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"The Mind as the Software of the Brain" by Ned Block "The Mind as the Software of the Brain" by Ned Block
"The Mind as the Software of the Brain" by Ned Block- Cognitive scientists often say that the mind is the software of the brain. This chapter is about what this claim means. ...
Bethel College Bethel College
Bethel College- Anthropology and Sociology (St. Paul) ...
Ancestors Ancestors
Ancestors- Meave Leakey discusses her team's recent skull find suggesting a new human ancestor. ...
NYTimes.com: Exuberance is Rational NYTimes.com: Exuberance is Rational
NYTimes.com: Exuberance is Rational- Richard Thaler has led a revolution in the study of economics by understanding the strange ways people behave with their money. ...
Neurobiology of Laughter Neurobiology of Laughter
Neurobiology of Laughter- Did you hear the one about the prefrontal cortex? ...
Men Show Feelings In Lower Left Quadrant Of Face Men Show Feelings In Lower Left Quadrant Of Face
Men Show Feelings In Lower Left Quadrant Of Face- When it comes to emotions men and women are equally expressive, but men display most of their joy, disgust or other sentiments in the lower left quadrant of their face. W ...
Human Genome Human Genome
Human Genome- Comprehensive information on the first draft of the human genome from Nature. ...
The Evolution of Ethics The Evolution of Ethics
The Evolution of Ethics- A theory concerning the integration of ethics and science using cybernetic theory as a logical foundation. ...
Perfect Pitch May Help Babies Speak Perfect Pitch May Help Babies Speak
Perfect Pitch May Help Babies Speak- US researchers say everyone may be born with perfect pitch to help them learn the skills of language. ...
Fruit Fly Genetics Fruit Fly Genetics
Fruit Fly Genetics- Fly: An Experimental Life' by Martin Brookes. ...
To Love, Honour and Deceive To Love, Honour and Deceive
To Love, Honour and Deceive- Long-term relationships are fundamentally dishonest. And it's all women's fault, new research suggests. ...
Why elephants don't forget Why elephants don't forget
Why elephants don't forget- A study of African elephants reveals that dominant females build up a social memory as they get older, helping the herd to survive. ...
Mozart 'can cut epilepsy' Mozart 'can cut epilepsy'
Mozart 'can cut epilepsy'- Music, particularly Mozart, could have a therapeutic effect on epilepsy, say scientists. ...
Baboon Key to Human Stress Baboon Key to Human Stress
Baboon Key to Human Stress- Article describes how the stresses and strains that afflict humans are evident in baboon societies. Also suggests that both species share the long-term health effects. ...
Did the Caveman Teach Us to Queue? Did the Caveman Teach Us to Queue?
Did the Caveman Teach Us to Queue?- Chris Horrie provides a critique of the discipline in this BBC News article. ...
Individualism and Evolutionary Psychology Individualism and Evolutionary Psychology
Individualism and Evolutionary Psychology- Online paper by David Buller. ...
Behavior and the General Evolutionary Process Behavior and the General Evolutionary Process
Behavior and the General Evolutionary Process- Paper by William Baum. ...
An Evolutionary Hypothesis For Obsessive Compulsive Disorder An Evolutionary Hypothesis For Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
An Evolutionary Hypothesis For Obsessive Compulsive Disorder- Abed, Riadh T and de Pauw, Karel W (1999) An Evolutionary Hypothesis for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Psychological Immune System?. Behavioural Neurology ...
Sport and genetics Sport and genetics
Sport and genetics- Stephen Jay Gould and Kipchoge Keino on why athletic achievement isn't in the genes. ...
The Genetic Archaeology of Race The Genetic Archaeology of Race
The Genetic Archaeology of Race- The study of human genetic variation has become the most contentious area in modern science. A detailed article by Steve Olson. ...
The Evolutionary Manifesto The Evolutionary Manifesto
The Evolutionary Manifesto- This paper by John Stewart uses an evolutionary worldview to derive an ethical system that will require humanity to develop the psychological capacity to transcend the dictates of our biologic ...
Synaesthesia: A Cognitive Model of Cross Modal Association Synaesthesia: A Cognitive Model of Cross Modal Association
Synaesthesia: A Cognitive Model of Cross Modal Association- A paper by Andrew D. Lyons. ...
Memory Experts Show Sleeping Rats May Have Visual Dreams Memory Experts Show Sleeping Rats May Have Visual Dreams
Memory Experts Show Sleeping Rats May Have Visual Dreams- Matthew Wilson contends that animals have complex dreams. ...
Fear Makes Worms Turn Friendly Fear Makes Worms Turn Friendly
Fear Makes Worms Turn Friendly- A single gene influences the social behaviour of worms. ...
Utah State University Utah State University
Utah State University- Sociology,Social Work, and Anthropology (Logan) ...
The Sweet Smell of the Immune System The Sweet Smell of the Immune System
The Sweet Smell of the Immune System- Manfred Milinski and Claus Wedekind find evidence for the hypothesis that "perfumes are selected to amplify in some way body odors that reveal a person's immunogenetics". ...
Ring-breaker Drives Dove Love Ring-breaker Drives Dove Love
Ring-breaker Drives Dove Love- Leonida Fusani and colleagues discover the role of aromatase in courtship behaviour. ...
