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“Naturally Obsessed”: A Graduate Student’s Perspective | Parallelaphors™
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Parallels and metaphors between everyday life and the natural world. 8220;Naturally Obsessed”: A Graduate Student’s Perspective. March 5, 2009. November 24, 2015. Last night, at the CUNY Graduate Center in Manhattan, I attended a screening of a wonderful documentary by Richard and Carole Rifkind entitled Naturally Obsessed: The Making of a Scientist. This film documented the path and travails of 3 graduate students who were lucky enough to be in the laboratory of Dr. Lawrence Shapiro. Notify me of new co...
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People - Blakemore Lab
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Take part in a study. Do you want to take part in our research? Blakemore and Frith Book: 'The learning Brain'. Sarah-Jayne Blakemore - Jacobs Prize. Royal Society Rosalind Franklin lecture (2013): The Teenage Brain. Kate Mills - The effect of internet use and networking culture on the adolescent brain (2013). TED Talk (2012): The mysterious workings of the adolescent brain. Public Engagement with Science at the ICN. Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition: 'The teenage brain'. Up a Wellcome Trust Intern...
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A Fish Has Died – A Sweet Little Summer Story | Parallelaphors™
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Parallels and metaphors between everyday life and the natural world. A Fish Has Died – A Sweet Little Summer Story. August 9, 2015. November 24, 2015. It was very clever. Yoga, Deep Breathing and the Brain –. Slow Ideas →. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out. Follow me on Twitter. Philo...
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CBT is becoming less effective, like everything else – Mind Hacks
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Neuroscience and psychology news and views. CBT is becoming less effective, like everything else. Researchers have found that Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is roughly half as effective in treating depression as it used to be’ writes. Oliver Burkeman in The Guardian. Arguing that this is why CBT is ‘falling out of favour’. It’s worth saying that CBT. Burkeman is commenting on a new meta-analysis. And treatments for OCD. To name but a few. This has led people to suggest lots of ‘placebo’ hacks&...It’...
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Computation is a lens – Mind Hacks
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Neuroscience and psychology news and views. Computation is a lens. 8220;Face It,” says psychologist Gary Marcus in The New York Times. 8220;Your Brain is a Computer”. The op-ed. Argues for understanding the brain in terms of computation which opens up to the interesting question – what does it mean for a brain to compute? Marcus makes a clear distinction between thinking that the brain is built along the same lines. Here’s an example if the distinction isn’t clear. If you throw a stone yo...In one sense ...
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Life at the Art-Science Interface | Parallelaphors™
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Parallels and metaphors between everyday life and the natural world. Life at the Art-Science Interface. November 29, 2008. Currently on view at the New York Academy of Sciences Art Gallery is an exhibit of the molecular illustrations of Kenneth Eward. I followed the links to Kenneth’s website. And found one of the most captivating animated illustrations of the molecular development of human life. His A Window Into Human Life. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. RALPH...
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Your Brain on Porsche: Neuro-Nonsense - Neuromarketing
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Neuroscience and Marketing Books. Where Brain Science and Marketing Meet. Roger Dooley Bio & Photos. Friction: Change Behavior & Build Great Products SXSW 2017. Gallup & Robinson. Institute of Sensory Analysis. One to One Insight. Your Brain on Porsche: Neuro-Nonsense. The last few months have been mostly good news for neuromarketers. From major university research. Here’s the ad:. This all seems logical and even believable to the casual observer. Motor industry sites like driving.ca. Closer examination,...
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Yoga, Deep Breathing and the Brain – | Parallelaphors™
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Parallels and metaphors between everyday life and the natural world. Yoga, Deep Breathing and the Brain –. February 24, 2015. Yoga, Deep Breathing and the Brain –. 8220;Naturally Obsessed”: A Graduate Student’s Perspective. A Fish Has Died – A Sweet Little Summer Story →. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. Notify me of new comments via email.
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Wolves | Parallelaphors™
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Parallels and metaphors between everyday life and the natural world. February 5, 2009. This life-long love of animals has prompted me to join organizations dedicated to wildlife and nature conservation, such as the Natural Resources Defense Council. And the Center for Biological Diversity. I joined their army of email activists, and began to receive many messages from these organizations about the wanton killing of wolves in the Rocky Mountains. By Barry Holstun Lopez. Anniversary Edition was printed in ...
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