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Smile Like You Mean It | Mrs. Frankenscience
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Smile Like You Mean It. August 19, 2011 at 8:14 am ( Uncategorized. Illustration by Elaine Liu. Weddings, college reunions, and big family dinners can be fun at least until the cameras come out. Might be best to maintain that genuine smile, though. Recent research suggests a sincere smile can convey trustworthiness and kindness, and might even improve the smiler’s mood. Say Cheese The Takeaway. So what’s the harm in faking it ‘til we make it? Also known as the Duchenne smile. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
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Why are People Scared of Public Speaking? | Mrs. Frankenscience
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Why are People Scared of Public Speaking? August 11, 2011 at 11:32 am ( Uncategorized. For some, a raucous audience, a lonely stage, and a spotlight zeroing in on a microphone is a pretty terrifying image. Public speaking is often cited as the world’s most common phobia, beating out trips to the dentist, spiders, and even death on the list of biggest fears. Ladies and Gentlemen, (gulp) Why it Matters. Research suggests the fear of public speaking can stem from poor self-image. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
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Cells in your ears beat to it. |
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How the Coming Data Deluge Will Reshape Neuroscience. Fishes on Facebook; or Social Science Media →. Cells in your ears beat to it. May 19, 2011. Following up on my previous post about inner hair cells. In the ear, I wanted to share this video. It’s of an outter. Hair cell, and the particulars are in the link, but the long and short is that these cells actually move to a beat. The cell in the video is actually moving in time with the music that you hear. This entry was posted in Home. Big time sports wri...
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Preamble |
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The human brain contains on the order of X-hundred trillion synapses, making it one of the most complex systems known to man[sic]. Sensationalists love hooks like that. (I’m not going to lie though, I’ve used something like it myself.) However, to be more accurate, we should probably swap “one of the most complex systems known” for “one of the systems we are least likely to ever understand.” But that doesn’t mean we can’t try. This doesn’t involve much computation – you hit the patellar tendo...In The Na...
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Neurons that Change Shape! Implications for Treatment of Depression? |
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Nobel Laureate says No to Sociobiology? In Depth: Neurons that Change Shape! Implications for Treatment of Depression? Neurons that Change Shape! Implications for Treatment of Depression? May 1, 2011. However, its pretty apparent that our minds. Change over time – every day, likely every second – so if our brain is the seat of the mind, shouldn’t our brain also change? So, although Ramon might roll in his grave, I will say very firmly that the brain is not hard wired. To this effect, a study. Point #3) d...
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In Depth: Altered Neural Connectivity in Alzheimer’s |
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Altered Neural Connectivity in Alzheimer’s. How the Coming Data Deluge Will Reshape Neuroscience →. In Depth: Altered Neural Connectivity in Alzheimer’s. May 2, 2011. As I mentioned in my summary of the meat and potatoes. Of Perez-Cruz and friends’ paper. We don’t understand why this is the case. Honesty in science is sometimes a triumph in itself. Regardless though, both mutants show some type of memory deficit associated with the spine loss. This entry was posted in Exciting Research. You are commentin...
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Big Neuroscience Gets Canadian Press |
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Fishes on Facebook; or Social Science Media. Big Neuroscience Gets Canadian Press. February 12, 2013. With neuroscience being the only non-industrial discipline to get any major boost in funding from the Harper government, and without any direct explanation of how such a basic science could possibly creat “jobs, growth and long-term prosperity for Canadian families,” its about time there is some coverage of the new Brain Canada funding organization in the media. Have a read here. Enter your comment here.
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Altered Neural Connectivity in Alzheimer’s |
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In Depth: Neurons that Change Shape! Implications for Treatment of Depression? In Depth: Altered Neural Connectivity in Alzheimer’s →. Altered Neural Connectivity in Alzheimer’s. May 2, 2011. 1) A protein called Amyloid β accumulates in plaques and “fibrillary tangles” around neurons and cerebral blood vessels. 2) Certain neuronal subpopulations die off. Were the major problem in Alzheimer’s although no one is sure whether these plaques are actually the pathological agent, just a result of somethin...
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Fishes on Facebook; or Social Science Media |
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Cells in your ears beat to it. Big Neuroscience Gets Canadian Press →. Fishes on Facebook; or Social Science Media. May 27, 2011. Facebook, scourge or savior? In your faces, F-Bo pessimists. You can see some of the photos that I assume have been left on Facebook for posterity here. PS I had written this a month ago and forgotten about it until I heard the story retold by Canadian hiphopper cum radio personality, Rich Terfry (aka Buck 65. Of CBC Radio2 Drive. Have a listen to the hiphop. Or the radio show.
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Crash Course In Functional Connectomics |
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Neuroskeptic on todays scientific process. In Depth: Functional Connectomics of the Primary Visual Cortex →. Crash Course In Functional Connectomics. April 27, 2011. I unabashedly overstate that to understand the brain we need a wiring diagram of it. This is the goal of the burgeoning field of connectomics. Even the most detailed map of connections might not be all that useful. It was this caveat of connectomics that prompted a pair. The cell during activity is calcium. When a calcium indicator dye t...