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What are the practical uses of ontologies?
I have read many papers and books about ontologies, and I am trying to figure out that how they are used in a real project. For example, how can the ontology for a soccer player robot can be defined and used with a cognitive architecture in order to…
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Why is it so difficult to recall dreams?
You see a dream and wake up during or after it and you remember the dream. Why is it so difficult to remember the dream in the morning, unless you write it down directly when woke up in the night?
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Confirmation vs peak-end bias - when does it make sense to "save the best for last"?
This question is inspired by Should I give the interviewers surprise?
on Academia.SE.
The strategy of "save the best for last" seems to be affected in conflicting ways by two cognitive biases:
Confirmation bias: "the tendency to search for,…
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Why is it so difficult to use a "true mirror" as a mirror
This Youtube video shows what a "true mirror" is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSxCZCy5Wsk
In short, when you look into a true mirror you look at yourself (among other things) as you really are, instead of as a mirror image. That is what looking…
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Is it sufficient to say self control eliciting the reduced ERN (error-related negativity) in cognitive control tasks?
The limited resource model of self control suggests that the exertion of self control can impair performance in subsequent cognitive control tasks (for details on the model, check this question. Most research has examined behavioral outcome, e.g.,…
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Why do battered persons love their partners?
Many persons who have been beaten by their partner, no matter how violently, claims that they do not want to leave their abusive partner because they still love them. A common phrase is: "I love him/her more than anything."
Is there research into…
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How is the signal-to-noise ratio of an event-related-potential measured?
I often encounter publications where the authors try to "increase the SNR (signal-to-noise ratio) of electroencephalogram (EEG) signals". Some define a numeric value of SNR of EEG signals, but I am confused as to the exact definition of the SNR and…
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Visual acuity and offset stimuli
I'm currently setting up and experiment that utilises a visual search task that contains a circular array of target letters and a distractor that falls outside the circle.
Obviously the further away from the fovea the distractor moves the more…
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What kind of memory it is?
I was reading about various memory techniques : mnemonics, memory space, peg system, space repetition etc . They are used when I have to memorize something by myself for longer duration.
There are many other memories which are in my mind but I dint…
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Does your voice pitch affect your perceived authority?
I heard a claim that people with lower voice pitch are perceived as more credible than people with higher pitch.
Is there any research on this?
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Do the colour blind have a distinct visual cortex structure?
Studying the structure of the visual cortex, it seems there are many neural structures specifically dedicated to detecting and interpreting colour. For example, parvocellular cells are particularly sensitive to colour. Consequently, in a colour…
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Can hallucinogens treat depressive states?
Given the serotonin hypothesis of depression, increasing synaptic serotonin level may cause anti-depressive effects.
Hallucinogens seems to have such advantages:
They improve mood at once, but not after a while as SSRI. So hallucinogens may…
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Grid cells : Between what is the correlation of autocorrelogram measured?
In their seminal paper Hafting, Torkel, et al. "Microstructure of a spatial map in the entorhinal cortex." Nature 436.7052 (2005): 801-806. the Mosers have discovered the grid cells.
To show the existence of these cells, they have counted spikes…
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Are there any circumstances where schizophrenia or bipolar disorder are not lifelong?
It is known that psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar I, and bipolar II are for life, and require long term treatment (lifelong).
Is this always the case?
The answer could include reference to any disorder, even those not listed…
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Physiological differences between brains of Conservatives and Liberals
I work for a non-profit research organization and I have been assigned to do research on this topic. I have been doing my best to find studies on this topic but every website and article seems to only reference the study by Amodio et al…
