Steve Higgins is a psychology graduate student at an online university. He hopes that the three weeks and $29.95 that he is spending on his Ph.D. will get him a job at a Tier 1 research university. Do online universities have postdocs? Ok...just kidding, Steve is a real graduate student at a real school.
OmniBrain is now Of Two Minds!
January 31, 2008
Category: Neuroscience
Check out the newest events at the Exploratorium. They Sound Great! Dr. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (Flow/Optimal Experience Researcher) Among Renowned Speakers To Appear Mind Lecture Series Continues February 2, 9, and 23, 2008 "Flow" (Optimal Experience) researcher Dr. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (February 9) is among the renowned speakers featured in the Exploratorium's...
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Category: Blogging
Friday February 1st is the final day for you to submit your wonderful ideas for the name of the news ScienceBlogs super blog started by Shelley of Retrospectacle and Steve Higgins of Omni Brain (me!). So get out those thinking caps and submit some great ideas right here. Here's some...
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Category: Health
The Super Bowl is all about chips and dip - so be careful. It could kill you if you're not! If you're a Seinfeld watcher you probably remember this scene: TIMMY: What are you doing? GEORGE: What? TIMMY: Did...did you just double-dip that chip? GEORGE: Excuse me? TIMMY: You double-dipped...
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January 27, 2008
Category: Blogging
I started Omni Brain over two years ago on Blogger and eventually gained a number of co-bloggers that have come and gone, most notably Sandra. About a year ago we were invited to blog at ScienceBlogs which is really the ideal place to be for a science blogger. I've had...
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January 25, 2008
Category: Chatter
Do it! In the address book: 4971 9184 7926 5393 We can share Mii's and stuff!...
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Category: Technology
Via Modern Mechanix: Reading Thoughts by Radio Can thoughts be read by radio? "Madam Radora" seems to prove that they can. Madam is not a human being, but a life-size automaton shown at the Permanent Radio Fair in New York. Her "thoughts" and movements are controlled entirely by wireless; no...
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Category: Art
If I only had a brain: According to this highly intelligible comment from YouTube this song was featured on Beavis and Butthead - surprise surprise! DaDrizzL31214 (2 weeks ago) On Beavis and Butthead, they were waatching this vid and Beavis started going with the tune for the whole song. He...
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January 21, 2008
Category: Parapsychology
From XKCD today: The Data So Far....
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Category: Art
For all of you Illusion Junkies out there: **** THE FOURTH ANNUAL BEST VISUAL ILLUSION OF THE YEAR CONTEST**** http://illusioncontest.neuralcorrelate.com *** We are happy to announce the world's 4th Annual Best Visual Illusion of the Year Contest!!*** The deadline for illusion submissions is February 15th, 2008! The 2008 contest will...
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January 20, 2008
Category: Art
Check out this fark photoshop contest using neurons. Here's one of my favorites:...
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