Concepts and Categories: Memory, Meaning, and Metaphysics

http://groups.psych.northwestern.edu/medin/publications/Rips,%20Medin%202005%20Concepts-categories.pdf

The Role of the Amygdala in Fear and Panic | Serendip Studio

The Role of the Amygdala in Fear and Panic | Serendip Studio.

Inside the Brain: A Journey Through Time | Brain Imaging Advances | Neurons & Neuroscience | LiveScience

Inside the Brain: A Journey Through Time | Brain Imaging Advances | Neurons & Neuroscience | LiveScience.

Human brain – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Human brain – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Brain Cells for Socializing | Science & Nature | Smithsonian Magazine

Brain Cells for Socializing | Science & Nature | Smithsonian Magazine.

How Our Brains Make Memories | Science & Nature | Smithsonian Magazine

How Our Brains Make Memories | Science & Nature | Smithsonian Magazine.

Comparative Mammalian Brain Collections: Human Atlas – Coronal sections, cell stain

Comparative Mammalian Brain Collections: Human Atlas – Coronal sections, cell stain.

What Neuroscience Really Teaches Us, and What It Doesn’t : The New Yorker

What Neuroscience Really Teaches Us, and What It Doesn’t : The New Yorker.

People can detect intentional or accidental harm in a split second – UPI.com

People can detect intentional or accidental harm in a split second – UPI.com.

To Your Mind, Getting a Gift Means Giving in Return | IdeaFeed | Big Think

To Your Mind, Getting a Gift Means Giving in Return | IdeaFeed | Big Think.

Lakoff: Why the Fiscal Cliff Metaphor Won’t Die | Alternet

Lakoff: Why the Fiscal Cliff Metaphor Won’t Die | Alternet.

NeuroLogica Blog » Did You Not Notice or Not Remember?

NeuroLogica Blog » Did You Not Notice or Not Remember?.

The man whose brain ignores one half of his world | Thom Hoffman | Science | guardian.co.uk

His stroke damaged the parietal lobe on the right side of his brain, the part that deals with the higher processing of attention. The damage causes him to ignore people, sounds, and objects on his left.

via The man whose brain ignores one half of his world | Thom Hoffman | Science | guardian.co.uk.

The Right Brain at the Right Place at the Right Time | Think Tank | Big Think

If we truly want to pay a debt of gratitude to our ancestors we need to not only reassess them, but also ourselves. The 21st century brain has its own set of challenges to figure out. While our ancestors needed to outsmart the competition that was stronger and faster, we need to catch up to our own runaway growth and devise plans for a sustainable future.

One does not need to imagine a day when we could no longer comprehend the problem, or counteract the slow decay in the genes underlying our intellectual fitness, or have visions of the world population docilely watching reruns on televisions they can no longer build. It is exceedingly unlikely that a few hundred years will make any difference for the rate of change that might be occurring. Remarkably, it seems that although our genomes are fragile, our society is robust almost entirely by virtue of education, which allows strengths to be rapidly distributed to all members. The sciences have come so far in the past 100 years that we can safely predict that the accelerating rate of knowledge accumulation within our intellectually robust society will lead to the solution of this potentially very difficult problem by socially and morally acceptable means.
via The Right Brain at the Right Place at the Right Time | Think Tank | Big Think.

Moral judgments are often speedy and extreme – Technology & Science – CBC News

Moral judgments are often speedy and extreme – Technology & Science – CBC News.

Can We Rely On Our Memories?

Can We Rely On Our Memories?.

Why Would Being Primed With Guilt Make Pleasurable Experiences More Enjoyable? – Science and Religion Today

These connections between guilt and pleasure are reinforced by the media and by advertising, which often highlights the “sin” associated with indulging.

via Why Would Being Primed With Guilt Make Pleasurable Experiences More Enjoyable? – Science and Religion Today.

Victory Or Defeat? Emotions Aren’t All In The Face : NPR

Victory Or Defeat? Emotions Aren’t All In The Face : NPR.

Simulated brain scores top test marks : Nature News & Comment

Spaun could provide a powerful platform for testing hypotheses about how the brain works. For example, it includes a virtual version of the basal ganglia, a region thought to act as a switchboard to allow the brain to toggle between different behaviours. “This was an untested suggestion,” says Eliasmith. “We showed that the basal ganglia can perform that role in a way that allows Spaun to match human performance for different tasks.”

via Simulated brain scores top test marks : Nature News & Comment.

Why Strangers Benefit More From Our Rationality Than Family | IdeaFeed | Big Think

Why Strangers Benefit More From Our Rationality Than Family | IdeaFeed | Big Think.