Thursday, February 28, 2019

A ketamine inspired nasal spray for depression.

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I pass on this New Atlas article link on a nasal spray based on ketamine (the party drug PCP or 'angel dust') that is likely to rec...
Wednesday, February 27, 2019

New form of neural communication at a distance.

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The branch of parapsychology that claims subtle sensing and psychological action at a distance might be heartened that they are finding a sh...
Tuesday, February 26, 2019

The Neuroscience of ‘Rock-a-Bye Baby’

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I've always wondered why I sleep like a baby when on a boat being slowly rocked by waves, so was intrigued by Friedman's recent piec...
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Monday, February 25, 2019

Female brains are younger than male brains.

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Fascinating, from Goyal et al. (open source article): Significance Prior work has identified many sex differences in the brain, includ...
Friday, February 22, 2019

Ohmygawd.....warms of drones with one distributed brain.

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I have to pass on the scary video below, pointed to by a recent WaPo article . Reminds me of the fighter battles in the Star Wars movies. W...
Thursday, February 21, 2019

Watching social influence start to bias perceptual integration as children develop

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From Large et al. : The opinions of others have a profound influence on decision making in adults. The impact of social influence appears ...
Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Fighting social media misinformation using crowdsourced judgements

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From Pennycook and Rand : Significance Many people consume news via social media. It is therefore desirable to reduce social media user...
Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Sleeping in standby mode

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In the editor's choice section of the current Science Magazine, Claudia Pama point s to work by Legendre et al. showing that sleepers ...
Monday, February 18, 2019

Brain patterns of consciousness

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A study that is the product of a collaboration across seven countries has identified brain signatures that can indicate consciousness witho...
Friday, February 15, 2019

How brain and spinal cord distinguish self touch from the touch of others

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I’ve always been struck by how much more effective someone else’s touch is than my own in relaxing tense muscles in my body. Boehme et al. ...
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Thursday, February 14, 2019

The science of sway in musical ensembles.

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I'm passing on this fascinating article that the violinist in my piano trio sent to her musician colleagues. Trainor's group at McM...
Wednesday, February 13, 2019

Parents mention sons more often than daughters on social media.

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From Sivak and Smirnov : Significance Parents’ preference for sons is a well-known phenomenon. This study examines whether the use of s...
Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Correlations between our gut microbiota and mental health.

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Valles-Colomer et al. note variations in the levels of different groups of gut bacteria that correlate with depression, or with higher qual...
Monday, February 11, 2019

Oliver Sacks - The Machine Stops

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I want to point MindBlog readers to a wonderful short essay written by Oliver Sacks before his death from cancer, in which he notes the par...
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Friday, February 08, 2019

Flash judgement based on appearance.

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I want to point to two articles on how we make rapid judgements based on first impressions. Torodov's essay in aeon is a fascinating ...
Thursday, February 07, 2019

A few anti-technology screeds:

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German artist, filmmaker and writer Hito Steyerl writes an impassioned diatribe titled " Technology Has Destroyed Reality ": In...
Wednesday, February 06, 2019

Successes of advantaged group members get more attention.

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Kteily et al. show how political ideology shapes the amplification of the accomplishments of disadvantaged vs. advantaged group members: ...
Tuesday, February 05, 2019

The decay of cognitive diversity - global WEIRDing is upon us

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I recommend that you read this brief piece by Kensy Cooperrider, a cognitive scientist in the Department of Psychology at the University of...
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Monday, February 04, 2019

Facial masculinity does not indicate immunocompetence

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From Zeidi et al. : Significance Facial masculinity has been considered a sexual ornament in humans, akin to peacock tails and stag ant...
Friday, February 01, 2019

Oligarchia - the rise of autonomous analog computing

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I want to pass on the final paragraphs of a piece done by George Dyson for Edge.org: We assume that a search engine company builds a mode...