What God does to your brain
Great article about the science of religious experiences and to some extent, the value of spiritual community. The piece revolves around the research of Canadian cognitive neuroscientist Michael...
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Consciousness on-off switch located deep in human brain
Scientists say they've located the part of the brain that controls consciousness; it's a thin layer deep in the brain called the claustrum.... In a new study -- published this week in the journal...
View ArticleTrusting Faces: It’s all about the first impression
Trust is unconsciously determined, thanks to the amygdala: study Citation: A study published today in The Journal of Neuroscience shows the amygdala, a brain structure typically associated with primal...
View ArticleSpaced Learning: Learn in bursts and take breaks
Written by Kate Kellaway 30 May 2010 This reminds me of the Pomodoro Technique:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomodoro_Technique Citation: Dr Paul Kelley is headteacher of Monkseaton High School in North...
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Let me give you a rather lengthy overview of my curated “Learning” snippets. These links reflect my present understanding (at the time of writing/re-writing [11 Aug 14]) of Learning and Education (a...
View ArticleConsciousness
Let me give you a rather lengthy overview of my curated “Consciousness” snippets. These links reflect my present exploration of consciousness (at the time of writing/re-writing [12 Aug 14])....
View ArticleBrain-net: Digital Selfhood
The developments described below should be led down the path encouraged by Aral Balkan. Watch his "Free is a lie" presentation to the RSA if this kind of thing interests you. http://vimeo.com/93176515...
View ArticleManipulating brain cells and how memories link w/ emotions
Citation: [T]he researchers found that they could reverse the emotional association of specific memories by manipulating brain cells with optogenetics.. . .[T]hey label hippocampal cells that are...
View ArticleBrain stew: Why learning can be difficult
Adding new neural ingredients is the hard part Citation: Lead author Patrick T. Sadtler, a PhD candidate in Pitt’s Department of Bioengineering, compared the study’s findings [which involved mapping...
View ArticleCategorizing in our sleep
So it turns out that we humans can classify words accurately while asleep and potentially other cognitive tasks. Interesting, because I know that I do this. Sleep is optimum mull time. I guess that's...
View ArticleFeeling Our Emotions
According to noted neurologist Antonio R. Damasio, joy or sorrow can emerge only after the brain registers physical changes in the body MIND: You differentiate between feelings and emotions. How so?...
View ArticleMusic’s Effects on the Mind Remain Mysterious
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=musics-effects-on-the-min Wynne Parry – LiveScience 18 Dec 2012 www.scientificamerican.com Creativity Music Neuroscience Music elicits “a splash” of...
View ArticleTeam of scientists discovers a way to induce lucid dreams in people
Scientists led by psychologist Ursula Voss of J.W. Goethe-University in Frankfurt, Germany, strapped electrodes on the scalp of 27 volunteers and through transcranial alternating current stimulation...
View ArticleStories shape behavior in our Neuroeconomy
Neuroeconomics is an interdisciplinary field that seeks to explain human decision making, the ability to process multiple alternatives and to follow a course of action. It studies how economic behavior...
View Article~Slow consciousness flow~
Tick tock tick tock, stop Best-selling author Steven Kotler talks about the "optimization of consciousness through flow states, a key topic in his recently published book, The Rise of Superman": "In...
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