Content tagged "neuroscience"
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Posted by Christina Couch S.M., Science Writing, 2015
Topics: criminology, hate, neuroscience, psychology, race, white supremacyLife After Hate: Recovering From Racism
The stories of Life After Hate members and the science behind both everyday and organized hate — touching on neuroscience, psychology and criminology.
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Posted by Thomas Levenson
The Story of a Study of the Mind
Rebecca Saxe, PhD ’03, identified the parts of the brain that help us recognize others’ feelings. As a new professor, she took that research a step further in a groundbreaking follow-up study.
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Posted by Andrew Whitacre
Podcast, George Lakoff: “The Brain’s Politics: How Campaigns Are Framed and Why”
“What we learn, know and understand is physical — a matter of brain circuitry. This has deep implications for how politics is understood.”
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Posted by Stephen Craft S.M., Science Writing, 2012
Topics: artificial intelligence, computer science, intelligence, neuroscience, technologyStronger: The Architects of a New Intelligence
The quest for strong artificial intelligence ultimately becomes the quest to understand ourselves.
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Posted by Matthew Hutson S.M., Science Writing, 2003
The 7 Laws of Magical Thinking: How Irrational Beliefs Keep Us Happy, Healthy, and Sane
“A provocative and entertaining look at the psychology of superstition and religion, how they make us human—and how we can use them to our advantage.”
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Posted by Lauren Silberman S.M., Comparative Media Studies, 2009
Topics: athletics, education, learning, neuroscience, psychoanalysis, sport video games, sportsDouble Play: Athletes’ Use of Sport Video Games to Enhance Athletic Performance
Why elite athletes are playing sport video games as their virtual selves. Draws on interviews and observations of elite athletes playing sport video games.
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Posted by Genevieve Wanucha S.M., Science Writing, 2009
Topics: biology, crying, evolution, laughter, neurology, neuroscience, psychologyThe Clearest Mirror: The Science of Laughing and Crying
Studying laughing and crying side to side is a way to see our species anew.