Category: Non-Thinking
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Hyperactive. Alive. Dead. (Easiest way to be…)
A psychology and neuroscience professor has just targeted an early biomarker of the disease. He found that Abnormal hyperactivation in the brain may be an early sign of Alzheimer's. (1) Hyper activity. Leading to destruction. The story of our lives. The story of civilization and being. Oh, so many good things happening because they do.…
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Think stupid! (The foundation of thinking)
The brain detects 3D shape fragments (bumps, hollows, shafts, spheres) in the beginning stages of object vision - a newly discovered strategy of natural intelligence that researchers also found in artificial intelligence networks trained to recognize visual objects. (1) Artificial intelligence. Natural intelligence. What difference could they have? You see, the main characteristic of intelligence…
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Decide!
The processes our brains use to avoid harming other people are automatic and reflexive - and quite different from those used when avoiding harm to ourselves, according to new research. (1) Think. And harm will be brought to others. Think. And harm might come to yourself. Don't think. And harm will be brought to others.…
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Distant thoughts…
Worse than a song stuck in your head, negative thoughts that you can't push away can be highly detrimental to your wellbeing. Sometimes, some thoughts just keep coming back. Research suggests this might be because those unwanted thoughts still exist in another part of the brain. (1) Try to not think of something. And you…
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Both hemispheres. Superpowers. Human powers.
Infants and young children have brains with a superpower, of sorts, say neuroscientists. Whereas adults process most discrete neural tasks in specific areas in one or the other of their brain's two hemispheres, youngsters use both the right and left hemispheres to do the same task. The finding suggests a possible reason why children appear…
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