Encefalus » Cognitive http://encefalus.com Studying the complex interaction between brain, society and mind Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:13:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Everything is fuzzy ;-) http://encefalus.com/cognitive/fuzzy/ http://encefalus.com/cognitive/fuzzy/#comments Sun, 03 Jan 2010 12:11:46 +0000 Encefalus http://encefalus.com/?p=2213 http://encefalus.com/cognitive/fuzzy/feed/ 1 Inside the amazing brain of an autistic savant http://encefalus.com/cognitive/amazing-brain-autistic-savant/ http://encefalus.com/cognitive/amazing-brain-autistic-savant/#comments Sun, 11 Jan 2009 16:35:09 +0000 Encefalus http://encefalus.com/?p=1987 http://encefalus.com/cognitive/amazing-brain-autistic-savant/feed/ 9 Agent based models in social sciences http://encefalus.com/general/agent-based-models/ http://encefalus.com/general/agent-based-models/#comments Sun, 23 Nov 2008 18:37:19 +0000 Encefalus http://encefalus.com/?p=1752 http://encefalus.com/general/agent-based-models/feed/ 0 Free will revisited in the face of quantum physics http://encefalus.com/cognitive/free-will-revisited-quantum-physics/ http://encefalus.com/cognitive/free-will-revisited-quantum-physics/#comments Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:58:24 +0000 Encefalus http://encefalus.com/?p=1707 http://encefalus.com/cognitive/free-will-revisited-quantum-physics/feed/ 4 A new paradigm in cognitive science http://encefalus.com/cognitive/paradigm-cognitive-science/ http://encefalus.com/cognitive/paradigm-cognitive-science/#comments Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:20:58 +0000 Encefalus http://encefalus.com/?p=1324 http://encefalus.com/cognitive/paradigm-cognitive-science/feed/ 5 Dealing with information overflow http://encefalus.com/cognitive/dealing-informational-overflow/ http://encefalus.com/cognitive/dealing-informational-overflow/#comments Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:45:22 +0000 Encefalus http://encefalus.com/?p=1497 http://encefalus.com/cognitive/dealing-informational-overflow/feed/ 3 Lotteries, poverty AND credit cards this time along with the proper social and scientific analysis :) http://encefalus.com/cognitive/lotteries-poverty-credit-cards-time-social-implications/ http://encefalus.com/cognitive/lotteries-poverty-credit-cards-time-social-implications/#comments Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:21:46 +0000 Encefalus http://encefalus.com/?p=1260 http://encefalus.com/cognitive/lotteries-poverty-credit-cards-time-social-implications/feed/ 0 Seed agrees that video games make you smarter ;-) http://encefalus.com/general/seed-agrees-video-games-smarter/ http://encefalus.com/general/seed-agrees-video-games-smarter/#comments Sat, 20 Sep 2008 18:21:40 +0000 Encefalus http://encefalus.com/?p=1238 http://encefalus.com/general/seed-agrees-video-games-smarter/feed/ 1 How a single neurotransmitter can provide the basis for the explanation of all social phenomena http://encefalus.com/neurology-biology/single-neurotransmitter-provide-basis-explanation-social-phenomena/ http://encefalus.com/neurology-biology/single-neurotransmitter-provide-basis-explanation-social-phenomena/#comments Sat, 13 Sep 2008 18:48:35 +0000 Encefalus http://encefalus.com/?p=1128 http://encefalus.com/neurology-biology/single-neurotransmitter-provide-basis-explanation-social-phenomena/feed/ 1 Introducing Scholarpedia and the Neural Correlates of Consciousness http://encefalus.com/neurology-biology/introducing-scholarpedia-neural-correlates-consciousness/ http://encefalus.com/neurology-biology/introducing-scholarpedia-neural-correlates-consciousness/#comments Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:59:57 +0000 Encefalus http://encefalus.com/?p=1159 http://encefalus.com/neurology-biology/introducing-scholarpedia-neural-correlates-consciousness/feed/ 1 Subliminal messaging, subliminal advertising