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Archive for March, 2006

Asleep or awake, we retain memory

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Journal paper

Sleeping helps to reinforce what we’ve learned. And brain scans have revealed that cerebral activity associated with learning new information is replayed during sleep. Day and night, the brain doesn’t stop (re)working what we learn.

Humans ignore the evidence of their own eyes

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You probably think you would notice if all the objects around you started moving, but research at Oxford University published today in Current Biology shows that in certain circumstances people do not even notice if a room grows to four times its size.

Spring break at Wal-Mart

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A university student spends spring break living at Wal-Mart… and survives.

Color assignment

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This web site was put together as a research project with the goal of discovering cultural similarities (and differences) based on color association, preference, and internet activities.

Our brains are mostly unconscious

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Have you ever been driving down the highway and suddenly noticed you have no memory of the last few kilometres? “What we’re really not remembering is the driving. Because driving for most of us after you’ve been doing it for a long time is automatic.”

Humans evolved color vision to see emotion, not food

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The eyes in humans and their closest relatives in the primate world are geared to detect subtle changes in skin tone caused by blood oxygen levels, according to a new study from Caltech.

Super Mario Bros. Race

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