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What is your dog thinking? Brain scans unleash canine secrets in Emory study

When your dog gazes up at you adoringly, what does it see? A best friend? A pack leader? A can opener?

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 04, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Experiment finally proves 100-year-old thought experiment is possible (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- By building a machine that uses 2,000 bouncing beads to spin a paddle and perform work, researchers from the University of Twente have finally realized a long-debated thought experiment.

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 15, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (52) | comments 46 | with audio podcast report

Maxwell's demon demonstration turns information into energy

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in Japan are the first to have succeeded in converting information into free energy in an experiment that verifies the "Maxwell demon" thought experiment devised in 1867.

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 15, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (47) | comments 23 | with audio podcast report

Physicist suggests Einstein could have beaten Bohr in famous thought experiment

(PhysOrg.com) -- Way back in the 1930’s, Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr were sparring over ideas related to whether the new field of quantum mechanics was correct. In one thought experiment that Einstein said showed ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (22) | comments 56 | with audio podcast weblog

Study proves conclusively that violent video game play makes more aggressive kids

Iowa State University Distinguished Professor of Psychology Craig Anderson has made much of his life's work studying how violent video game play affects youth behavior. And he says a new study he led, analyzing 130 research ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 01, 2010 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (16) | comments 36 | with audio podcast

Quantum cats are hard to see

Are there parallel universes? And how will we know? This is one of many fascinations people hold about quantum physics. Researchers from the universities of Calgary and Waterloo in Canada and the University ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Dec 16, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (17) | comments 319 | with audio podcast

Researchers Find Differences In How The Brains Of Some Individuals Process The World Around Them

(PhysOrg.com) -- People who are shy or introverted may actually process their world differently than others, leading to differences in how they respond to stimuli, according to Stony Brook researchers and ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Apr 02, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (43) | comments 42 | with audio podcast

Depressed people have trouble learning 'good things in life'

(PhysOrg.com) -- While depression is often linked to negative thoughts and emotions, a new study suggests the real problem may be a failure to appreciate positive experiences.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 18, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 2

Sensitive people may use their brains differently

(PhysOrg.com) -- An exploratory study has examined highly sensitive people and found the first evidence of neural differences between them and less sensitive people. Most studies have focused on the social ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Apr 08, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (21) | comments 3 | with audio podcast report

Researchers consider ancestry of recent fossil finds

(PhysOrg.com) -- Someday a future intelligent organism could sweep away a million years of dust and find the bones of a Homo sapiens and wonder what he was.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Mar 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers show Starbucks' logo redesign could prove beneficial to company

Despite U.S. consumers' threats of protests in response to the redesigned Starbucks logo unveiled yesterday, the new look may be a smart move in the long run as the coffee company expands into Asian markets, ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jan 07, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 10 | with audio podcast

Study: Body posture affects confidence in your own thoughts

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sitting up straight in your chair isn't just good for your posture - it also gives you more confidence in your own thoughts, according to a new study.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 1

'Mind-reading' brain-scan software showcased in NY

(AP) -- Mind reading may no longer be the domain of psychics and fortune tellers - now some computers can do it, too.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Apr 08, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 8

Gesturing while talking helps change your thoughts

Sometimes it's almost impossible to talk without using your hands. These gestures seem to be important to how we think. They provide a visual clue to our thoughts and, a new theory suggests, may even change our thoughts by ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 05, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Scientists find natural way to curb your greed

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Manchester scientists have discovered a naturally-occurring appetite suppressant that could be used to make a diet drug without side effects.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jul 05, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 13 | with audio podcast