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• in Technology
  Top Neuroscience Discoveries in 2012: Researchers Identify Specific Words and Thoughts in The Brain
  The last two months of 2012 have seen tremendous advances in mapping individual thoughts and words in the brain, a tremendous step forward in neuroscience.
  by darinlhammond / on Dec 15, 2012

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “cognitive science”

 

• new book – ‘Brainwashed: The Seductive Appeal of Mindless Neuroscience’

  
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  Brainwashed: The Seductive Appeal of Mindless Neuroscience by Sally Satel and Scott O. Lilienfeld (Basic Books, 2013) (kindle ed.), (amazon.co.uk) Book description from the publisher: What can’t neuroscience tell us about ourselves? Since fMRI—functional magnetic resonance imaging—was introduced in the early ...
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• new book – ‘Mindshaping: A New Framework for Understanding Human Social Cognition’ by Tadeusz Wieslaw Zawidzki

  
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  Mindshaping: A New Framework for Understanding Human Social Cognition by Tadeusz Wieslaw Zawidzki (MIT Press/Bradford Books, 2013) (amazon.co.uk) Book description from the publisher: In this novel account of distinctively human social cognition, Tadeusz Zawidzki argues that the key distinction between human and ...
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• Dana Golstein: ATTENTION JASON RICHWINE!!: Youre Not the First Guy to (Wrongly) Believe Immigrants are Dumb

  
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  Dana Goldstein: Att. Jason Richwine: Youre Not the First Guy to (Wrongly) Believe Immigrants are Dumb : The human brain remains, in many crucial aspects, a mystery to science. So what is IQ? It is a measure of the capacity to learn in the linear fashion prized by Western culture, and we know that it is partially ...
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• Are Corvids Feathered Apes?

  
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  Although the common ancestor of birds and mammals lived over 280 million years ago, there are striking similarities in the cognitive abilities of members of the crow family (corvids) and primates; including tool manipulation, social reasoning and complex memory. Corvids are perhaps best known for their extraordinary ...
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• Sitting In My Office Until I Die

  
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  When I started this blog, I imagined that there might be more cognition, and less reality.   However, the business of discovering and disseminating cognitive science currently faces the harsh reality of our recent provincial budget.   I now find myself quoting Alberta Hansard ! Consider a small exchange at ...
  2 weeks ago

• new book – ‘Brain Imaging: What It Can (and Cannot) Tell Us About Consciousness’ by Robert G. Shulman

  
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  Brain Imaging: What it Can (and Cannot) Tell Us About Consciousness by Robert G. Shulman (Oxford University Press, USA, 2013) (amazon.co.uk) Book description from the publisher: Magnetic resonance imaging methods have taken a commanding position in brain studies because they allow scientists to follow brain activities ...
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• 30 days experiment: day 29.

  
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  Today during the class of cultural models and identities we had a great opportunity to observe the discussion of USA professor and his former student, present phD in cognitive science, our former professor of cognitive anthropology. It was amazing how in one moment the younger opposed his professor and logically was ...
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• Did the NIMH Withdraw Support for the DSM-5? No

  
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  In the past week, I’ve seen some incredibly sensationalistic articles published about the upcoming DSM-5 and a letter recently released by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). In the letter by Dr. Thomas Insel, director of the NIMH, wrote in part, “That is why NIMH will be re-orienting its research ...
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• The Past is in Front of You – How we perceive time and space #2

  
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  Why is waiting half a day for the bus not a big deal to the Aymara? Because to them, the future is not in front, the past is. Read part 1  here . Aymara women, El Alto, Bolivia – Photo Credit: Pedro Szekely If I asked you to think of the future, where does the future lie? If I asked you to point ...
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• Dan Dennett, Doug Hofstadter get a double-barreled takedown

  
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  Theyve both got new books out, and one great paired set of reviews blasts both, especially Dennett. It appears "Uncle Dan," as he suavely calls himself is being more snide than ever. And, yes (more below) he can be snide at times, and has been for some time. Hell, how do you think he got to be a Gnu Atheist ...
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• Why Every “P” Needs a Few Good “J”s

  
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  We all have different cognitive styles, and designing a cognitively diverse team can help facilitate success. Every P needs a few good J’s. read more
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• Gary Marcus - THE CRISIS IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY THAT ISN’T

  
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  This article appeared in  The New Yorker , written by neuroscientist  Gary Marcus , author of Kluge: The Haphazard Evolution of the Human Mind (2008), one of the best books in recent years for an explanation of why our brains function - and dysfunction - as they do. He is also author of The Birth of the ...
  3 weeks ago

• Embodied Cognition and Metaphors - Two Views

  
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  Two recent articles (both 2013) in Frontiers in Cognitive Science  offer slightly different but important contributions to our understanding of how metaphor works in embodied cognition. The original article is first (only the first 20% or so, since its long) followed by the commentary or clarification. Original ...
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• Book Review: Smart Thinking

  
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  Most of us probably assume we do a pretty good job of thinking as we go about our work or personal lives. Art Markman’s book,  Smart Thinking , shows us how wrong many of us are — but it also shows us how to begin to change the way we think. This is a fascinating book for those who want to think about and ...
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• Movement and Thought: A Bestiary

  
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  A story at i09 a few days ago was about what’s called the centipede’s dilemma also known as the problem of hyper-reflection. The problem comes from a nursery rhyme written in 1871 in which a centipede, following a questioning toad, thinks too much about how it moves all its legs and then forgets how to move at ...
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• Unique Curricula, Unique Skills, and Campus Alberta

  
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  Last month I blogged about my practice of teaching cognitive science, “ Not Just the Facts: Teaching Cognitive Science ”, a post that arose in the context of discussions about the future of postsecondary education in Alberta.   Of course, the spark for these discussions was the postsecondary funding ...
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• 21 March, 2013 – This Week in Science

  
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  (http://www.twis.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/TWIS_podcast_logo-e1277863172926.jpg) Olive Oil Health, Algal Thieves, Dangerous Young Men, Cock-A-Doodle-Do!, King Of The Brain, Sports Science, Old Man Universe, Water Voles, And Much More... Disclaimer, disclaimer, disclaimer!!!Olive Oil ...
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• Dog cognition

  
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  Will they discover a "general factor" for dog intelligence? Anyone want to make a prediction? See also here . NYTimes : ... Dr. Hare, now an associate professor at Duke, has continued to probe the canine mind, but his research has been constrained by the number of dogs he can study. Now he hopes to expand his ...
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• new book – ‘A Skeptic’s Guide to the Mind: What Neuroscience Can and Cannot Tell Us About Ourselves’ by Robert Burton

  
  my mind on books — Authority: 132
  A Skeptic’s Guide to the Mind: What Neuroscience Can and Cannot Tell Us About Ourselves by Robert Burton (St Martin’s Press, 2013) (kindle ed.), (amazon.co.uk) Book description from the publisher: What if our soundest, most reasonable judgments are beyond our control? Despite 2500 years of contemplation by the ...
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• new book – ‘Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking’ by Douglas Hofstadter and Emmanuel Sander

  
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  Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking by Douglas Hofstadter and Emmanuel Sander (Basic Books, 2013) (kindle ed.), (amazon.co.uk) Book description from the publisher: Analogy is the core of all thinking. This is the simple but unorthodox premise that Pulitzer Prize–winning author Douglas ...
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