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Can Another Body Be Seen as an Extension of Your Own?
Surprising results show the fluidity of the "body schema." By Julie Sedivy.
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Mystical Experiences Open a ‘Door of Perception’ in the Brain
Mystical experiences may occur when the brain’s inhibitory processes are suppressed, opening a “door of perception,” new research found. By Charles Q. Choi.
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The Aspirational Science of Predictive Dreaming
Some scientists say psychic dreams are real. Explaining how they happen is another issue altogether. By Geraldine Cremin. (Jan. 27)
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Babies Are More Reflective Than We Thought
They know when they know—and when they don't, they ask for help. By Ed Yong.
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Video Gaming Is Entirely Beneficial for Cognitive Functioning, Says New Study
The stereotype of videogamers as isolated, socially awkward losers hiding out their basements is wrong, says a new study. Using psychological and game-playing data derived from more than 3,000 European kids between the ages of 6 and 11 years, a team of psychologists led by Viviane Kovess-Masfety from Paris Descartes University, reports that playing video games is associated with lots of positive cognitive and mental health outcomes. In fact, more video game play was generally associated with...
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6 Times Dreams and Mysticism Changed the Course of Science
Some of the most incredible breakthroughs in scientific history are the result of dreams, intuition and the mystic side of the brain. Here's six. By Anne Web.
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Is AlphaGo Really Such a Big Deal?
The Go-playing program teaches itself to replicate something very much like human intuition, an advance that promises far-reaching consequences. By Michael Nielsen.
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What It’s Like Being a Sudden Savant
Before her accident Heather Thompson was, by any measure, very successful. She lived just outside Seattle’s urban sprawl, was a CEO and a nationally respected business strategist, married, and had a two-year-old daughter. “I was at the pinnacle of my career,” she said. Then… By Tanya Basu.
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Animal spirits
The more we learn about the emotions shared by all mammals, the more we must rethink our own human intelligence. By Stephen T Asma.
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Mapping the Brain to Build Better Machines
The Microns project aims to decipher the brain’s algorithms in an effort to revolutionize machine learning. By Emily Singer.
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What I Learned From Tickling Apes
Humans aren’t so special. Animals think much more deeply than we imagine. By Frans de Waal.
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Do we see reality as it is?
Cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman is trying to answer a big question: Do we experience the world as it really is ... or as we need it to be? In this ever so slightly mind-blowing talk, he ponders how our minds construct reality for us.
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Surfing Uncertainty
Do our dynamic brains predict the world? Andy Clark’s masterly book overturns traditional views about our brains, arguing they make internal models of reality which they then compare with incoming data. By Anil Ananthaswamy.
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Human mind excels at quantum-physics computer game
Revelation could have implications for how scientists approach quantum problems. By Elizabeth Gibney. (Apr. 13)
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How Animals Think
Nonhuman minds have a great deal to teach us. By Alison Gopnik.
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Eight reasons why octopuses are the geniuses of the ocean
Escaping from an aquarium is child's play when you are as smart as an octopus. By Nic Fleming.
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The Wyrd of the Early Earth
Cellular Pre-sense in the Primordial Soup. By Eric Wargo.
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The Psychology of Genre
Why we don’t like what we struggle to categorize. By Tom Vanderbilt.
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When AI Goes Wrong, We Won’t Be Able to Ask It Why
AI finally works—we just don’t know how. By Jordan Pearson.
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Consciousness: The Mind Messing With the Mind
Science is struggling to figure out if we, or even a thermostat, truly possess matter beyond the physical. By George Johnson.
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