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Neuropsychological correlates of auditory perceptual inference: A mismatch negativity (MMN) study
The mismatch negativity (MMN) component of the auditory event-related potential can be used to study automatic perceptual inference. This study was designed to explore “Conditional Inference” in the M… more →
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Neuropsychological correlates of auditory perceptual inference: A mismatch negativity (MMN) study
wrote 1 month ago: The mismatch negativity (MMN) component of the auditory event-related potential can be used to study … more →
Executive Functions in ASD
wrote 2 months ago: There are three key theories that attempt to explain the links between brain and behaviour in Autist … more →
Infinition: Our acceleration to the infinite
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wrote 2 months ago: “Our existence resembles the course of a man running down a mountain who would fall over if he tried … more →
Self Reliance
wrote 2 months ago: We are so bent towards self reliance. Isn’t self reliance a good thing? Isn’t this wha … more →
Raise the Age of Majority to 25
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wrote 2 months ago: In the United States, you cannot be tried as an adult under the age of 18, unless, of course, you co … more →
Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain
wrote 2 months ago: Descartes’ Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain By Antonio Damasio New York: Penguin Bo … more →
The Idle Mind = Mother of Invention?
wrote 2 months ago: From Archimedes to Google Labs, idle moments have been used to create: “When your mind drifts, … more →
The Stirrings of Power: Language and Myth
wrote 2 months ago: In my last blog post, I introduced the idea that our modern human consciousness is under the tyranny … more →
The Tyranny of the Prefrontal Cortex
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wrote 2 months ago: Our civilization is changing the climate of our planet. People kill themselves and others in the na … more →
Sharpening the cognitive-genetic scalpel
wrote 2 months ago: Image by bethd821 via Flickr Whether you are a carpenter, plumber, mechanic, electrician, surgeon or … more →
Aging Influences the Neural Correlates of Lexical Decision but Not Automatic Semantic Priming
wrote 2 months ago: Human behavioral data indicate that older adults are slower to perform lexical decisions (LDs) than … more →
Grammatical processing in schizophrenia: Evidence from morphology
wrote 3 months ago: Patients with psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia commonly present with impaired language. H … more →
Reward: Dopamine's expanding universe
wrote 4 months ago: Research Highlight Nature Reviews Neuroscience 10, 624-625 (September 2009) | doi:10.1038/nrn2708 Re … more →
The Neural Basis of Multitasking
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wrote 4 months ago: In a headline-grabbing recent study, the NHTSA revealed that talking on a cell phone–even with … more →
Neuroscience: Learning experience
wrote 5 months ago: Neuroscience: Learning experience Neuron 63, 244–253 (2009) 10.1016/j.neuron.2009.06.019 Sustained f … more →
Which Object Appeared Longer?
wrote 5 months ago: Which Object Appeared Longer? Jun Tanji1,,andHajime Mushiake2 1 Brain Science Research Institute, Ta … more →
By mid-afternoon I felt fine
wrote 6 months ago: The more work I do on myself, the more fucked up I feel. It’s like there’s a deep-seated … more →
more on the status of introspection in psychology and in neuroscience
wrote 6 months ago: An index of the status of introspection within psychology comes from Medin, Markman, and Ross (2004) … more →
The brain and the internal state of the body
wrote 6 months ago: Hugo Critchley et al. (2004) state that (pg.189) “the internal state of the body is conveyed through … more →
