Quick links from the past week in mind and brain news:
Deep brain stimulation research continues with trials of DBS for memory problems and as a way of implanting artificial vision systems.
ABC Radio National’s The Philosopher’s Zone takes a look at the philosophy of art and emotion.
Cognitive Daily has a demo and explanation of how we learn to keep track of multiple moving objects.
The Observer reports on a study suggesting that girls with more feminine names are least likely to go into maths and science-based professions. See previously for other research on how our names influence behaviour.
Magnetic pulses may be able to trigger slow wave sleep in insomniacs, reports The Independent.
What neural mechanisms underlie “fluid intelligence? Developing Intelligence looks at one of the latest studies.
New Scientist reports that native speakers of Russian, which lacks a single word for “blue”, discriminate between light and dark blues differently from native English speakers.
PsyBlog investigates research on sex differences in understanding non-verbal communication.
New Scientist reports that anatomical brain differences have been found in sufferers of the controversial ‘Gulf War Syndrome’.
Research investigating implicit racial bias in NBA referees is analysed by Mixing Memory.
Wired has an article on the Pentagon showing their next-generation ‘brain interfaced’ electronic binoculars.
The Neurophilosopher has some fantastic coverage of the recent study that scanned the orginal brains that led Broca to discover Broca’s Area and inspire the science of cognitive neuropsychology.
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