OmniBrain is now Of Two Minds!
Psychology:
I haven't been blogging lately because Shelley and I have been getting the new blog ready to go public on March 1st. However... I read this crap on CNN and got so irritated that I had to post it. Evidently CNN feels that people who measure peoples facial features and...
Posted on February 24, 2008 9:59 AM • 18 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
To reduce the severity of his seizures, Joe had the bridge between his left and right cerebral hemispheres (the corpus callosum) severed. As a result, his left and right brains no longer communicate through that pathway. Here's what happens as a result:...
Posted on February 9, 2008 11:01 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
"Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing." - William James, American psychologist and philosopher (1842 - 1910) -via Neatorama-...
Posted on February 6, 2008 11:50 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Here's a wonderful spoof of .. well... I'm not really sure what. Perhaps an old Documentary focusing on the diseases of the mind? In any case it's terribly entertaining....
Posted on February 1, 2008 8:13 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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...
Posted on January 31, 2008 4:23 PM • • 0 TrackBacks
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...
Posted on January 21, 2008 8:16 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I'm sure it's a rough life being a clown, you know... driving a clown car with 18 other passengers in the driver seat alone, walking and tripping around with those really big shoes, and hours of makeup application. But their job is about to get a lot harder, a new...
Posted on January 19, 2008 2:01 PM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Ahh.... an animated brain on drugs - how could it get any better?!...
Posted on January 18, 2008 4:21 PM • • 0 TrackBacks
Just a short note via Sports Illustrated: Georgia football legend Herschel Walker is expected to reveal in an upcoming book that he has multiple personalities -- a revelation that surprises the man who coached the 1982 Heisman Trophy winner. ... "Breaking Free" will chronicle Walker's life with multiple personality disorder,...
Posted on January 18, 2008 3:04 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
According to Nicholas Epley from the University of Chicago: "Biological reproduction is not a very efficient way to alleviate one's loneliness, but you can make up people when you're motivated to do so," said Nicholas Epley, Assistant Professor of Behavioral Science at the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business....
Posted on January 18, 2008 2:33 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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.
