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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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Lab tech afraid Ted Williams' cryogenically frozen head about to become zombie beats it to death

Category: Brain Toys

Seriously... well not about the Zombie thing. Maybe if him and his family weren't such assholes people wouldn't do this kind of thing. Well, maybe people shouldn't do this to begin with. Here's the schtick from ESPN: In "Frozen," Larry Johnson, a former executive at the Alcor Life Extension Foundation...

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Power a gramophone with pure mind power!

Category: Parapsychology

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Mind Builder

Category: Brain Toys

There are many brain fitness software products available these days so when I was offered a copy of Core Learning's program Mind Builder, I agreed to check it out. It offers a series of test questions similar to America's SAT, while Mind Builder Pro is a fuller package that...

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Multimedia Friday - Another Walking Brain

Category: Video

Not so much walking as rocking and rolling, a brain moves along a desk in a supremely pointless amateur video. Watch the shadow on the wall behind the brain......

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Walking Brain

Category: Brain Toys

In other news about brain-shaped toys, here's the Walking Brain. Wind it up and, yes, it walks. The really stupid thing, though, is that someone's created a 15 second video of it waddling across a blank screen that they think people will pay to download (you can watch it...

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If I were a girl I'd totally rock this brain purse

Category: Brain Toys

Check out this sweet sweet purse made to resemble a brain: I think it's an obvious idea since brains combined with anything is sweet, but you might wonder about who the heck came up with this idea: Known for stretching the fashion limits with his avant garde design for the...

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How to make Brainzzz for Halloween

Category: Food

Ahh Halloween - when neuroscientists find all sorts of fake brains for sale and recipes to create them. Here is the greatest brain recipe of all time:

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Brainscannr

Category: Brain Toys

Via The Neurocritic. brainscannr by Ken Yasumoto-Nicolson. Try it with your name. Hot! :)...

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Brain Tiles for Baby

Category: Art

Art to train babies in neuroscience.

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Are you sad? Would Ice Cream make you feel better?

Category: Brain Toys

A group funded by the Royal College of art has created an ice cream dispenser named Dr. Whippy. The good doctor will dispense a prescription for ice cream if you sound sufficiently miserable. It is based on a voice-stress analysis of various answers to questions it asks. Check it out,...

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