Dorothy Bishop writes, in her blog (HT Uta Frith): I was set off today by a report that “fMRI scans prove music is more emotionally stimulating if you listen with your eyes closed”. What’s wrong with that? Well… It seems every week we have another claim that brain scans have shown something about our cognitive or […]
Tag: brain
Jerry Lettvin is gone
Further very sad news (following so soon after the death of Bill Lipscomb): My good friend and longtime collaborator Jerry Lettvin died this week. Jerry was such a huge—in almost every sense—figure that he and his work defied quick description. But I’ll try. This is from a book I started writing more than a decade […]
Torn-Up About Torn-up Money
If you have never watched someone rip up large amounts of cash, you may be unsure as to how the different parts of your brain would respond in the event that you did see someone tearing valuable banknotes into tiny, worthless shreds. A new study may help you how to predict what would happen. The […]
Stefan Carmien joins LFHCfS
Stefan Carmien joined the Luxuriant Former Hair Club for Scientists (LFHCfS), a sibling club of the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists (LFHCfS) and the the Luxuriant Facial Hair Club for Scientists (LFHCfS). He says: I was previously the proud possessor of long flowing luxurious hair: I am now reduced to what you see in […]