and subliminal learning for a subliminal post :) http://encefalus.com/cognitive/subliminal-messaging-subliminal-advertising-subliminal-learning/ http://encefalus.com/cognitive/subliminal-messaging-subliminal-advertising-subliminal-learning/#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:23:36 +0000 Encefalus http://encefalus.com/?p=1029 http://encefalus.com/cognitive/subliminal-messaging-subliminal-advertising-subliminal-learning/feed/ 8 It’s the dopamine that gets you high late in the night: Dopamine, wakefulness, creativity and madness, all in one! http://encefalus.com/neurology-biology/dopamine-high-late-night-madness-schizophrenia/ http://encefalus.com/neurology-biology/dopamine-high-late-night-madness-schizophrenia/#comments Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:14:22 +0000 Encefalus http://encefalus.com/?p=992 http://encefalus.com/neurology-biology/dopamine-high-late-night-madness-schizophrenia/feed/ 6 Does Tweety have a secondary consciousness? Self-awareness in birds, mirror neurons, evolution and the mystery of consciousness http://encefalus.com/cognitive/does-tweety-have-self-awareness/ http://encefalus.com/cognitive/does-tweety-have-self-awareness/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:26:29 +0000 Encefalus http://encefalus.com/?p=914 http://encefalus.com/cognitive/does-tweety-have-self-awareness/feed/ 15 More proof that video games make you smart :) http://encefalus.com/cognitive/proof-videogames-smart-2/ http://encefalus.com/cognitive/proof-videogames-smart-2/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:23:07 +0000 Encefalus http://encefalus.com/?p=918 http://encefalus.com/cognitive/proof-videogames-smart-2/feed/ 5 How the Dark Knight, cartoons and video games make you smarter and what this has to do with the Flynn effect http://encefalus.com/cognitive/dark-knight-cartoons-video-games-flynn-effect/ http://encefalus.com/cognitive/dark-knight-cartoons-video-games-flynn-effect/#comments Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:34:45 +0000 Encefalus http://encefalus.com/?p=733 http://encefalus.com/cognitive/dark-knight-cartoons-video-games-flynn-effect/feed/ 6 The Digg Factor: The Digg Phenomenon and a Possible Elementary Model of the Core Processes of Digg http://encefalus.com/cognitive/the-digg-factor/ http://encefalus.com/cognitive/the-digg-factor/#comments Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:21:59 +0000 Encefalus http://encefalus.com/?p=358 http://encefalus.com/cognitive/the-digg-factor/feed/ 0 Musical Tastes Correlate with Personality Traits http://encefalus.com/cognitive/music-personality-traits/ http://encefalus.com/cognitive/music-personality-traits/#comments Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:25:35 +0000 Encefalus http://encefalus.com/?p=550 http://encefalus.com/cognitive/music-personality-traits/feed/ 3 How to Bolster your Creativity http://encefalus.com/cognitive/bolster-your-creativity/ http://encefalus.com/cognitive/bolster-your-creativity/#comments Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:29:57 +0000 Encefalus http://encefalus.com/?p=155 http://encefalus.com/cognitive/bolster-your-creativity/feed/ 2 Homosexuality, evolutionary psychology and cognition http://encefalus.com/cognitive/homosexuality/ http://encefalus.com/cognitive/homosexuality/#comments Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:24:06 +0000 Encefalus http://encefalus.com/?p=398 http://encefalus.com/cognitive/homosexuality/feed/ 2 Split Brains, Consciousness and Michael Gazzaniga http://encefalus.com/neurology-biology/split-brains-consciousness-michael-gazzaniga/ http://encefalus.com/neurology-biology/split-brains-consciousness-michael-gazzaniga/#comments Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:28:01 +0000 Encefalus http://encefalus.com/?p=157 http://encefalus.com/neurology-biology/split-brains-consciousness-michael-gazzaniga/feed/ 2