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Evolution of Cognition

Did You Know?Evolution of Cognition

Lupita Valencia November 7, 2023November 6, 2023 Face-recognition, FFA, Fusiform face area, Occipital face area, OFA, pareidolia, Prosopagnosia, Uncanny valley

Facing the Uncanny Valley: Pareidolia and Face Recognition

By Lupita Valencia Evolution has made us experts at recognizing faces. We are innately social creatures and are hard-wired to detect faces in the environment. From the moment we are… Read More

Evolution of Cognition Cognition Culture

Lupita Valencia October 4, 2023 ACC, Anterior cingulate, exclusion, rejection, Social Neuroscience, social support

The Sting of Social Rejection

By Lupita Valencia Why have poets written about the pain of heartbreak for centuries? Heartbreak, as well as other kinds of social rejection, is largely a universal feeling: we have… Read More

Evolution of Cognition

Caitlin Goodpaster September 20, 2022October 27, 2022 Book Review, Communication, computational neuroscience, Consciousness, development of language, Evolution, individual, Knowledge, microorganisms, module minds, warning

Book Review: Journey of the Mind: How Thinking Emerged from Chaos

By Caitlin Goodpaster For the past two hundred thousand years, humans have dominated planet Earth. From the time we were roaming the African savanna, members of Homo sapiens have mastered… Read More

Big Ideas Consciousness Did You Know?Evolution of Cognition Joel's Pick Neuro News Philosophy

Joel Frohlich June 8, 2021June 8, 2021 Anxiety, Awareness, Brain Awareness, brain imaging, Cognition, Consciousness, Default mode network, fMRI, Psychology

How Floating in Darkness Takes the Body off the Mind

What happens when your mind disconnects from all outside sensations? First, you undress, put in earplugs, and step into a floatation tank, the water warmed to the temperature of your… Read More

Big Ideas Brain Development Did You Know?Evolution of Cognition Language

Aurore Bargat April 27, 2021December 10, 2021 language, language acquisition, Learning, Learning and Memory, native language, vocal behaviors

Vocabulary Retention In Adult Language Learners

What can we learn and implement from neuroscience to support long-term vocabulary retention in adult language learners? Brain and Language Neuroscience focuses on how different regions of the brain work… Read More

Artificial Intelligence Big Ideas Did You Know?Evolution of Cognition Neuro SciFi Neuroscience Technologies

Arielle Hogan December 7, 2020February 18, 2021 Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Neural Networks, Brain-computer interface, Frontiers in Neural Circuits, Robot-human interaction, Sci-fi

The AMI Procedure- Gateway to a Cyborg Future

Advances in bioengineering and robotics have delivered incredible devices capable of partially restoring functionality to those who suffer from movement related disabilities. However, this technology is not perfect. Patients still… Read More

Brain Books by Knowing Neurons. The Case Against Reality by Donald Hoffman. Illustrated by McCall Sarrett & Jooyeun Lee.

Brain Books Big Ideas Consciousness Evolution of Cognition Sensation and Perception

Joel Frohlich December 6, 2019December 7, 2019 Brain Books, Cognition, Color, Consciousness, Evolution, Evolutionary Game Theory, Hallucination, hard problem of consciousness, Illusion, Interface Theory of Perception, mathematics, Motion, Necker Cube, Occam's Razor, Orientation, Perception, Physicalism, Psychology, Quantum mechanics

Book Review and Author Interview: The Case Against Reality by Donald Hoffman

A full interview with Donald Hoffman follows this book review Does the moon still exist when you’re not looking at it? In a provocative new book titled The Case Against… Read More

Language Evolution of Cognition Neuro News

Caitlin Aamodt November 16, 2018April 18, 2019 Evolution, FoxP2, Genetics, Human, language

Study Sheds New Light on FOXP2 in the Evolution of Language

Language is a uniquely human trait, and how it evolved is one of the greatest unanswered questions in neuroscience. Spoken and written language facilitate much of what makes up human… Read More

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