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Mind readers: Human awareness of our own minds and others' is unlike that of any other animal. But why did consciousness evolve?

Consciousness was for a long time the charged third rail of biology: touch it and … well, maybe you didn’t die, but you were unlikely to ge…

Started by Dallas the Phallus

35 Apr 26
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Think: How The Mind Makes Meaning

Think: How The Mind Makes Meaning How do our minds make sense of the world around us and how might the different ways our brains work lead…

Started by Dallas the Phallus

1 Mar 22
Reply by Pope OoO (Out of Order)

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46 Nov 23, 2012
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Post short, interesting links here if it doesn’t merit its own thread.  I prefer you post these types of tidbits here rather than the comme…

Started by Dallas the Phallus

26 Sep 22, 2012
Reply by Pope OoO (Out of Order)

The Self Illusion: An Interview With Bruce Hood

The Self Illusion: An Interview With Bruce Hood In 1920, after writing two novels with a conventional Victorian narrator (the kind that, li…

Started by Dallas the Phallus

0 May 27, 2012

Spine Tuning: Finding Physical Evidence of How Practice Rewires the Brain

Spine Tuning: Finding Physical Evidence of How Practice Rewires the Brain In kindergarten, several of my friends and I were very serious ab…

Started by Dallas the Phallus

2 Apr 20, 2012
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Michael Gazzaniga: "Who's in Charge: Free Will and the Science of the Brain"

The Diane Rehm Show   Michael Gazzaniga: "Who's in Charge: Free Will and the Science of the Brain"   Recent research in neuroscience sugges…

Started by Dallas the Phallus

0 Nov 29, 2011

Brain Bugs: How the Brain’s Flaws Shape Our Lives, by Dean Buonomano

I’m just going to provide a quick review for this book. First, let me start with a description from Amazon.com:With its trillions of connec…

Started by Dallas the Phallus

0 Nov 10, 2011

The Hardest Problem in Science?

The Hardest Problem in Science?   A nice thing about guest lecturing at another university is that for a change, one is treated as a genuin…

Started by Dallas the Phallus

0 Nov 4, 2011

The No-Fear Woman (And What Her Brain Reveals)

The No-Fear Woman (And What Her Brain Reveals)Scientists study the brain and behavior of a woman known as "SM" who laughs when most people…

Started by Dallas the Phallus

0 Oct 31, 2011

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