A wonderful 11-minute video from Scientific American on neuroscience and magic:
See the Whole Picture
November 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Do We Need to Unlearn Multi-Tasking?
August 25, 2009 By Leave a Comment
A series of newspapers and Internet sites are reporting on new research, profiled in the latest issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, which suggests that multi-taskers are worse at multi-tasking. Before jumping on the bandwagon and decrying the scourge of multi-tasking, I would encourage you to read this thoughtful post from one of [...]
Did You Get an “F” in Unlearning 101?
August 4, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Read the following sentence: FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE-SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIF-IC STUDY COMBINED WITHTHE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS. Now count aloud the F's in that sentence. Important, count them ONLY ONCE: do not go back and count them again. To find out the correct answer and learn if you passed the test, click on [...]
Train Your Brain to Unlearn
July 31, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Do We Need to Unlearn the “Nature vs Nuture” Debate?
July 24, 2009 By Leave a Comment
I understand the appeal of saying something is either black or white (and thus denying all the various shades of grey in between). Numerous debates occur everyday. For example, some people argue that homosexuality is genetic in nature. Others claim it is a nurtured condition. In spite of the efforts of supporters on both sides of the [...]
