Tim Birkhead’s 'Bird Sense: What It’s Like to Be a Bird' Robyn Davidson Had nature not evolved birds ...

The Monthly - Robyn Davidson - 2012-05-03 11:53 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

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The Monthly - Peter Robb - 2012-05-03 12:19 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

The trust molecule " Could a single molecule - one chemical substance - lie at the very center of our moral lives?  In our blood and in the brain, oxytocin appears to be the chemical elixir that creates bonds of trust not just in our intimate ...

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How exercise could lead to a better brain " For more than a decade, neuroscientists and physiologists have been gathering evidence of the beneficial relationship between  exercise  and brainpower. But the newest findings make it clear ...

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publications. So, for my yobbo apprentice carpenter beautiful boy, I say thanks for the brain food! Andrew ...

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Rather than imposing concepts based on human introspective experience to the brains of other creatures, neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux says we should instead attempt to understand how the human brain is similar to the brains of other animals. He proposes that much of what is called emotion in studies of other animals ...

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Are Emotions Prophetic? “In recent years, it’s become clear that the unconscious brain is able to process vast amounts of information in parallel, thus allowing it to analyze large data sets without getting overwhelmed.” ...

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research is showing that every time we recall an event, the structure of that memory in the brain ...

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and translates a wide variety of brain activity into computer commands. In this brief presentation, Tan Le speaks ... and user-friendly device, and the possibilities it presents in the field of brain research. Presented by Creative ...

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The mystery behind anesthesia "T hough doctors have been putting people under for more than 150 years, what happens in the brain during general anesthesia is a mystery. ' We know we can get you in and out of this safely,' Brown says, ...

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to severe traumatic brain injury among US soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. The RAND Corporation found 14% ... suffered PTSD, depression or brain trauma. For every soldier wounded in action more than four more were ... Barack Obama, Brain, Floods, International Relations, Iraq, Julia Gillard, Malaria, Mark Twain, ...

The Monthly - Don Watson - 2012-02-23 14:54 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Creating artificial intelligence based on the real thing "In designing chips that bear some structural resemblance to the brain, so-called neuromorphic chips, neuroscience was a guiding principle. Brains are low-power, nimble computing ...

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Your brain knows a lot more than you realise "It is easy to take credit after an idea strikes you, but in fact, neurons in your brain secretly perform an enormous amount of work before inspiration hits. The brain runs its show incognito." ...

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How to dispel your illusions "(The brain's) System One has immediate access to a vast store of memories that it uses as a basis for judgment. The memories that are most accessible are those associated with strong emotions, with fear and pain and hatred. ...

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was, as he puts it, “the chief technical brains” and which he had taken over when its original owner, ...

The Monthly - Robert Manne - 2011-12-19 13:24 - 9 comments - 0 attachments

On keeping the brain fit "What about the mundane, creeping memory loss that begins about the time our 30s recede, when car keys and people's ... General item (Brain, Neuroscience, New York Times) ...

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Flick chicks "When a beautiful actress is cast in a movie, executives rack their brains to find some kind of flaw in the character she plays that will still allow her to be palatable. She can't be overweight or not perfect-looking, because who ...

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World economic outlook: A bumpy ride ahead "Reading the IMF's latest this morning, it's hard to escape the conclusion that the challenges facing global economic policymakers are simply too much for their brains to manage." ...

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Manhattan bars, and she struck me as a unique combination of big brain, light heart and good manners. We ate ... (heart yorker, heart yorker) (October 2011, The Nation Reviewed, Arts, Brain, Editing, India, ...

The Monthly - Christine Kenneally - 2011-10-06 13:39 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

as passé, argues Peter Ellingsen in the same book, so the ‘mind’ is being passed over for the ‘brain’. While brain chemistry is in the ascendant and once-esoteric terms such as ‘neurotransmitters’ ... problems include Asperger’s syndrome, autism and acquired brain injuries. Behind tall imposing gates ...

The Monthly - Gail Bell - 2011-10-06 12:40 - 1 comment - 0 attachments

All I have is a voice To undo the folded lie, The romantic lie in the brain ... them, new pathways in the brain would open so we can think creatively about solutions, using specifics ...

The Monthly - Kate Jennings - 2011-10-07 13:05 - 14 comments - 0 attachments

The brain on trial "Advances in brain science are calling into question the volition behind many criminal acts. The foundations of our ... (Brain, David Eagleman, Impulse control, Neuroscience, The Atlantic) ...

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of a media-savvy brain that saw the opportunities offered by the internet and by the absence of significant ...

The Monthly - Anne Summers - 2011-10-11 16:38 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Secrets of a mind-gamer: How I trained my brain and became a world-class memory athlete "Cooke offered to serve as my coach and trainer. ... (Brain, Memory champion, Memory testing, Mental athlete, Mind-gamer, New York Times) ...

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this is a “huge understatement” of his role and that Robertson was the strategic brain and driving force behind ...

The Monthly - Paola Totaro - 2011-09-07 10:03 - 0 comments - 0 attachments