19 days ago
deusx : MONTY PYTHON'S MODRZEW - Another Monty Python Record: Gumby Theatre, etc. - "Open the door THEN come in! ... I got my head stuck in the cupboard! ... Ohhhh... my brain hurts! "
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1 month ago
deusx : The Extended Mind - "Where does the mind stop and the rest of the world begin? The question invites two standard replies. Some accept the demarcations of skin and skull, and say that what is outside the body is outside the mind. Others are impressed by arguments suggest
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plasticbag : You have a limited amount of willpower which you must spend wisely, although you can train yourself to develop more! - You require willpower to develop willpower. Nasty. To be honest, this connects well with my experience. I've managed to make myself more focused, and my flat's normally a tip.
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6 month ago
adamrg : Why We're Powerless To Resist Grazing on Endless Web Data - Evidently I'm addicted to my own brain chemicals. Who knew?
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Linkorama : Ten Core Principles for Designing Effective Learning Environments - Ten Core Principles for Designing Effective Learning Environments: Insights from Brain Research and Pedagogical Theory.
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deusx : Found Footage: A Joystick Remote Control For Your Kid's Brain - "It's probably not a great idea to smoke while you do brain surgery and insert mind-control electrodes into little kids' heads."
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7 month ago
43folders : The Autumn of the Multitaskers - voa df via rands
adamrg : The Autumn of the Multitaskers
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8 month ago
deusx : Reversal Of Alzheimer's Symptoms Within Minutes In Human Study - "An extraordinary new scientific study, which for the first time documents marked improvement in Alzheimer’s disease within minutes of administration of a therapeutic molecule, has just been published in the Journal of Neuroinflammation."
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11 month ago
deusx : Your Outboard Brain Knows All - "Sure, I'm a veritable genius when I'm on the grid, but am I mentally crippled when I'm not? Does an overreliance on machine memory shut down other important ways of understanding the world?"
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13 month ago
deusx : Neurophilosophy : The rise & fall of the prefrontal lobotomy - "After reading this post all I can say is: I'd rather have a full bottle in front of me than a prefrontal lobotomy."
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17 month ago
deusx : Developing Intelligence : 10 Important Differences Between Brains and Computers - "Appreciating these differences may be crucial to understanding the mechanisms of neural information processing, and ultimately for the creation of artificial intelligence."
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20 month ago
deusx : Neural 'extension cord' developed for brain implants - tech - 19 January 2007 - New Scientist Tech - "A "data cable" made from stretched nerve cells could someday help connect computers to the human nervous system. The modified cells should form better connections with human tissue than the metal electrodes currently used for purposes such as remotely co
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21 month ago
plasticbag : Are you cleverer when you're hungry? - Given that most schools in the UK are currently focusing on making sure children have had a good breakfast in order to improve behaviour and concentration, it's an interesting and impactful argument to make...
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23 month ago
Jeremy Zawodny : Omega-3, junk food and the link between violence and what we eat - Omega-3, junk food and the link between violence and what we eat: Don't skip the fish--especially if you drink a lot.
jcgregorio : Omega-3, junk food and the link between violence and what we eat
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25 month ago
plasticbag : And I'll wrap it all up with this classic song from Pinky and the Brain... - Neo-cortex, frontal lobe - BRAINSTEM! BRAINSTEM!
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26 month ago
deusx : MindBlog: How do we persist when our molecules do not? - "No component of the system is itself stable but the entire production locks together to have stable existence. This is how you can manage to persist even though much of you is being recycled by day if not the hour."
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26 month ago
merlinmann : PLoS Biology: Is Avoiding an Aversive Outcome Rewarding? Neural Substrates of Avoidance Learning in the Human Brain - "It seems that the same neural circuitry is recruited during avoidance of an aversive outcome as is recruited during receipt of reward." via:Mefi
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29 month ago
jcgregorio : Angry/negative people can be bad for your brain - Oh boy, do I have a story to tell you about Mirror Neurons.
factoryjoe : Creating Passionate Users: Angry/negative people can be bad for your brain - Excellent advice. Saved By: Chris Messina | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: anger, negative people
François Nonnenmacher : Angry/negative people can be bad for your brain
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30 month ago
plasticbag : Singing might have helped social cohesian in early humans and may even predate language - "Because music has grammar-like qualities such as recursion, it might have served an even greater function. With music in the brain, early humans had the neural foundation for ... symbolic thought and language."
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31 month ago
deusx : LOST Magazine - Gray Area: Thinking With a Damaged Brain - "My entire brain, the organ by which my very consciousness is controlled, was reorganized one day ten years ago."
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31 month ago
deusx : Mind Hacks: Thinking with a damaged brain - "It's rare to find such a carefully considered and well-informed account of brain damage from someone who has suffered the consequences."
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31 month ago
deusx : The Impact of Emerging Technologies: Big Brain Thinking - Technology Review - "Stanford neuroscientist Bill Newsome wants to implant an electrode in his brain to better understand human consciousness."
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31 month ago
Linkorama : Who Really Won the Superbowl? - Last night at the UCLA Ahmanson-Lovelace Brain Mapping Center, Marco Iacoboni and his group used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to measure brain responses in a group of subjects while they were watching the Super Bowl ads.
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34 month ago
jimray : Discovery disproves simple concept of memory as 'storage space' - "Even if you could get more RAM for your brain, the extra storage probably wouldn't make it easier for you to find where you left your car keys."
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35 month ago
erikbenson : Everyone at office hours tonight gets a free trial of 5-HTP - Soon, we'll all be extremely happy.
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