Working memory and fluid intelligence
Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:59:04 -0700 (PDT)
Brain-training to improve memory boosts fluid intelligence
Brain-training efforts designed to improve working memory can also
boost scores
in general problem-solving ability and improve fluid intelligence,
according to
new University of Michigan research.
"Considering the fundamental importance of fluid inte ...
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Commonalities across synaesthetes
Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:56:43 -0700 (PDT)
New research shows consistency in synaesthetic experiences
A quirky psychological phenomenon known as "grapheme-color
synaesthesia"
describes individuals who experience vivid colors whenever they see,
hear, or
think of ordinary letters and digits. A hallmark of synaesthesia is
that
individuals seem to be idio ...
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Hofman's Obituary
Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:06:56 -0700 (PDT)
From the Telegraph:
"
Albert Hofmann
Last Updated: 2:07AM BST 30/04/2008
Albert Hofmann, who died on Tuesday aged 102, synthesised lysergic
acid diethylamide (LSD) in 1938 and became the first person in the
world to experience a full-blown acid trip.
Albert Hofmann
The day, April 19 1943, became known amon ...
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Concrete examples may hinder maths learning
Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:12:20 -0700 (PDT)
Concrete examples don't help students learn math, study finds
A new study challenges the common practice in many classrooms of
teaching
mathematical concepts by using "real-world," concrete examples.
Researchers led
by Jennifer Kaminski, researcher scientist at Ohio State University's
Center for
Cognitive Sci ...
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Biobigotry
Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:22:59 -0700 (PDT)
NYT
April 29, 2008
Basics
Noble Eagles, Nasty Pigeons, Biased Humans
By NATALIE ANGIER
The other day I glanced out my window and felt a twinge of revulsion
delicately seasoned with indignation. Pecking at my bird feeder were
two brown-headed cowbirds, one male and one female, and I knew what
that meant. ...
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No longer the great pox
Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:16:38 -0700 (PDT)
NYT
April 29, 2008
Essay
A Great Pox?s Greatest Feat: Staying Alive
By MARLENE ZUK
The findings were hardly earth-shaking. They dealt with an obscure
bacterial infection found in an equally obscure group of natives in
Guyana. Nonetheless, they made headlines.
Why? Because the disease was syphilis. The ...
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The Religion of Faith-filled Fundy-Atheists !
Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:07:25 -0700 (PDT)
1. Everyone is religious.
Did you ever notice that people often give their opinions about
religion but then caveat it by saying, ?But I?m not a theologian??
Well, the truth is everyone?s a theologian. Some are more informed
theologians than others, but everyone has some set of religious
beliefs. If we define re ...
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600 comments later, more on french theory in america from stanley
fish
Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:05:37 -0700 (PDT)
http://fish.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/french-theory-in-america-part-two/
great stuff ...
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Human line 'nearly split in two'
Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:01:47 GMT
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7358868.stm
"Ancient humans started down the path of evolving into two separate
species before merging back into a single population, a genetic study
suggests."
Interesting. This is I presume the source of the oft quoted "There is more
racial diversity inside Africa than ou ...
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Darwin was a terrible drawer
Fri, 25 Apr 2008 05:42:21 -0700 (PDT)
NYT
What Darwin Saw Out Back
By CORNELIA DEAN
IN 1860, while studying primroses in the garden of Down House, his
home in Kent, England, Charles Darwin noticed something odd about
their blooms.
While all the flowers had both male and female parts ? anthers and
pistils ? in some the anthers were prominent a ...
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