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Blogs- Biological Level of Analysis - 4 views

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Scientific Method | The Psych Files Podcast - 3 views

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  • Laura Swash on 22 Dec 12
     
    Podcast: Download Psychological Research in your life: does your local grocery store know more about you than you do? We take a look at the research that's been done to learn more about your behavior in the supermarket and how that information is used to get you to buy more than you planned for.
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Psychology 101: Intro to Psychology Course - Free Online Video Lessons | Education Portal - 1 views

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  • Laura Swash on 22 Jun 13
     
    Watch free psychology video lessons and learn about psychological treatments, biological bases of behavior, human development and more. These...
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Whole human brain mapped in 3D - 1 views

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  • Laura Swash on 27 Jun 13
     
    An international group of neuroscientists has sliced, imaged and analysed the brain of a 65-year-old woman to create the most detailed map yet of a human brain in its entirety (see video at bottom). The atlas, called 'BigBrain', shows the organization of neurons with microscopic precision, which could help to clarify or even redefine the structure of brain regions obtained from decades-old anatomical studies.
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The Problem with the Neuroscience Backlash - 0 views

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  • Laura Swash on 27 Jun 13
     
    Aristotle thought that the function of the brain was to cool the blood. That seems ludicrous now; through neuroscience, we know more about the brain and how it works than ever before.
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Fooled By Your Own Brain - 1 views

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  • Laura Swash on 27 Jun 13
     
    Attention is, by definition, limited. And that's usually a good thing. If you're searching for a lost earring on the floor, you want to ignore anything that's not small and shiny. When talking to someone at a party, your mind helpfully tunes out all of the other voices prattling on around you.
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Real Life Cases of Amnesia That Are Stranger Than Fiction - 0 views

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  • Laura Swash on 27 Jun 13
     
    Patients with amnesia usually know who they are, but they have problems storing new memories. You wouldn't realise this from the movies. Films like The Bourne Identity show us the opposite pattern - characters who have forgotten who they are, but who have no trouble with their everyday memory.
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