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

September 20, 2022September 20, 2022 Caitlin Goodpaster 0 Comments Book Review, Communication, computational neuroscience, Consciousness, development of language, Evolution, individual, Knowledge, microorganisms, module minds, warning

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

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La retención de vocabulario en adultos que aprenden idiomas

May 28, 2022May 26, 2022 Marisa Guajardo adquisición del lenguaje, Aprendizaje, Aprendizaje y Memoria, comportamiento vocal, idioma, idioma nativo

Artículo original: Vocabulary Retention in Adult Language Learners Aurore Bargat Traducido por Reyna Ediss ¿Qué podemos aprender e implementar de la neurociencia para apoyar la retención de vocabulario a largo… Read more

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How Floating in Darkness Takes the Body off the Mind

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

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

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Vocabulary Retention In Adult Language Learners

April 27, 2021December 10, 2021 Arielle Hogan language, language acquisition, Learning, Learning and Memory, native language, vocal behaviors

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

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The AMI Procedure- Gateway to a Cyborg Future

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

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.

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

December 6, 2019December 7, 2019 Joel Frohlich 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

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

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Study Sheds New Light on FOXP2 in the Evolution of Language

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