News tagged with mental representation
The brain needs to remember faces in 3-dimensions
In our dynamic 3D world, we can encounter a familiar face from any angle and still recognize that face with ease, even if the person has, for example, changed his hair style. This is because our brain has used the 2D snapshots ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 09, 2010 |
4 / 5 (2) |
0
|
Ability to literally imagine oneself in another's shoes may be tied to empathy
New research from Vanderbilt University indicates the way our brain handles how we move through space -- including being able to imagine literally stepping into someone else's shoes -- may be related to how ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 23, 2009 |
3.2 / 5 (5) |
3
Search results for mental representation
PhET simulations provide interactive learning tools
(PhysOrg.com) -- What causes a balloon to stick to a sweater? How do microwaves heat coffee? How is electricity generated from a bar magnet?
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jan 26, 2012 |
not rated yet |
0
Research to analyze the images of women in Roman mosaics
Research coordinated by Carlos III University in Madrid analyzes the images of women in Roman mosaics and their impact on the collective consciousness of feminine stereotypes. In many cases, the research concludes, ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 07, 2011 |
not rated yet |
0
Labor or conservative? It's all in the eye of the beholder
Scientists have uncovered specific facial characteristics which make MPs look like they belong to one of the two major political parties in Britain.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 06, 2011 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
IBM donating cooperative web technology that enables life changing healthcare solutions
IBM today announced that the company is donating new software code to help health care and other industries work on shared content in real-time, on the Web. The code is from IBM Project Blue Spruce and will be donated to ...
Oct 04, 2011 |
5 / 5 (1) |
1
Stanford researcher explores whether language is the only way to represent numbers
The Mental Calculation World Cup is a brutal contest, and one that threatens to fry the neurons of the unprepared. Over the course of a competition, contestants might be asked to add a string of 10 different 10-digit numbers, ...
Aug 04, 2011 |
4.5 / 5 (6) |
6
|
Evolution of human 'super-brain' tied to development of bipedalism, tool-making
Scientists seeking to understand the origin of the human mind may want to look to honeybees -- not ancestral apes -- for at least some of the answers, according to a University of Colorado Boulder archaeologist.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 20, 2011 |
3.5 / 5 (6) |
3
|
New research questions parents' representation in care proceedings system
A new study of how the parents of children in care proceedings are represented has provided the first detailed findings for 20 years. The research, led by academics at the University of Bristol and published ...
Mar 29, 2011 |
not rated yet |
0
Report into well-being and inclusion of former politically motivated prisoners
The first major study of the wellbeing and inclusion of former politically motivated prisoners in Northern Ireland will be launched by Queen's University today (Monday 14 March).
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 14, 2011 |
4.5 / 5 (2) |
0
More reasons to be nice: It's less work for everyone
A polite act shows respect. But a new study of a common etiquette—holding a door for someone—suggests that courtesy may have a more practical, though unconscious, shared motivation: to reduce the work for those ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 09, 2011 |
4.2 / 5 (6) |
0
Study identifies neural structure for self-other distinction in motor domain
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study on social cognition has clarified a key role for the medial frontal region of the cerebral cortex in differentiating between the actions of oneself and the actions of others.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 24, 2011 |
not rated yet |
0
List of search results for mental representation
