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Even if you don't know much about electricity, you can probably figure out that having straighter wires connecting two things is more efficient than putting a bird's nest of wires in between your objects. The Wong group at Georgia Tech took.. » Animals Get Freaky at Museum of Sex 24/07/08 21:41 from Wired Science When it comes to sexual promiscuity, Madonna's got nothing on the average free-loving, masturbation-happy bottlenose dolphin. So I learned this morning at The Sex Lives of Animals , opening today at the Museum of Sex

A new paper in one of my favorite journals, Trends in Cognitive Sciences, tries to reverse-engineer the tricks of magicians to learn about the blind spots of the brain. Wired Science explains: Magic tricks may look simple, but they exploit cognitive patterns that scientists are only beginning to understand. Now some psychologists are considering how they can use magic to advance our understanding of the brain -- and perhaps help inoculate

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Animals Get Freaky at Museum of Sex

of making a selection may deplete executive resources. For example, in one study the researchers found that participants who made more choices in a mall were less likely to persist and do well in solving simple algebra problems. Etc. Meanwhile, Wired summarizes research that looked at magic tricks and apparently extracts lessons to “advance our understanding of the brain — and perhaps help inoculate us against advertising.” The underlying article/research is not online, so I can only quote from a bit of Wired

of making a selection may deplete executive resources. For example, in one study the researchers found that participants who made more choices in a mall were less likely to persist and do well in solving simple algebra problems. Etc. Meanwhile, Wired summarizes research that looked at magic tricks and apparently extracts lessons to “advance our understanding of the brain — and perhaps help inoculate us against advertising.” The underlying article/research is not online, so I can only quote from a bit of Wired

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Caloric Restriction Comes in a Pill

Caloric Restriction Comes in a Pill

Caloric Restriction Comes in a Pill