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Neuroscience News: Logical thinking and the right frontal lobe. Comment: (Neuropsychological assessment showed this in my case in mid 1990s post TBI)

Posted on April 27, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

Critical Hub for Logical Thinking Identified Featured Neuroscience ·April 26, 2025 Summary: Researchers have identified that the right frontal lobe plays a critical role in logical thinking and problem-solving. Using lesion-deficit mapping in 247 patients with brain injuries, they found that … Continue reading →

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Neoscope – Futurism: Human Intelligence Sharply Declining. Quote: “…but one key indicator is the sharp decline in reading and the world’s changing relationship to the way we consume information and media. In 2022, for example, the National Endowment for the Arts found that just 37.6 percent of Americans said they’d read a novel or short story in the year prior — a share down from 41.5 percent in 2017 and 45.2 percent in 2012…”

Posted on March 17, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

Mar 16, 6:45 AM EDT/ by Noor Al-Sibai Human Intelligence Sharply Declining The benchmarks are not looking good, folks. No, it’s not just you — people really are less smart than they used to be. As the Financial Times reports, assessments show that people across … Continue reading →

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Brain’s Working Memory Limits Tied to Learning, Not Just Capacity

Posted on February 26, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

Brain’s Working Memory Limits Tied to Learning, Not Just Capacity FeaturedNeuroscience ·February 25, 2025 Summary: A new study reveals that working memory limitations stem from learning challenges rather than storage capacity. Using a computer model of the basal ganglia and thalamus, … Continue reading →

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Tribute to pioneering cognitive neuroscientist Professor Eleanor Maguire. Comment so sad to read about the passing of Professor Eleanor Maguire. Ironically, when I had breast cancer 2017/18 and was writing a book about same and the impact of TBI, amnesia, loss of olfactory sense of smell, et al, I came across her work and it provided so many answers at the time, I wrote to her and she kindly replied with other links too. Below is the tribute from UCL. Quote: This is core to loss due to TBI in my case: “Eleanor substantiated her “Scene Construction Theory” with numerous studies that showed how the hippocampus constantly constructs spatially coherent scenes, automatically synthesising and anticipating representations of the world beyond what was immediately presented to the sensorium (the part of the brain that processes sensory information).This, she proposed, was what enables us to re-experience the past (memory) and imagine future events and places which is – of course – essential for navigation.

Posted on February 19, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

UCL NewsHome Tribute to pioneering cognitive neuroscientist Professor Eleanor Maguire 15 January 2025 UCL colleagues and alumni have paid tribute to the award-winning researcher, Professor Eleanor Maguire, whose groundbreaking studies into spatial awareness and memory, led to a deeper understanding … Continue reading →

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How the Brain Processes Space and Time. Comment: TBI … a great explanation that is so difficult for a person to understand

Posted on January 29, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

How the Brain Processes Space and Time FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience ·January 27, 2025 Summary: New research highlights a functional hierarchy in the brain’s processing of space and time. In posterior areas, like the occipital cortex, space and time are tightly linked and … Continue reading →

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Quora: If an IQ of 130 is so common (1 in 50), why do people treat it as super special? Comment: How do people with high IQ’s with people who sustain TBI, have amnesia, aphasia, partially deaf, no smell, vision problems or for that matter people who have strokes.

Posted on January 16, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

David Gardner ·  Follow Works at U.S. Department of Defense Sep 14 If an IQ of 130 is so common (1 in 50), why do people treat it as super special? Because 98% of the population has a lower IQ. A lot of … Continue reading →

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Why Fidgeting Bothers Some People

Posted on December 10, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

Why Fidgeting Bothers Some People FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology ·December 7, 2024 Summary: Misokinesia, affecting about one-third of individuals, is an aversion to repetitive bodily movements like fidgeting, causing emotional, cognitive, and physical distress. New research explores its impact on daily life, relationships, and … Continue reading →

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Neuroscience News: Reflecting on Parents in Therapy Can Shift Childhood Memories

Posted on October 17, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

Reflecting on Parents in Therapy Can Shift Childhood Memories Featured Neuroscience Psychology October 12, 2024 Summary: New research suggests that reflecting on a parent in therapy can subtly alter how a person recalls feelings from childhood, even if the question is … Continue reading →

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Wisdom sometimes comes with age. Decades ago I was diagnosed and remain taking medications for bipolar and anxiety complicated by a traumatic brain injury; then breast cancer. I must admit I have found great solace listening, reading, watching YouTube of Dr Gabor Mate. He is a medical doctor who is human and admits to his own “hungry ghosts”; he never ceases to look for the reasons why. This is so important because it takes us back to the philosophers who too stated the importance in finding a purpose in life. Below is the latest culmination of Dr Gabor Mate’s work. If you know of someone badgered, beaten down, stigmatised, dismissed by society, please share this, it means you care.

Posted on July 28, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

Conversation opened. 1 read message. Skip to contentUsing Gmail with screen readers 2 of 27,942 Trauma is not what happens to you Inbox The Wisdom of Trauma <support@scienceandnonduality.com> Unsubscribe Fri, Jul 26, 6:46 PM (2 days ago)   Dear Michelle, According … Continue reading →

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MIT Technology Review: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AI lie detectors are better than humans at spotting lies. Comment: Politicians need to up their game in Truth; while the attempted assassination of former President Trump warns people to “Dampen down the Rhetoric”…

Posted on July 21, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AI lie detectors are better than humans at spotting lies But the technology could break down trust and social bonds. By  July 5, 2024 STEPHANIE ARNETT/MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW | GETTY This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology … Continue reading →

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