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steve_icon_medium.jpgThe Omnibrain 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, The Omnibrain is a real graduate student at a real school somewhere in the continental United States - or maybe Europe.

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A great moving depth illusion

Category: Art

I've seen a lot of illusions... but this one is really f'n cool: CHOP CUP from :weareom: on Vimeo. -via neatorama-...

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Attention Morons and Idiots Buy a Brain | Multimedia Friday

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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The Fourth Annual Best Visual Illusion of the Year Contest

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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Fark Photoshop Contest With Neurons

Category: Art

Check out this fark photoshop contest using neurons. Here's one of my favorites:...

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Multimedia Friday : Your Brain on Drugs - sweeeeet

Category: Video

Ahh.... an animated brain on drugs - how could it get any better?!...

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Coolest and Most Impressive Art Illusion Ever

Category: Vision

This has to be the coolest face out of art I've ever seen. -Via Neatorama-...

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Did classic artists paint the brain into their art?

Category: Art

Some scientists seem to think so. Check out this comparison between a sagittal section of a brain and this piece of art: Pretty striking similarity isn't there? Partly as a joke to entertain sceptical colleagues, he and the team went on a brain trawl, and found many other examples. The...

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Multimedia Friday - Happiest Memory

Category: Video

Brain Candy, a film by Toronto's sketch comedy troupe Kids in the Hall, is a satirical take on drug development. A scientist creates an antidepressant (Gleemonex) that evokes the happiest memory of the consumer, recreating that joy in the present. Gleemonex becomes a big success, until it all goes horribly...

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Brain Juice - A very weird cartoon with Eviiiilll Brainzzz

Category: Video

Title: Brain Juice. Year: 1996-1997 Summary: A Brain comes to life and tries to take over the world through cable access TV. There are even cameos by Beavis and Butthead and the cast of the Wizard of Oz. And obviously made in Canada ;) Weird eh?!...

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The Purple Nurple Optical Illusion

Category: Art

I've entitled this illusion 'The Purple Nurple' Exciting eh? I haven't actually seen this particular one before today so I thought I'd throw it up.... so here it is: I've finally figured out where the heck this illusion has come from! It is actually called "Sea Sickness" and is by...

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