Neuroscience
I've seen a couple of fun cogsci / brain / consciousness items lately & thought I'd share them:
From Sunday's New York Times article about comedian Steven Wright comes this new joke:
And the LooseCannonLibrarian points me to neuroscience stamps featured on BoingBoing today:
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- Drug Development: Glutamate And Schizophrenia
From Sunday's New York Times: Daring to Think Differently About Schizophrenia By ALEX BERENSON Published: February 24, 2008 "A new drug aimed at treating schizophrenia turns its focus away from dopamine and instead on the effects of glutamate, another...
- Dr. Heidelise Als And The Nicu
From tomorrow's New York Times Sunday Magazine: A Second Womb By PAUL RAEBURN The New York Times Published: August 14, 2005 Read the article. Dr. Heidelise Als, prematurity, and the contemporary neonatal ICU. - Anthony H. Risser | neuroscience |...
- Privacy In The Time Of Fmri
From tomorrow's New York Times Sunday Magazine: Of Two Minds By JIM HOLT The New York Times Published: May 8, 2005 The human brain is mysterious -- and, in a way, that is a good thing. The less that is known about how the brain works, the more secure...
- Bird Brains!
From tomorrow's New York Times: Minds of Their Own: Birds Gain Respect By SANDRA BLAKESLEE The New York Times Published: February 1, 2005 Birdbrain has long been a colloquial term of ridicule. The common notion is that birds' brains...
- Confidence? Faith? Boasting?
I've been wondering about the confidence that professional athletes and politicians have been displaying lately. New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress said on Monday that the Giants would beat the Patriots 23-17 in Sunday's Superbowl....
Neuroscience
Fun with Brains & Consciousness
I've seen a couple of fun cogsci / brain / consciousness items lately & thought I'd share them:
From Sunday's New York Times article about comedian Steven Wright comes this new joke:
“I need one of those baby monitors from my subconscious to my consciousness so I can know what the hell I’m really thinking about.”
And the LooseCannonLibrarian points me to neuroscience stamps featured on BoingBoing today:
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- Keepnews, Peter. A Strange Career Takes an Odd Turn New York Times, February 10, 2008.
- Drug Development: Glutamate And Schizophrenia
From Sunday's New York Times: Daring to Think Differently About Schizophrenia By ALEX BERENSON Published: February 24, 2008 "A new drug aimed at treating schizophrenia turns its focus away from dopamine and instead on the effects of glutamate, another...
- Dr. Heidelise Als And The Nicu
From tomorrow's New York Times Sunday Magazine: A Second Womb By PAUL RAEBURN The New York Times Published: August 14, 2005 Read the article. Dr. Heidelise Als, prematurity, and the contemporary neonatal ICU. - Anthony H. Risser | neuroscience |...
- Privacy In The Time Of Fmri
From tomorrow's New York Times Sunday Magazine: Of Two Minds By JIM HOLT The New York Times Published: May 8, 2005 The human brain is mysterious -- and, in a way, that is a good thing. The less that is known about how the brain works, the more secure...
- Bird Brains!
From tomorrow's New York Times: Minds of Their Own: Birds Gain Respect By SANDRA BLAKESLEE The New York Times Published: February 1, 2005 Birdbrain has long been a colloquial term of ridicule. The common notion is that birds' brains...
- Confidence? Faith? Boasting?
I've been wondering about the confidence that professional athletes and politicians have been displaying lately. New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress said on Monday that the Giants would beat the Patriots 23-17 in Sunday's Superbowl....