Being flexible in our approach to the future often requires the ability to inhibit or forget the past. In 1942, Abraham Luchins published a seminal…
For Cognitive Flexibility, Forget the Past
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Creativity in the Brain
What is creativity and can we actually study its underpinnings in the brain? Its no simple challenge but doing so may yield key insights into…
Alpha Oscillations and Attention
Alpha activity in the EEG is associated with attention and internal imagery but questions remain. Alpha oscillations are perhaps the most noticeable feature of EEG…
Deconstructing a Thought
The quest to find the physiological substrate of a thought has been elusive. What should we be looking for? Distributed memories American psychologist Karl Lashley…
Can EEG put the Learning Style Debate to Rest?
Physiological inquiry using EEG could ultimately put the learning styles debate to rest and even shed new insights Every Monday morning children aged from teeny…
Is the Emotiv EPOC signal quality good enough for research?
The Emotiv EPOC at less than $2000 opens up enormous possibilities to take research out of the lab to get access to subjects and scale…
Citizen Science and EEG
Citizen Science and the study of the mind is empowered by EEG. How will it change the trajectory of Neuroscience? I used to have a…
Dendrite Complexity and Intelligence
The complex web of dendrites mediating information flow in the brain may be a key driver of human intelligence. In 1887, a Spanish man went…
Linking Cognitive Science with Neuroscience
How can the theories of Cognitive Science developed from observations of human behavior be reconciled with Neuroscience or the behavior of the brain? You’ve probably…
Searching the Brain for Language
Where is language in the brain? Its not as clear as once thought. A computer engineer needs language skills. Though they speak in various codes…