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Want to Feel Unique? Believe in the Reptile People

May 29, 2018May 29, 2018 Roland Imhoff 0 Comments Behavior, conspiracy theories, Culture, Experiment, new world order, Psychology, reptilian, Research

The internet is full of wild-eyed insinuation. Seemingly accidental events are not actually accidental. A few powerful people have hatched

Big Ideas Neuro SciFi

Cognitive Astrobiology

January 3, 2018December 29, 2017 DanielToker 1 Comment Astrobiology, Cognitive, Cognitive Astrobiology, Diana Reiss, ET, Evolution, Extraterrestrial Intelligence, Intelligence, Jellyfish, NASA, Psychology, SETI, Space, Spaceflight

So here’s a cool combination of fields: neuroscience and astrobiology. Let’s call it “cognitive astrobiology.”

Big Ideas Science Policy

The Consequences of Illusory Superiority

February 6, 2017October 8, 2017 Kate Fehlhaber 3 Comments Alternative Facts, Darwin, Dunning-Kruger effect, Einstein, Fact, Facts, illusion of confidence, illusory superiority, Instructor, Knowledge, Lemon, McArthur Wheeler, Politics, Psychology, SciComm, Socratic, Student, Stupid, Teacher, Trump, Veritasium, Vsauce

On January 6, 1995, a large five-foot-six 270-pound middle-aged man robbed two Pittsburgh banks in broad daylight. He didn’t wear

Brain Basics Did You Know?

Bet on your Brain: The Psychology of Winning

April 9, 2014March 5, 2017 knowingneurons 0 Comments Adapt, Amygdala, Anatomy, Anterior cingulate, Brain, Dopamine, Emotions, Exercise, Focus, Hippocampus, Insula, Medial temporal lobe, Memory, Neuroanatomy, Nucleus accumbens, Orbitofrontal cortex, Prefrontal Cortex, Psychology, Resilience, Rewire, Striatum, Ventral Tegmental Area, Winning

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