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POPSBrain Waves Pattern Themselves After Rhythms Of Nature Although the bulk of his work involves deriving equations, Cowan's findings mesh well with laboratory data generated on the cerebral cortex and electroencephalograms. His latest findings show that the same mathematical tools physicists use to describe the behavior of subatomic particles and the dynamics of liquids and solids can now be applied to understanding how the brain generates its various rhythms.
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POPSAlien Hand Syndrome Another totally weird syndrome! I find these disorders fascinating. So much can be learned about the human mind and consciousness if we ever learn to understand these disorders. I have heard of several cases where that hand is aggressive and tries to choke or hit and harm the *owner* constantly. Creepy... The Anarchic Hand
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POPSEvolution in Your Brain Edelman is also chair of neurobiology at Scripps Research Institute in San Diego, California, and founder and director of the Neurosciences Institute, a research center dedicated to unconventional “high risk, high payoff” science
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POPSHow Did Soviet-Style Torture Become ‘Interrogation’? A Senate investigation is underway, but many of the details are surfacing already. His question is only underscored by a 1956 article, “Communist Interrogation,” in The Annals of Neurology and Psychiatry, recently turned up by the Intelligence Science Board, which advises the spy agencies.... he article shows that methods embraced after 2001 were once considered torture that would produce false information.
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