News tagged with conscious activity
Where does consciousness come from?
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 17, 2009 |
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Consciousness arises as an emergent property of the human mind. Yet basic questions about the precise timing, location and dynamics of the neural event(s) allowing conscious access to information are not clearly and unequivocally ...
Of mice and men: Cognitive scientists find both species equally adept at assessing risk
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Feb 02, 2009 |
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Humans and mice are both good at assessing risk in everyday tasks, according to a study by Rutgers University scientists published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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You can believe your eyes: New insights into memory without conscious awareness
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists may have discovered a way to glean information about stored memories by tracking patterns of eye movements, even when an individual is unable (or perhaps even unwilling) to report what they remember. ...
How the brain separates audio signals from noise
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Jun 10, 2008 |
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How are we able to follow a single conversation in the midst of a crowded and noisy room? Little is known about how the human brain accomplishes the seemingly simple task of extracting meaningful signals from noisy acoustic ...
Unconscious Decisions in the Brain
Apr 14, 2008 |
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Already several seconds before we consciously make a decision its outcome can be predicted from unconscious activity in the brain. This is shown in a study by scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Human ...
Study may help explain 'awakenings' that occur with popular sleep-aid Ambien
Jun 29, 2009 |
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Some people who take the fast-acting sleep-aid zolpidem (Ambien) have been observed walking, eating, talking on the phone and even driving while not fully awake. Many often don't remember doing any of these activities the ...
Shaken self-confidence? Certain products and activities can fix it
Jan 26, 2009 |
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Someone who has momentarily lost confidence in her intelligence is more likely to purchase a pen than a candy bar, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. The pen helps restore her belief in herself as an ...
First neuroimaging study examining motor execution in children with autism reveals new insights
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 29, 2009 |
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In the first neuroimaging study to examine motor execution in children with autism, researchers at the Kennedy Krieger Institute have uncovered important new insight into the neurological basis of autism. The study, published ...
Conscious, unconscious memory found linked
Apr 04, 2006 |
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Yale University scientists say they have found the way our brain stores new, conscious information is linked with the way it stores unconscious information.
Brain energy use key to understanding consciousness
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 16, 2009 |
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High levels of brain energy are required to maintain consciousness, a finding which suggests a new way to understand the properties of this still mysterious state of being, Yale University researchers report.
Why we learn from our mistakes
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 02, 2007 |
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Psychologists from the University of Exeter have identified an 'early warning signal' in the brain that helps us avoid repeating previous mistakes. Published in the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, their research identi ...
New findings shed light on why smokers struggle to quit
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 05, 2009 |
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Just seeing someone smoke can trigger smokers to abandon their nascent efforts to kick the habit, according to new research conducted at Duke University Medical Center.
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