Oh Dear God! See the The Neurocritic, or Thomas at BRAINETHICS, or better still, look away and pretend this never happened.
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Take a look at this little video of a baby monkey. It's just three days old. Isn't it just adorable?
Brainethics has a summary of a recent Science Magazine article about cross-cultural sharing behavior.
How is a mother "connected" to her infant? According to a recent report in Stem Cells, quite literally. The research, conducted on mice, found the stem cells of fetal mice were present in their mothers' brains.
This week's edition of Encephalon and an email from the Neurophilosopher has reminded me tha
I think my amygdala just showed more activity - was that delight or discust? My teeth showed, too, when I laughed.
Arrrrrrgggggggggghhhhhh, it is better to just look away!
I recently completed a full length book about memory and the human mind called Disco Hypnotic. Information about it can be found at DiscoHypnotic.com. Any comments would be most appreciated.
It's a publicity habit by now. 10 days ago they announced on salon.com (!) they found mirror neurons in humans. It's difficult to paste the link, but search 'iacoboni salon' in google and click on
"Mirror neurons, Altruism, Neuroscience | Salon News"
2nd para: "On Nov. 4, neuroscientists announced that mirror neurons had for the first time been directly identified in humans"
I couldn't find any reference to published work on this.