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PhysicsForums Is Psychology a Pseudo-Science?  
01:14 8-May-07   [Replies: 29, Views: 1728]    By: Unnamed
I remember someone telling me that they heard a physicist once say that psychology was a pseudo-science, but I don't remember who exactly it was that said this. Anyways, I was wondering if there's a c...
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PhysicsForums Brain Question  
13:47 6-May-07   [Replies: 11, Views: 637]    By: Unnamed
Here's something I've been pondering, hopefully it will make sense: while minding my own business, I hear a voice in my head saying "Hello, it's time to make a choice. If you click download you ...
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PhysicsForums Virtual neural network  
02:06 4-May-07   [Replies: 1, Views: 351]    By: Unnamed
I'm a novice here..but in virtual neural networks, does adding more virtual neurons improve the performance of the network in terms of recognizing patterns? Has this been experimentally verified anywh...
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PhysicsForums Super learning and super brain  
12:24 3-May-07   [Replies: 9, Views: 1082]    By: Unnamed
Other than good nutrition what can you do to increase your brain performance, concentration, and speed? Any suggestions will be appreciated....
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PhysicsForums Classifying an innocent brain  
00:15 3-May-07   [Replies: 5, Views: 393]    By: Unnamed
Is there anything that can distinguish a person who likes to steal, cheat the government, etc from honest people in the way they behave or brain activity. Or is it free will to obsess? In general, wha...
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PhysicsForums Pinky and the Brain  
08:12 1-May-07   [Replies: 4, Views: 514]    By: Unnamed
I just heard about this last night and I find it interesting - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6600965.stm [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6600965.stm]> They ran it at 1/10 time? Can s...
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PhysicsForums How can i make myself think  
15:22 30-Apr-07   [Replies: 18, Views: 1128]    By: Unnamed
Hello, I want to change my pattern of thinking from "you lazy good for nothing bum" to "I am the best that i can be". Any suggestions and comments about the way my mind is work...
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PhysicsForums Virtual Humans- SANTOS project  
10:37 30-Apr-07   [Replies: 1, Views: 270]    By: Unnamed
Has anyone seen the software/demos for this project made by the U.Iowa?It looks pretty sweet....
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PhysicsForums Adding more Grey Matter  
06:59 30-Apr-07   [Replies: 14, Views: 833]    By: Unnamed
I have read that greater intelligence is associated with the volume of grey matter in particular regions of the cortex. I have read that that the way the volumes of grey matter are distributed over t...
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PhysicsForums Testing self-awareness  
01:19 29-Apr-07   [Replies: 2, Views: 378]    By: Unnamed
How do you know that other people are self-aware and not just very sophisticated computers? In other words, lets say you had a box with something inside that gave answers to your questions, how could...
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PhysicsForums From "Know Thyself" to "Construct Thyself"  
09:17 25-Apr-07   [Replies: 1, Views: 168]    By: Unnamed
Can't help my curiosity... Suppose one considers this. The appendix in the human body is more or less useless (correct me if i'm wrong). In fact it just become a nusicance in situations. So there a...
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PhysicsForums Dimenhyrdinate  
09:56 24-Apr-07   [Replies: 5, Views: 380]    By: Unnamed
If I remember right this is the active ingrediant in motion sickness pills - if high doses of dramamine (for example) are taken you are able to hallucinate. This is considered a deliriant? How would...
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PhysicsForums Dream Vs. Hallucination  
11:29 23-Apr-07   [Replies: 33, Views: 1865]    By: Unnamed
I know there's plentiful similarities between a dream and a hallucination. But they're not alike. Besides dreams not making sense and rationale and also being not as vivid what are the differences be...
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PhysicsForums Question about naturally enhancing brain  
10:02 23-Apr-07   [Replies: 5, Views: 447]    By: Unnamed
I have read that scientists have been able to discover adult stem cells in human brains in the grey matter. Is it possible to activate and control the differentiation of these stem cells into differen...
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PhysicsForums Falling in a dream  
00:56 23-Apr-07   [Replies: 20, Views: 1048]    By: Unnamed
I'm sure everyone has had the sensation of falling from when your almost asleep. It feels like you hit a brick wall and you shift in bed. The question is what it is and how it happens. thanks...
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PhysicsForums Increase my chunks  
21:57 17-Apr-07   [Replies: 10, Views: 812]    By: Unnamed
Ok, so there were these things I was reading about. Mental chunks of memory. I also remember "five, plus or minus one." How can I work to directly increase the size of my chunks?...
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PhysicsForums inner monologue  
10:41 17-Apr-07   [Replies: 2, Views: 364]    By: Unnamed
Is anyone currently researching the inner monologue? Where can I find information about experiments to alter the inner monologue? Are there any websites which have "audio tools" which, whe...
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PhysicsForums Mozart does not make you smarter  
00:23 17-Apr-07   [Replies: 4, Views: 615]    By: Unnamed
From Nature.com/news http://www.nature.com/news/2007/0704...070409-13.html [http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070409/full/070409-13.html]> According to the article, there has never been a systemat...
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PhysicsForums is "The brain That Changes Itself" the best book on neuropla..  
00:04 17-Apr-07   [Replies: 1, Views: 338]    By: Unnamed
I've seen a few articles about this topic now and was wondering what the best book on the subject would be? My goal is to rewire my brain and turn it into an NES emulator so I can play Super Mario...
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PhysicsForums Dreaming  
10:34 16-Apr-07   [Replies: 2, Views: 344]    By: Unnamed
I have been searching for information regarding the possibility of "recording" dreams. By that I do not mean simply making written notes when awakening, but actually recording the "vide...
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PhysicsForums Lsd  
12:51 15-Apr-07   [Replies: 0, Views: 6]    By: Unnamed
I am wundering about Lysergic acid diethylamide delta 9, i no the effects symtomes long term what it does and sort of how it works i have hurd that it opens doors of ur brane that are closed, such as ...
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PhysicsForums Questions about the "holographic model" of reality  
22:04 11-Apr-07   [Replies: 13, Views: 572]    By: Unnamed
I'm reading "The Holographic Universe" by Michael Talbot and, well, the entire field is new to me. I'm a music critic and a paperback writer with virtually no scientific background. I've b...
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PhysicsForums Depression linked to depressing events  
04:09 11-Apr-07   [Replies: 7, Views: 443]    By: Unnamed
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PhysicsForums ''brain physics''  
15:00 10-Apr-07   [Replies: 8, Views: 350]    By: Unnamed
What’s the physicists’ role in the brain functions' research? Is it only the imaging (PET scans, fMRIs)?...
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PhysicsForums Some questions about action potentials  
14:40 8-Apr-07   [Replies: 4, Views: 362]    By: Unnamed
My question arises from study during my Human A+P class, but it goes beyond what I'd be expected to know for the class so I decided to post it here. When potassium exits the cell body during repol...
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