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Phenomenon that causes music to sound like it's being played at a different tempo than remembered?
Something I've noticed now and then is that I'll be listening to a song off my music player and it sounds like it's being played in a tempo faster or slower than I remember the song being. Is this a defined/known phenomenon, and if so what is it's…
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Reference request for creator of heuristic for processing fMRI data (T.Nichols)
I am using nilearn and nipy package for python processing FMRI data. When computing mask, it says:
Compute and write the mask of an image based on the grey level This is based on an heuristic proposed by T.Nichols: find the least dense point of…
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Is meaning-seeking behavior a biological optimization problem?
In short, I'm interested in cognitive, neuroscientific, biological and/or computational perspectives on what we vaguely refer to as meaning seeking. Of course, this is a large topic, but any information would be highly appreciated.
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Humans…
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What does fMRI measure exactly
It is true that blood flows to wherever the brain is most activated and does fMRI measure the blood flow inside of the brain through oxygen content?
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Studies on visually recognizable personality traits?
Are there any studies on the possibility of visually recognizing someone's personality?
When I say "visually recognizing" I mean things like clothes, accessories, body attitude, visible behavior, vehicles driven etc.
When I say personality I mean…
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'Always Give a Reason Why' - How to describe this subject area?
I summarise http://rayedwards.com/always-give-a-reason-why/:
In Dr. Robert Cialdini’s book, Influence, he cites a research study showing that simply adding the word “because” to a request multiplies the likelihood of compliance.
Interestingly, the…
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What causes introverts to lose "energy" in social settings and require recovery afterwards?
Over the years I've seen numerous articles about introverts that mention that they dislike large social interactions (meetings, parties, etc) because they drain their energy. These articles mention that it can take days or weeks to recharge this…
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What aspects of ACT-R are not contained within Spaun?
ACT-R was the first big cognitive model and excels at modelling human behavioral data quite accurately.
Spaun, which is the world's largest functional brain model, took a lot of ACT-R's insights and applied them, most notably in it's model of the…
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How are the logical and mathematical skills of people with ADHD?
How does rationality and the logical thought processes of those with and without ADHD compare? Please explain the source of the differences. Are the differences thought to be caused by dopamine, serotonin, or norepinephrine? Or is there some other…
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How to measure your stress levels?
If someone has eutress it supports his/her mental development and learning of new skills. It is so called optimal level of stress as illustrated in the figure below.
Are there any ways to measure that you are within these limits of eutress in that…
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What is the fear/paralysis that occurs before doing an irreversible action?
I often experience paralysis in the face of an irreversible decision or action. What is the term for this or what is it that I'm looking for to describe it and/or research it?
Some examples of this feeling:
Leaving for a trip: if I forgot…
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Measurement of phase difference between two signals using cross correlation vs. fourier transform
I am studying eeg signals with the aim of distinguishing between preictal and interictal epilepsy states based on the eeg signal. I have read some papers and one of the metrics used to distinguish between the states has to do with measuring the…
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Are recent affordable EEG devices any good?
I'm looking to do some research about flow and optimal experience with EEG.
I don't have access to a lab and I was wondering if the new devices that are available to the public (i.e. Melon, Muse, iFocust,...) are any good to conduct research? Is it…
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How are these review-forgetting curve calculated?
I saw quite some illustration about how reviewing helps remembering. Like:
SOURCE: http://www.mentormegate.com/wordpress/2014/06/10/mentor-me-gate-the-forgetting-curve/
I wonder how are these calculated? Are there reliable sources of the data?
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Why do people try to make themselves feel better by treating others poorly?
I'm looking for an explanation for why people will try to make themselves feel better by treating others poorly.
For example, imagine a group of girls are sitting in a cafe. Within that group are two girls in particular, Sally and Anne. Sally is…
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