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Neuroscientists identify how the brain works to select what we (want to) see
If you are looking for a particular object -- say a yellow pencil -- on a cluttered desk, how does your brain work to visually locate it?See it on Scoop.it, via CognitiveScience
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'Matrix'-style effortless learning? Vision scientists demonstrate innovative...
It may be possible to use brain technology to learn to play a piano, reduce mental stress or hit a curve ball with little or no conscious effort, new research suggests. It's the kind of thing seen in...
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The Electronic Brain? Your Mind Vs. a Computer | Re-Envision | Big Think
The brain is not a storage dump, and consciousness is not a place. Synapses are also far more complex than electrical circuits. Neither processing speed nor short term memory capacity are fixed,...
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Scientists shocked to find antibiotics alleviate symptoms of schizophrenia
A cheap antibiotic normally prescribed to teenagers for acne is to be tested as a treatment to alleviate the symptoms of psychosis in patients with schizophrenia, in a trial that could advance...
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Brené Brown: The power of vulnerability | Video on TED.com
TED Talks Brené Brown studies human connection -- our ability to empathize, belong, love.See it on Scoop.it, via CognitiveScience
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15 Big Ways The Internet Is Changing Our Brain | Online College Tips – Online...
Scientists have begun to note that the Internet has started to rewire our minds.See it on Scoop.it, via CognitiveScience
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Physical Activity Improves Cognitive Performance in Adolescents: Study
Study: Physical Activity, Fitness, Weight Status, Cognitive Performance in Adolescents from the Journal of Pediatrics: AVENA Study Group.See it on Scoop.it, via CognitiveScience
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Augmenting cognition: old concept, new tools
As recently noted by Nick Bostrom and Anders Sandberg (Sci Eng Ethics 15:311–341, 2009), “What is new is the growing interest in creating intimate links between the external systems and the human user...
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Marijuana and Divergent Thinking : The Frontal Cortex
Interestingly, marijuana seems to induce a state of hyper-priming, in which the reach of semantic priming extends outwards to distantly related concepts. As a result, we hear "dog" and think of nouns...
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Jonathan Haidt: Religion, evolution, and the ecstasy of self-transcendence |...
TED Talks Psychologist Jonathan Haidt asks a simple, but difficult question: why do we search for self-transcendence? Why do we attempt to lose ourselves?See it on Scoop.it, via CognitiveScience
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Are You a Neophiliac? | Psychology Today
novelty-seeking has its good and bad points. Exploring new situations is definitely a plus, as we know from research on the related quality of openness to experience. Impulsivity is not such a...
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MIT discovers the location of memories: Individual neurons | ExtremeTech
The main significance here is that we finally have proof that memories (engrams, in neuropsychology speak) are physical rather than conceptual. We now know that, as in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless...
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FuturePundit: Love Deactivates Brain Areas For Fear, Planning, Critical...
We are fools for love because love disables our ability to do critical social assessment.See it on Scoop.it, via CognitiveScience
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Mezzmer Blog » The Crazy World of Visual Hallucinations
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Secrets of the Most Productive People I Know
The path to productivity is not a new assistant or project management software. It's these four shared characteristics.See it on Scoop.it, via CognitiveScience
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Brain Scanner Records Dreams on Video
With a bit of refinement of the algorithm and sensor resolution, you could go stick yourself into an fMRI machine, close your eyes, picture a duck, and the machine would be able to project an image of...
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Quantum theory and consciousness.
Quantum theory and consciousness. The metaphysics of nonduality. The end of suffering and the discovery of our true nature.See it on Scoop.it, via CognitiveScience
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Rory Sutherland: Perspective is everything
The circumstances of our lives may matter less than how we see them, says Rory Sutherland. At TEDxAthens, he makes a compelling case for how reframing is the key to happiness.See it on Scoop.it, via...
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Watch This Ingenious UI Idea, For Dragging Files From Your Phone To Computer
THIS CONCEPT BY ISHAC BERTRAN IS SO SIMPLE AND CLEVER THAT YOU WONDER WHY IT DOESN’T EXIST ALREADY.See it on Scoop.it, via CognitiveScience
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Creative Thinking Is a Specific Process That Can Be Replicated
We tend to look at creativity as a wild force that often eludes us but we can sometimes grasp and use to create amazing things.See it on Scoop.it, via CognitiveScience
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Scientists capture the first image of memories being made | Science Codex
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10 Major Health Benefits of Marijuana | Zazen Life
ZazenLife.com is a self-development blogging community of higher awareness. We provide a variety of content to help you develop your conscious awareness!See it on Scoop.it, via CognitiveScience
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This Is What Earth Will Look Like in 100,000,000 AD
To map the supercontinent of the future, geologists first had to solve a vexing magnetic riddle. . Visit Discover Magazine to read this article and other exclusive science and technology news...
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The Lesson of the Monkeys
I was first told of this experiment* by a former work colleague, and later discovered this illustration of it. It's both illuminating and disturbing.See it on Scoop.it, via CognitiveScience
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Dopamine Jackpot! Sapolsky on the Science of Pleasure
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/02/15/Robert_Sapolsky_Are_Humans_Just_Another_Primate Robert Sapolsky, professor of biology and neurology at Stanford ...See it on Scoop.it, via CognitiveScience
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Brain Implants Could Help Alzheimer’s and Others with Severe Memory Damage |...
A maverick neuroscientist believes he has deciphered the code by which the brain forms long-term memories.See it on Scoop.it, via CognitiveScience
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Study: Facebook Use Can 'Undermine Well-Being'
An academic study finds that the more young adults use Facebook, the less satisfied they are.See it on Scoop.it, via CognitiveScience
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