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Where does consciousness come from?

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 17, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (22) | comments 15

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 ...





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Embodied Cognition: Using Movement to Understand the Mind

Embodied Cognition: Using Movement to Understand the Mind

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created 7 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Psychology professors look at movement to study communication and cognition.


Microsoft Store mirrors popular concept of its rival

Technology / Internet

created 11 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Blink an eye, and the Microsoft Store could be mistaken for an Apple Store.


Crew plans to cut rope to free Hawaii whale (AP)

Crew plans to cut rope to free Hawaii whale

Biology / Plants & Animals

created 17 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Marine sanctuary officials planned to return to Hawaii waters with modified equipment Friday to try to cut loose a young humpback whale entangled in several hundred yards of heavy plastic rope.


Samsung Announces the Premium I8910 HD Gold Edition

Samsung Announces the Premium I8910 HD Gold Edition

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Samsung Electronics today announced the availability of the I8910 HD (Omnia HD, GT-I8910) Gold Edition. This premium version of the ground-breaking full touch screen smartphone features a luxurious new look ...


Study shows US lags behind in transit safety programs for female riders

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study by UCLA professor Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris documents the gap between women's transit safety needs and programs in the U.S. that respond to them.


Futuristic Intel Chip

Futuristic 48-Core Intel Chip Could Reshape How Computers are Built (w/ Video)

Electronics / Hardware

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (15) | comments 11

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from Intel Labs demonstrated an experimental, 48-core Intel processor, or "single-chip cloud computer," that rethinks many of the approaches used in today's designs for laptops, ...


Lifelong memories linked to stable nerve connections

Lifelong memories linked to stable nerve connections

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Our ability to learn new information and adapt to changes in our daily environment, as well as to retain lifelong memories, appears to lie in the minute junctions where nerve cells communicate, according to ...


New CRC screening combination increases detection by 10 percent

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The combination of sigmoidoscopy and fecal immunochemical test (FIT) detects advanced proximal (right-sided) tumors better than either test alone, according to a new study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the of ...


Music and speech based on human biology (w/ Video)

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A pair of studies by Duke University neuroscientists shows powerful new evidence of a deep biological link between human music and speech.


Gift Guide: Tech books that enlighten, entertain

Technology / Other

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Your holiday shopping list probably includes gadgets, games and gizmos that illustrate how technology is changing the way we work, play and communicate. So why not throw in a few books about the people and services ...



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