April 2011
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Neurorobotics Reveals Brain Mechanisms of... →
metaconscious:
A new study uses creative engineering to unravel brain mechanisms associated with one of the most fundamental subjective human feelings: self-consciousness. The research, published in the April 28 issue of the journal Neuron, identifies a brain region called the temporo-parietal junction (TPJ) as being critical for the feeling of being an entity localized at a particular...
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Can Traumatic Memories Be Erased? →
metaconscious:
Could veterans of war, rape victims and other people who have seen horrific crimes someday have the traumatic memories that haunt them weakened in their brains? In a new study, UCLA life scientists report a discovery that may make the reduction of such memories a reality.
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Epidural electrocorticography may finally allow... →
There are four types of brain-computer interfaces: EEGs, where the electrodes are outside the skull; microelectrodes, where the electrodes are inserted in the brain; ECoGs, grids of disk-like electrodes that lie directly on the brain, and, Moran’s choice, EECoGs, grids of disk-like electrodes that lie inside the skull but outside the dura mater, a membrane that covers and protects the brain.
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The Art of Giving Up (Psychology Today) →
psychotherapy:
The world is obsessed with stories of success. There is a well-known concept in the management literature called “the survivor bias,” which refers to the erroneous conclusions that researchers draw from focusing excessively on successful organizations and people. Pick up any magazine, and you will see the survivor bias in action: the stories are almost always about the successful;...
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The Unleashed Mind: Why Creative People Are... →
fuckyeahneuroscience:
Highly creative people often seem weirder than the rest of us. Now researchers know why.
It isn’t just average Joes who perceive highly creative individuals as eccentric. These individuals often see themselves as different and unable to fit in. The latest findings in brain imaging, creativity research and molecular biology suggest that these perceptions are not just based...
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Dialing with Your Thoughts →
metaconscious:
A new brain-control interface lets users make calls by thinking of the number—research that could prove useful for the severely disabled and beyond.
Researchers in California have created a way to place a call on a cell phone using just your thoughts. Their new brain-computer interface is almost 100 percent accurate for most people after only a brief training period.
The...
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The Neuroscience Of Creativity And Insight—The... →
fuckyeahneuroscience:
One science blogger’s take on a recent experiment by scientists to replicate the ‘aha’ pinnacle moment of insight and the neuro processing of creativity.
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