September 05, 2008
2008-09-05 Spike activity:
Quick links from the past week in mind and brain news:
To the bunkers! AI system enables robotic helicopters to teach themselves to fly stunts by watching other helicopters - with video.
The BPS Research Digest covers an interesting neuroimaging study on whether we assign mental states to robots.
I get my four minutes of fame on the Nature podcast [mp3]. Mainly remarkable because I use the words Iron Maiden and temporal lobe epilepsy in the same sentence.
Wired News on a study suggesting humans can learn from subliminal cues alone.
Non-coding DNA section may have contributed to the evolution of manual dexterity, according to New Scientist.
Advances in the History of Psychology returns after its not very well enforced summer break.
Soldier suicide rate in the US Army may set record again, reports AP News.
The Neurocritic has a sarcastic report on a new study that finds that chewing gum may help reduce stress - funded by a chewing gum company.
Great sections of Recollections of My Life by the legendary Spanish neuroscientist Santiago Ramon y Cajal is quoted by Sharp Brains.
BBC News reports that music linked to personality. Not the first time, nor the last I suspect.
Happiness could add 10 years to your life, according to a study reviewed by PsyBlog.
Neuroanthropology discusses how colour is constructed in the brain.
5% of American kids prescribed psychiatric medication, according to new government figures found by Furious Seasons.
Cognitive Daily asks is there a separate memory region for location of sound?
