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Dance Your PhD and Win $1,000
If you’re a PhD student with mad dancing skills, Science and TEDxBrussels have the contest for you. Dance Your PhD is again offering $1,000 for the best video. These three examples may provide just the
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How Your Brain Reacts To Mistakes Depends On Your Mindset
“Whether you think you can or think you can’t—you’re right,” said Henry Ford. A new study, to be published in an upcoming issue of Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, finds
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Goldie Hawn Plunges into Brain Science
Scientific American: Aspen, Colorado. When I arrived at the Aspen Meadows Resort for the Second Annual Aspen Brain Forum last Thursday evening, Goldie Hawn was getting out of a vehicle near the entrance. I knew
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7 Easy Ways You Can Improve Your Memory Now
USA Weekend: Nearly every day it seems, researchers discover new details about the intricate workings of the human brain. In laboratories across the U.S. and abroad, neuroscientists are pinpointing the specific areas of the brain
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Gardner and Rizzolatti Honored with Prince of Asturias Awards
APS Fellow Howard Gardner and 2011 APS Convention Keynote Speaker Giacomo Rizzolatti have been honored with 2011 Prince of Asturias Awards. Gardner of Harvard University is the 2011 recipient of the Prince of Asturias Award
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Insight on Out-of-Body Experiences
When you hear “out-of-body experience,” you probably think of hallucinations caused by drugs or a mental instability, but a new study published in Elsevier’s Cortex suggests that out-of-body experiences (OBEs) occur in nonclinical populations as
