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Hebbian Learning Rule, Local or Global?
I just learned about the Hebbian Learning Rule. It essentially says "Neurons that fire together, wire together". I'm wondering if the learning rule is affected by the spatial distance of the two neurons. When two neurons are far from each other, why…
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Problems with using personal feedback to motivate participation in an online psychological experiment?
I am planning on running an online psychological experiment where participants must learn about various simulated environments and then make inferences about them. Because completing the experiment would require a nontrivial amount of attention and…
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Effects of Game-based Learning on Motivation for Learning
I have already asked this question here, but I did not receive my answer. I found this site a more appropriate place to ask it.
I found many studies discovering the impacts of game-based learning on motivation for learning.
For example, these…
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Why do we talk unconsciously while sleeping
Somniloquy is very fascinating.
It is unclear what are the causes, but most of the time it is not seen as a medical condition.
"Sleep talking usually occurs by itself and is most often harmless.
However, in some cases, it might be a sign of a more…
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What constructs help explain limited cognitive processing and the cognitive effects of rules that limit decision making choices?
Supposed that I'm a married man, and my wife asks me to pick out a paint color for our new house. It's not terribly mentally taxing. However, my wife starts to add rules. The color can't be too bright, no green, neutral, etc. The additional rules…
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What happens in your brain when you see a dinosaur in this stenographic image?
You might have come across stereographic Images like the one shown below (found here):
What happens in your brain when you observe the dinosaur? (as you put your face on the image by touching your nose and then slowly withdrawing from the…
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What cognitive strategies diminish bias in decision-making beyond those outlined by Larrick?
Larrick (2004; pdf) offers a small number of suggestions for strategies to diminish bias in decision making, which he breaks down into four categories.
"Consider the opposite". Tell decision-makers to ask themselves "What are some reasons my…
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Why do participants prefer to give input values that are "round numbers"?
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I have just been analysing some data where participants attempt to control a dynamic system with integer numeric inputs between 0 and 100. I've noticed that there is a general tendency for participants to give responses that are divisible…
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Can one "understand" emotions, yet not "feel" them?
Prometheus Viral Clip #3 - David is a good clip of a fictional character in a science-fiction movie that helps frame my question; but I am interested in the general question, not the specifics of this movie.
An robot named David claims to…
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What explains involuntary imitation of behavior such as shrugging?
Recently, I watched a discussion program on TV and one of the participants shrugged. I found that, not only did I do the same, but I seemed to do it in synchrony the speaker. I didn't want to do this, why would I?
It's easy to find popular…
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What's the optimal way to space out rewards in order to maximise motivation?
I'm working on an educational product, and we're thinking of introducing some gamified aspects to motivate students to use the product. One of these will be the concept of 'levels' - when a student does enough lessons in a particular topic, their…
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What salient features of a {conditioned stimulus,unconditioned stimulus} pair are represented in the lateral amygdala?
In classical conditioning, a conditioned stimulus (CS, e.g., a tone) is presented just before an unconditioned stimulus (UCS, e.g., a mild toe pinch) in repeated trials, such that the CS will eventually evoke the unconditioned response (e.g.,…
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Research on aversion to cognitive effort?
I was reading Danny K's recent book for fun (Thinking Fast and Slow, 2011), and he suggests briefly that some people's reliance on their intuitions (i.e., "System 1") might sometimes indicate a sort of aversion to cognitive effort (i.e., "System…
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Is it possible to master two different typing keyboard layouts?
I am a good typist with qwerty keyboard, I came across other keyboard layouts (eg: Dvorak keyboard). I believe I will never be able to master these two typing layouts simultaneously.
Am I right? or is it possible to learn both and become a good…
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Does our brain react as if we were physically hurt when we are lied to?
I think I've read somewhere that our brain acts as if we were physically hurt (as if we feel pain) when we catch someone lying to us. I couldn't find anything about it on google, and my memory is not reliable enough for me to be anywhere near sure…
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