It sometimes happens that questions which appear, on the surface, to have exceptionally obvious answers are, on close examination, very far from straightforward. Take, for example the apparently simple question : “What is money?” Michael F. Bryan, vice president and economist in the Research Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, US, explains the […]
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Neurotriumph: Teen Song Popularity Prediction
Is this the greatest triumph of 21st century neuroscience? A new study sings of the persuasive power of fMRI studies, and of the emerging consensus that, one way or another, they are good for business [also see 1st bonus item below, about a related book]. Futurity.org reports the news: Teen brains predict song popularity “We […]
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 […]
Ripping notes
What happens in our brain when we see banknotes being ripped up? Or, put another way, “Is our attitude to money like that to any other tool even though its use is symbolic and is not implemented in its physical structure?” To find out, the researchers from the Center of Functionally Integrative Neurosciences at Aarhus, […]