Frontiers in Cognitive Science

Do brain cells need to be connected to have meaning?

(Medical Xpress)—The classic theory of the brain is one of connections, in which the brain consists of a network of neurons that interact with each other to allow us to think, see, interpret, and understand ...

Neuroscience created Dec 04, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 8 | with audio podcast feature

If you can't beat them, join them: Grandmother cells revisited

(Medical Xpress)—In the absence of any real progress in defining neuronal codes for the brain, the simple idea of the grandmother cell continues to percolate through the scientific and popular literature. Many r ...

Neuroscience created May 10, 2013 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Deception can be perfected

With a little practice, one could learn to tell a lie that may be indistinguishable from the truth.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Dec 06, 2012 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (11) | comments 10 | with audio podcast