Amping Up Brain Function: Transcranial Stimulation Shows Promise in Speeding Up Learning: Scientific American
november 2011 by amy
"Electrical stimulation of subjects' brains is found to accelerate learning in military and civilian subjects, although researchers are yet wary of drawing larger conclusions about the mechanism"
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biology
psychology
november 2011 by amy
Intelligent Individuals Don’t Make Groups Smarter | Wired Science | Wired.com
october 2010 by amy
"Their analysis, published Sept. 30 in Science, found several characteristics linked to group performance — and none involved individual intelligence. What mattered instead was the social sensitivity of individual members, the proportion of women (who tend to be more sensitive) in each group, and a balanced participation of conversation."
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gender
intelligence
society
october 2010 by amy
When the brain rests, it isn't idle
october 2010 by amy
"A structure in the brain in which we unconsciously define who we are 'would warm Freud's heart,' says Dr. Raichle"...
the 'default mode network'
neuroscience
cognition
psychology
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the 'default mode network'
october 2010 by amy
BBC - BBC Radio 4 Programmes - Inside the Brain of a Five-Year-Old
september 2010 by amy
Claudia Hammond investigates the latest research into the working of the five year old brain, and asks whether the latest developments in neuroscience might have an application in the classroom.
neuroscience
education
cognition
september 2010 by amy
YouTube - JOHN CLEESE WCF
august 2010 by amy
RT @newsycombinator: Brilliant talk by John Cleese on creativity. (via @jlanzone)
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august 2010 by amy
A slow mind may nurture more creative ideas - life - 30 March 2010 - New Scientist
march 2010 by amy
Jung found that the most creative people had lower white-matter integrity in a region connecting the prefrontal cortex to a deeper structure called the thalamus, compared with their less creative peers (PLoS ONE, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009818).
Jung suggests that slower communication between some areas may actually make people more creative. "This might allow for the linkage of more disparate ideas, more novelty, and more creativity," he says.
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Jung suggests that slower communication between some areas may actually make people more creative. "This might allow for the linkage of more disparate ideas, more novelty, and more creativity," he says.
march 2010 by amy
Change blindness experiment Boing Boing
december 2009 by amy
Dinotopia artist James Gurney posted this video about a "change blindness" experiment. 75% of the participants didn't notice that the experimenter who bent under a counter was replaced by a different person. Says Gurney: "Here's proof that most of the time we look but don't see." I think Matisse said something to the effect that he didn't really see things unless he was painting them.
psychology
cognition
december 2009 by amy
This Is Your Brain On Fatty Acids: Scientists Discover Lipid May Be Vital To Learning
november 2009 by amy
This Is Your Brain On Fatty Acids: Scientists Discover Lipid May Be Vital To Learning http://ow.ly/15YWcp
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november 2009 by amy
Three Tweets for the Web
october 2009 by amy
essay on the values of multitasking
cognition
attention
technology
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october 2009 by amy
Infants Able To Identify Humans As Source Of Speech, Monkeys As Source Of Monkey Calls
october 2009 by amy
Infants Able To Identify Humans As Source Of Speech, Monkeys As Source Of Monkey Calls http://ow.ly/15WzH0
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october 2009 by amy
Can We 'Learn To See?': Study Shows Perception Of Invisible Stimuli Improves With Training
october 2009 by amy
Can We 'Learn To See?': Study Shows Perception Of Invisible Stimuli Improves With Training http://ow.ly/15WqYN
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october 2009 by amy
Amphetamine Use In Adolescence May Impair Adult Working Memory
october 2009 by amy
Amphetamine Use In Adolescence May Impair Adult Working Memory http://ow.ly/15Wu18
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october 2009 by amy
Is Traumatic Brain Injury Causing Homelessness?
august 2009 by amy
While the general public only has an 8 percent occurrence of traumatic brain injury, which most commonly occurs due to car accidents, physical assaults or falling, that number was 53 percent for the homeless participants. Furthermore, they found that 70 percent of those with traumatic brain injury had the injury before they were homeless.
cognition
neuroscience
society
august 2009 by amy
Study Sees an Obama Effect as Lifting Black Test-Takers - NYTimes.com
january 2009 by amy
Now researchers have documented what they call an Obama effect, showing that a performance gap between African-Americans and whites on a 20-question test administered before Mr. Obama’s nomination all but disappeared when the exam was administered after his acceptance speech and again after the presidential election.
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january 2009 by amy
Vital Signs - Regimens - For the Best Pick-Me-Up, Lie Down - NYTimes.com
december 2008 by amy
A cup of strong coffee might make you feel wide awake, but a small study suggests that for improved physical and mental performance, an afternoon nap works better.
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coffee
december 2008 by amy
Technology Review: Making an Old Brain Young
december 2008 by amy
New ways to manipulate neural plasticity--the brain's ability to rewire itself--could make adult brains as facile as young ones, at least in part. Drugs that target these mechanisms might eventually help treat neurological disorders as diverse as Alzheimer's, stroke, schizophrenia, and autism. But first scientists will need to figure out how to harness this rewiring capacity without damaging vital neural circuitry.
neuroscience
cognition
science
research
december 2008 by amy
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Wild dolphins tail-walk on water
august 2008 by amy
A wild dolphin is apparently teaching other members of her group to walk on their tails, a behaviour usually seen only after training in captivity. The tail-walking group lives along the south Australian coast near Adelaide. Scientists studying the group say tail-walk tuition has not been seen before, and suggest the habit may emerge as a form of "culture" among this group.
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nature
science
cognition
august 2008 by amy
Get Out of Your Own Way
june 2008 by amy
Studies Show the Value of Not Overthinking a Decision
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cognition
psychology
research
science
june 2008 by amy
Psychology Today: 10 Ways We Get the Odds Wrong
february 2008 by amy
Adults asked to consider absurd propositions like "Is it a good idea to drink Drano?" immediately and intuitively say no. Adolescents, however, take more than twice as long to think about it.
psychology
cognition
february 2008 by amy
5-year-old chimp beats college kids in computer game - CNN.com
january 2008 by amy
Think you're smarter than a fifth-grader? How about a 5-year-old chimp? Japanese researchers pitted young chimps against human adults in tests of short-term memory, and overall, the chimps won.
primates
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memory
cognition
january 2008 by amy
Cognitive Dissonance - Social Psychology - New York Times
november 2007 by amy
..the first evidence of cognitive dissonance in monkeys..
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cognition
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science
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november 2007 by amy
Guardian | Forever now
november 2007 by amy
In 1985, the musician Clive Wearing suffered a brain infection that left him with the most severe amnesia ever recorded. But two things were unaffected: his love for his wife and his musical abilities. By Oliver Sacks
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cognition
music
november 2007 by amy
Scientific American: (Can't Get No) Satisfaction
february 2007 by amy
The new science of happiness needs some historical perspective
psychology
cognition
february 2007 by amy
Reducing the Racial Achievement Gap: A Social-Psychological Intervention -- Cohen et al. 313 (5791): 1307 -- Science
february 2007 by amy
The intervention, a brief in-class writing assignment, significantly improved the grades of African American students and reduced the racial achievement gap by 40%. These results suggest that the racial achievement gap, a major social concern in the Unite
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culture
february 2007 by amy
Cordelia Fine
february 2007 by amy
Dr Cordelia Fine is an academic psychologist, freelance writer, and the author of 'A Mind of Its Own: How your brain distorts and deceives'.
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cognition
books
february 2007 by amy
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