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by Michael Ho

Tue, Sep 13th 2011 5:00pm




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brain, mri, scrabble, word recognition


DailyDirt: Hacking The Brain... Not Into Bits

from the urls-we-dig-up dept

Studying people's brains could someday lead to understanding how our minds work. But so far, we're still a long way away from figuring out what makes our brains tick. Here are just a few more interesting links on the topic of brain research. By the way, StumbleUpon can recommend some good Techdirt articles, too.

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    Jeffrey Nonken (profile), Sep 13th, 2011 @ 6:05pm

    Distinct features of autistic brain revealed in novel Stanford/Packard analysis of MRI scans

    http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2011/september/menon.html
    ...since we're talking about brains.

    Or:
    http://www.scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20030218
    and
    http://www.schlockmercena ry.com:8080/2006-10-31
    if we're talking about braaaaaaains.

     

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    el_porko (profile), Sep 13th, 2011 @ 6:52pm

    Yesterday;
    To discover more "interesting articles" on the ...

    Today (alas)
    To discover "more interesting" articles on the ...

     

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    Anonymous Coward, Sep 13th, 2011 @ 6:57pm

    How about software that write books?
    http://scienceblog.com/47784/students-create-application-that-writes-books/
    http://tiny.cc/ bookitnow

     

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    Jay (profile), Sep 13th, 2011 @ 7:10pm

    Well, if we're also talking about brains, it might be prudent to also talk about our emotions.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14900800

     

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    Jimr (profile), Sep 14th, 2011 @ 6:41am

    I have see my brain via CAT & MRI scans. I find there is something unreal about looking at your own brain.

     

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    Anonymous Coward, Sep 14th, 2011 @ 5:03pm

    Re:

    I envy you, every time I see some image from inside my body I feel nothing, maybe is cognitive dissonance, but I just can't see anything strange with it and maybe I should be marvelled at how it is possible to look inside yourself literally.

     

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