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NeBria Ragland

Ethicists Update List Of Acceptable Things To Masturbate To | The Onion - America's Fin... - 0 views

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    the science of psychology
David Hoffelmeyer

Caffeine Disrupts Sleep for Morning People But Not Night Owls: Scientific American - 0 views

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Korry Busch

American Friends of Tel Aviv University: A Pacemaker for Your Brain - 0 views

  • By stimulating certain areas of the brain, scientists can alleviate the effects of disorders such as depression or Parkinson's disease.
  • delving deep into human behavior, neurophysiology and engineering to create a chip that can help doctors wire computer applications and sensors to the brain
  • the chip could restore lost functions of the brain after a traumatic brain injury from a car accident or stroke
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  • they develop algorithms to simulate healthy neuronal activity which are programmed into a microchip and fed back into the brain
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    a brain chip that "cures" depression
Korry Busch

TEDtalk-Michael Shermer: The pattern behind self-deception - 0 views

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    Michael Shermer says the human tendency to believe strange things -- from alien abductions to dowsing rods -- boils down to two of the brain's most basic, hard-wired survival skills. He explains what they are, and how they get us into trouble.
Gabrielle Gant

Shedding a Few Over the Economy? Don't Bother: Study Finds No Psychological Benefit to ... - 0 views

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