Neuroscience
New in the world of pig cognition research, interesting results:
Pigs Prove to Be Smart, if Not Vain
By NATALIE ANGIER
The New York Times
Published: November 10, 2009
"Recent discoveries from the nascent study of pig cognition offered evidence that pigs were quick learners, slow to forget and similar to humans in many ways."
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From The New York Times: Brain Is a Co-Conspirator in a Vicious Stress Loop By NATALIE ANGIER Published: August 18, 2009 "Chronic stress changes the brain, but relaxation can change it back." Read the full article...
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Did you know that rats laugh? Jaak Panksepp, neuroscientist at Bowling Green State University, talks about how rats actually laugh. Science News Online quotes him as saying "but you have to know the rat." And in this week's Science Times, Natalie...
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Neuroscience
Piggy Smarts!
New in the world of pig cognition research, interesting results:
Pigs Prove to Be Smart, if Not Vain
By NATALIE ANGIER
The New York Times
Published: November 10, 2009
"Recent discoveries from the nascent study of pig cognition offered evidence that pigs were quick learners, slow to forget and similar to humans in many ways."
Read the article
- Sleep, Dreams, And Cognitive Function
A Dream Interpretation: Tuneups for the Brain By BENEDICT CAREY The New York Times Published: November 10, 2009 "A new theory suggests that dreams are a warm-up for the day ahead." Read the article...
- The Cns And Stress
From The New York Times: Brain Is a Co-Conspirator in a Vicious Stress Loop By NATALIE ANGIER Published: August 18, 2009 "Chronic stress changes the brain, but relaxation can change it back." Read the full article...
- (laughing) Rats In The News
Did you know that rats laugh? Jaak Panksepp, neuroscientist at Bowling Green State University, talks about how rats actually laugh. Science News Online quotes him as saying "but you have to know the rat." And in this week's Science Times, Natalie...
- Towards Scientific Literacy
Steven Pinker reviews Natalie Angier's The Canon : A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science in last Sunday's New York Times Book Review, using the review to promote general scientific literacy. Pinker starts with some examples of scientific...
- Seeing Red
An article from last week's New York Times describes the importance of the color red, just in time for Valentine's Day. In How Do We See Red? Count the Ways Natalie Angier talks about various meanings of the color red, including "shades of life,...