Here is what I am reading today: why we feel ’embarrassed” “Recording people belting out an old Motown tune and then asking them to listen to their own singing without the accompanying music seems like an unusually cruel form of punishment. But for a team of scientists at the University Read more…
Here are a few readings for today: how to speed up learning “In a breakthrough that may aid treatment of learning impairments, strokes, tinnitus and chronic pain, UT Dallas researchers have found that brain nerve stimulation accelerates learning in laboratory tests.” I feel your pain “Today, there is increasing exposure Read more…
Here are a few readings for today: opinions lead cooperation or not “The expectations people have about how others will behave play a large role in determining whether people cooperate with each other or not. And moreover that very first expectation, or impression, is hard to change. “This is particularly Read more…
Here is what I am reading today on my way home! Mapping the Brain “Scientists have moved a step closer to being able to develop a computer model of the brain after developing a technique to map both the connections and functions of nerve cells in the brain together for Read more…
Here is what I am reading today: what is consciousness? “People experience perceptions such as blue, sensations such as pain, emotions such as happiness, and thoughts such as believing that spring has finally arrived. Will psychology and neuroscience ever be able to explain how people have these kinds of consciousness?” Read more…