Men fish for compliments Men fish for compliments
Men fish for compliments- The menfolk of the Meriam, a people who live on islands off the northeast tip of Australia, spend their time spear-fishing and turtle-hunting, but are they really fishing for compliments? ...
Why we're all getting brighter Why we're all getting brighter
Why we're all getting brighter- Dumbing down? Don't believe it. Scientists have proved we are smarter now than ever before, largely because we watch TV, surf the net, and spend hours chatting to friends. ...
Origins of the specious Origins of the specious
Origins of the specious- Andrew Brown explains why 'Introducing Evolutionary Psychology', the latest in Icon Books' popular series of comic books on important subjects, has been withdrawn from sale while 10,000 stickers ...
Reproductive Greontology Reproductive Greontology
Reproductive Greontology- The relationship between aging and the risk of producing offspring with gene-influenced illnesses. ...
Stone Age Bosses Aren't all That Bad Stone Age Bosses Aren't all That Bad
Stone Age Bosses Aren't all That Bad- Applied to business, as Nigel Nicholson does in his book Managing the Human Animal, evolutionary psychology suggests that most organizational practice runs directly against the grain ...
You've Got a Lot to Answer For, Charlie Darwin You've Got a Lot to Answer For, Charlie Darwin
You've Got a Lot to Answer For, Charlie Darwin- Is psychology frozen in the Pleistocene era? Hilary and Steven Rose are sure it must have evolved since then. ...
Guardian Unlimited - And Darwin created us all Guardian Unlimited - And Darwin created us all
Guardian Unlimited - And Darwin created us all- As two of the world's great Darwinists prepare to debate whether science is killing the soul, Tim Radford asks if natural selection is the key to life, the universe, and ev ...
Science: Human Genome Science: Human Genome
Science: Human Genome- The special issue on the first draft of the human genome. ...
Intentionality Detection and Mindreading: Why Does Game Form Matter? Intentionality Detection and Mindreading: Why Does Game Form Matter?
Intentionality Detection and Mindreading: Why Does Game Form Matter?- By around the age of 4 years, children can work out what people might know, think or believe based on what they say or do. This is called mindreading, ...
The adaptive nature of the human neurocognitive architecture: An alternative model The adaptive nature of the human neurocognitive architecture: An alternative model
The adaptive nature of the human neurocognitive architecture: An alternative model- The model of the human neurocognitive architecture proposed by evolutionary psychologists is based on the presumption that the demands o ...
Behavioral Inferences from the Skhul/Qafzeh Early Modern Human Hand Remains Behavioral Inferences from the Skhul/Qafzeh Early Modern Human Hand Remains
Behavioral Inferences from the Skhul/Qafzeh Early Modern Human Hand Remains- These results support the inference of significant behavioral differences between Neanderthals and the Skhul/Qafzeh hominids and indicate that ...
Menarche Menarche
Menarche- Any decrease in average menarcheal age during the past 20-30 years has been small (almost certainly less than six months), particularly when compared with the reduction of a year or more that occurred in many E ...
Bottlenose Dolphins and Theory of Mind Bottlenose Dolphins and Theory of Mind
Bottlenose Dolphins and Theory of Mind- Bottlenose dolphins can recognize themselves in a mirror, an advanced intellectual ability observed previously only in humans and apes. ...
Genetics Genetics
Genetics- The British Medical Journal publishes a special edition "putting genetics into perspective". ...
Swanson et al. Swanson et al.
Swanson et al.- A new study by Willie J. Swanson and colleagues provides evidence of sperm competition and sexual conflict. ...
The Cognitive Skills of Neanderthals The Cognitive Skills of Neanderthals
The Cognitive Skills of Neanderthals- Neanderthals were predators. ...
Domestication's Family Tree Domestication's Family Tree
Domestication's Family Tree- DNA is revealing that taming animals was not a simple process. ...
Steven Pinker: The Mind Reader Steven Pinker: The Mind Reader
Steven Pinker: The Mind Reader- Article by Ed Douglas on the evolutionary psychologist with a popular touch and a mission to explain how the brain works. ...
Mind, Brain and Adaptation in the Nineteenth Century Mind, Brain and Adaptation in the Nineteenth Century
Mind, Brain and Adaptation in the Nineteenth Century- A classic text on cerebral localization and its biological context from Gall to Ferrier. ...
Thomas Henry Huxley - Autobiography and Selected Essays Thomas Henry Huxley - Autobiography and Selected Essays
Thomas Henry Huxley - Autobiography and Selected Essays- Online book. ...
Behavioral Measures of Neurotoxicity Behavioral Measures of Neurotoxicity
Behavioral Measures of Neurotoxicity- Online publication. ...
Cells and Surveys Cells and Surveys
Cells and Surveys- Should Biological Measures Be Included in Social Science Research? Caleb E. Finch, James W. Vaupel, and Kevin Kinsella, Editors; Committee on Population, National Research Council. The full text is her ...
Bridging Disciplines in the Brain, Behavioral, and Clinical Sciences Bridging Disciplines in the Brain, Behavioral, and Clinical Sciences
Bridging Disciplines in the Brain, Behavioral, and Clinical Sciences- Terry C. Pellmar and Leon Eisenberg, Editors; Committee on Building Bridges in the Brain, Behavioral, and Clinical Sciences; Division of Neuroscience ...

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