010
Virginia Woolf’s mental illness may have ultimately defined her craft—one that rejected convention in a decades-long attempt to portray the very character of consciousness.
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Trust in the Twitterverse
January 15, 2010
With the world scrambling to cover the recent devastating Haitian earthquake, journalists, neuroscientists, and everyone in between are testing the frontiers of social media.
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Probing into Depression
November 11, 2009
Deep brain stimulation, already established as a treatment for stubborn Parkinson’s disease, may also be useful as a therapy for drug-resistant clinical depression.
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Brains and Storms
October 23, 2009
A pair of elegant experiments delve deep into the brains of animals, while a pair of authors stir up a storm over their take on global warming.
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Heads Up
October 09, 2009
As the Nobels are awarded, President Obama and friends grab their telescopes and head injuries to athletes go under the microscope.
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The One that Got Away
September 25, 2009
A dead fish has caused a stink over false positives in fMRI studies, and while gloom and doom reign at UN climate talks, renting a movie you actually like has never been easier.
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This Image Is Not Moving
September 16, 2009
Optical illusions may seem to deceive, but they actually reveal truths about how our brains construct reality.
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Mapping the Brain’s Highways
August 11, 2009
Neuroscientists are mapping out a complete atlas of connectivity in the human brain, but what’s emerging is a battle of scales.
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