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Is there a way to make a DIY EEG?
I have MATLAB. I would like to try out a small EEG project because my field of interest is in neuroscience, however I'm still doing my undergrad.
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Can curiosity be described as an emotion?
Can curiosity be described as an emotion?
On one hand it is definitely an emotion in the sense that is a feeling. IT feels like you want to know something. Furthermore, it can be pleasant or unpleasant according to the circumstances. So there is a…
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Does the brain generate identical words in different languages similarly?
Saying (or even just thinking) a word or phrase results from activity in multiple regions of your brain. Of course, we can measure/'map' this activity to some degree; From wikipedia:
EEG measures the brain's electrical activity directly, while…
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Why are disorders discrete?
Disorders are usually discrete. For example, if you are given a test for, say, ADHD, they are usually only two results "you have ADHD" or "you don't have ADHD". Autism is treated as a spectrum, but this spectrum is by no means continuous, also being…
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Hearing first but understanding later?
I have experienced this phenomenon several times and checked with other people as well.
It goes like this: you hear something, but it's just a sound with no meaning. Some seconds later, you consciously remember the sound and make sense out of it…
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Does this recent twin study contradict Anders Erricson's view on the hereditary basis of talent?
The Swedish Psychologist K. Anders Ericsson has published many reports stating that talent is "made and not born". In his book 'The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance', he has stated that "Consistently and overwhelmingly, the…
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Is there a specific term for false justifications?
I'm not sure "false justifications" is the right term, but it's the closest I can think of. I'm referring to a situation in which a person has already made up his mind for reasons he won't publicly disclose, then tries to justify using specious…
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Do men have a higher sex drive than women?
It's a common cultural meme that men think about/are driven by sex more than women.
Is there any objective truth to this?
How do you define and measure 'sex drive'?
How different are men and women in this respect?
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Are there any ways to increase dopamine and serotonin levels when working or learning something complex?
There is much information regarding learning styles and ways to leverage them, along with boosting focus, alertness and concentration.
However, I'm looking for accompanying information that would be useful in addition to those answers.
Witnessed…
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What articles use structural equation modelling in a meta-analytic context to model mediation?
I'm interested in structural equation modelling (SEM) meta-analysis and its application to modelling mediation relationships.
Mike W.-L. Cheung has written a few articles on the topic of SEM Meta-Analysis (e.g., Cheung, 2009). He's also written the…
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Is cortical magnification in the visual system related to synaptic pruning, or is it a separate developmental or learning process?
I'm primarily interested in learning about current computational models that explain cortical magnification in the visual system.
With this in mind, my specific questions are: (1) Is this phenomenon a result of the synaptic pruning that takes place…
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How to computationally model the Wisconsin Card Sorting task?
The Wisconsin Card Sorting task is rather famous but appears to be quite difficult to model computationally.
I work in RL and I am interested in how people learn the optimal strategy. I'm interested in the task because it would allow a number of…
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Where does the distinction between motives and goals lie in activity theory?
Activity has an hierarchical structure, and can be analyzed at different levels: activities, actions and operations. (Leontiev 1974)
(source: interaction-design.org)
The top level is activity itself, oriented towards its motive. At a lower level…
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What is the mechanism behind recurring or looping thoughts?
I'm interested in what is the mechanism that explains the recurrence or looping of thoughts within a person's mind. Unless very strongly distracted, such thoughts can creep up back or mutate slightly while maintaining the same overall theme - action…
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Does not consistently providing a reward strengthen operant conditioning?
When learning about Operant Conditioning, I remember being taught that not consistently rewarding the desired behavior could (seemingly counterintuitively) actually increase the strength of learning the conditioned behavior. Is this correct?
If this…
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