Neuroscience
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut:
Neurons identified that respond to scratching only when itchy.
The psychophysics of brightness.
People with autism and associated conditions may show deficits in emotion and face processing but they still exhibit a sensitivity to angry faces, as neuro-typical people do.
Aren't I fascinating? - we find it difficult to disengage attention from our own face. However, other highly-familar, high status faces had a similar effect.
Clients who get to choose what kind of treatment they receive tend to do slightly better in therapy and are less likely to drop out, meta-analysis shows.
Too much feedback can be a bad thing.
The benefits of elevation, gratitude, and admiration.
The psychology of swearing (review paper).
- Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: Taking supplements of creatine aids cognition in the elderly. Comparing the brain activity of liberals and conservatives using EEG. Expert hikers were better than novice hikers at remembering mountain...
- Women Have A Superior Memory For Faces
Women are better at remembering faces than men, probably because they're more interested in social aspects of the world than men are. That's according to Jenny Rehnman and Agneta Herlitz who presented 212 Swedish men and women with 60 faces to...
- Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut this fortnight: The role of auditory 'mirror neurons' in human empathy. In monkeys, these cells are activated both when a certain action is performed and when the sound of that action is...
- C'mon, Aren't Faces Really Special?
A recently published paper in Nature Neuroscience by Thierry and colleagues (2007) claimed that faces really aren't that special after all, particularly where the N170 component is concerned. The Neurocritic covered this article (perhaps a little...
- The "face Module" Identified In Moneys?
Oooh... aah... besides the general concept of such a specialized module, it's hard for The Neurocritic to find fault with this one: A Cortical Region Consisting Entirely of Face-Selective Cells Doris Y. Tsao, Winrich A. Freiwald, Roger B. H. Tootell,...
Neuroscience
Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut:Neurons identified that respond to scratching only when itchy.
The psychophysics of brightness.
People with autism and associated conditions may show deficits in emotion and face processing but they still exhibit a sensitivity to angry faces, as neuro-typical people do.
Aren't I fascinating? - we find it difficult to disengage attention from our own face. However, other highly-familar, high status faces had a similar effect.
Clients who get to choose what kind of treatment they receive tend to do slightly better in therapy and are less likely to drop out, meta-analysis shows.
Too much feedback can be a bad thing.
The benefits of elevation, gratitude, and admiration.
The psychology of swearing (review paper).
- Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: Taking supplements of creatine aids cognition in the elderly. Comparing the brain activity of liberals and conservatives using EEG. Expert hikers were better than novice hikers at remembering mountain...
- Women Have A Superior Memory For Faces
Women are better at remembering faces than men, probably because they're more interested in social aspects of the world than men are. That's according to Jenny Rehnman and Agneta Herlitz who presented 212 Swedish men and women with 60 faces to...
- Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut this fortnight: The role of auditory 'mirror neurons' in human empathy. In monkeys, these cells are activated both when a certain action is performed and when the sound of that action is...
- C'mon, Aren't Faces Really Special?
A recently published paper in Nature Neuroscience by Thierry and colleagues (2007) claimed that faces really aren't that special after all, particularly where the N170 component is concerned. The Neurocritic covered this article (perhaps a little...
- The "face Module" Identified In Moneys?
Oooh... aah... besides the general concept of such a specialized module, it's hard for The Neurocritic to find fault with this one: A Cortical Region Consisting Entirely of Face-Selective Cells Doris Y. Tsao, Winrich A. Freiwald, Roger B. H. Tootell,...