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“Life was given to me without my consent… my own existence filled me with...”
– Omar Khayyam
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ListenNocow - Lost in Taiga Pt. 1 Haunting...
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ListenXLR8R Podcast 252: George FitzGerald Without...
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Phantom hand mapped for the first time
EVER wanted to know what an invisible hand looks like? Well, it is slightly wider than a real hand, and it has shorter fingers too. For the first time, the perceived shape of a phantom limb has been measured. This should make it possible to learn more about how the brain represents what we look like. The illusion of a phantom limb can kick in after an amputation or in people missing limbs from...
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Scientists discover how the brain encodes memories... →
“When we learn new things, when we store memories, there are a number of things that have to happen,” said senior author Kenneth S. Kosik, co-director and Harriman Chair in Neuroscience Research, at UCSB’s Neuroscience Research Institute. Kosik is a leading researcher in the area of Alzheimer’s disease. “One of the most important processes is that the synapses...
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hierogamous asked: i very much appreciate your mix of esotericism, psychology, art, and electronic music. those are my dietary staples.
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Feeling strong emotions makes peoples' brains...
Human emotions are highly contagious. Seeing others’ emotional expressions such as smiles triggers often the corresponding emotional response in the observer. Such synchronisation of emotional states across individuals may support social interaction: When all group members share a common emotional state, their brains and bodies process the environment in a similar fashion. Researchers at...
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Boost Creativity: 7 Unusual Psychological...
Looking for the last piece of the puzzle? Try these 7 research-based techniques for increasing creativity. Everyone is creative: we can all innovate given time, freedom, autonomy, experience to draw on, perhaps a role model to emulate and the motivation to get on with it. But there are times when even the most creative person gets bored, starts going round in circles, or hits a cul-de-sac. So...
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