Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Book nook: Neuronal and Synaptic Dysfunction in Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual Disability, 1st Edition | Carlo Sala, Chiara Verpelli | ISBN 9780128001097



Neuronal and Synaptic Dysfunction in Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual Disability, 1st Edition | Carlo Sala, Chiara Verpelli | ISBN 9780128001097

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Sunday, July 24, 2016

The Interleaving Effect: Mixing It Up Boosts Learning - Scientific American

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-interleaving-effect-mixing-it-up-boosts-learning/


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Thursday, July 21, 2016

Temporal cognition: Connecting subjective time to perception, attention, and memory. [feedly]



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Temporal cognition: Connecting subjective time to perception, attention, and memory.
// Psychological Bulletin - Vol 136, Iss 4

Time is a universal psychological dimension, but time perception has often been studied and discussed in relative isolation. Increasingly, researchers are searching for unifying principles and integrated models that link time perception to other domains. In this review, we survey the links between temporal cognition and other psychological processes. Specifically, we describe how subjective duration is affected by nontemporal stimulus properties (perception), the allocation of processing resources (attention), and past experience with the stimulus (memory). We show that many of these connections instantiate a "processing principle," according to which perceived time is positively related to perceptual vividity and the ease of extracting information from the stimulus. This empirical generalization generates testable predictions and provides a starting-point for integrated theoretical frameworks. By outlining some of the links between temporal cognition and other domains, and by providing a unifying principle for understanding these effects, we hope to encourage time-perception researchers to situate their work within broader theoretical frameworks, and that researchers from other fields will be inspired to apply their insights, techniques, and theorizing to improve our understanding of the representation and judgment of time. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
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Video: The ultimate brain map


The ultimate brain map
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Friday, July 08, 2016

Multitasking is exhausting your brain, say neuroscientists

Focus on single tasks and take what I call "reflection breaks" (laying down on couch doing nothing but letting my default brain network do mind wandering"

Multitasking is exhausting your brain, say neuroscientists

Does your morning routine consist of checking emails, browsing Facebook, downing coffee, heading to the train while Googling one last idea,…

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Friday, July 01, 2016

Sleepless Night, Restless Mind: Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Mind Wandering.



Sleepless Night, Restless Mind: Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Mind Wandering.

Sleep deprivation can result in degradation of sustained attention through increased distraction by task-irrelevant…

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