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Nature vs. Nuture
The debate surrounding the “nature vs. nuture” paradigm is essentially a matter of the relative impact of our heredity (innate tendencies) versus our exposure (personal experiences). This concept has been banging around in my head since redwhiteandprison left a comment on my post Predicting Crime Through Brain Scanning. The argument in the comment was that … Continue reading
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A few weeks ago I was watching a show on PBS about Albert Einstein that remarked on Einstein’s technique of meditation to free his mind for higher thought, unfettered by tradition, facts, and materiality. He imagined himself riding on a beam of light, and n iterations of thought later we are presented with a theory. … Continue reading
Somewhere along the way, consumers developed an expectation that fruits and vegetables only taste good if they conform to a preconceived notion of the “perfect look.” After all, oranges should be orange and tomatoes should be red and round, right? In our minds, this perfect look is the very definition of quality and taste. We … Continue reading
I spotted an article on Science Daily titled Enhanced motion perception in autism may point to an underlying cause of the disorder. The study suggests “that children with autism see movement twice as quickly as other children their age.” The general conclusion of the study is that the brain is substantially more active in perceiving motion, with … Continue reading
Can criminal behavior be predicted through brain analysis? Are some humans born with a predisposition to commit acts of crime? It’s the whole point of the movie Minority Report, where a special crime unit is able to predict a crime before it happens. But in real life, Adrian Raine, a professor of Criminology, Psychiatry, and … Continue reading
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