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Steve Higgins is sometimes a Psychologist, sometimes a Neuroscientist, and sometimes even a Human Factors Engineer. He works for the U.S. Government. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois in Psychology.
Category: Books
I'm sure by now you've heard about inattentional blindness, as I've posted about it a million times since this blog began. It's an amazing effect! It shows us that we really aren't as aware of the world as we think we are. If you haven't heard about it by now...
Posted by The Omnibrain at 1:53 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Blogging
In an amazing turn of events the most famous video of all time not on youtube is now on youtube... omg! omg! haha... Follow the instructions if you actually haven't seen this before (which I would be surprised if you have not). oh and look... Dan and Chris have a...
Posted by The Omnibrain at 10:55 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Music
"Why do those holiday tunes get stuck in your head so much?" I was invited to pose this question to Dr. Robert Zatorre, Co-Director of the BRAMS: Brain Music and Sound lab at the Montreal Neurological Institute at McGill University. Dr. Zatorre is a leading expert in neuroscience research...
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Category: Research
Clearly many problems with this study were missed in the peer review process.
Posted by The Omnibrain at 8:15 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Survey
We want your opinion! This survey attempts to access the opinions of bloggers, blog-readers, and non-blog folk in regards to the impact of blogs on the outside world. The authors of the survey (from ScienceBlogs.com) are completing an academic manuscript on the impact of science blogging and this survey...
Posted by Sandra Kiume at 9:00 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Sex
...just kidding! It's nearly every month that a new study comes out showing that abstinence only programs don't do shit. This time a study from Oxford shows, through a meta-analysis of 13 different U.S. trials, that none of the abstinence-only programmes had an impact on the age at which individuals...
Posted by The Omnibrain at 9:09 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Academia
A great abstract I found via improbable research blog: How to write consistently boring scientific literature Kaj Sand-Jensen (ksandjensen@bi.ku.dk), Freshwater Biological Laboratory, Univ. of Copenhagen, Helsingørsgade 51, DK-3400 Hillerød, Denmark. Abstract Although scientists typically insist that their research is very exciting and adventurous when they talk to laymen and prospective...
Posted by The Omnibrain at 11:55 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Meta
It was one year ago today that I made the first post to Omni Brain. I never imagined we would do this well. In the last year Omni Brain has undergone many many changes, the biggest of which have been Sandra of Neurofuture fame joining the blog, and moving to...
Posted by The Omnibrain at 1:00 AM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Culture Wars
In the ongoing battle between the DEA, farmers, patients, and scientists there has been nothing but contradictory information. It looks like with a couple new pieces of news that the pro-marijuana (the medical kind) people might be coming out ahead. For researchers studying marijuana, it's been a very good week....
Posted by The Omnibrain at 9:34 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Academia
What are the big nasty debates in your field?
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