Mind & Brain
Editor’s Selections: Visual Noise, Aplysia, and Psychopaths
Here are my Research Blogging Editor’s Selections for this week: Livia Blackburne asks what something called “visual noise exclusion” has to do with dyslexia.
The Thoughtful Animal
Exploring the evolution and architecture of the mind
Mind & Brain
To Hear A Mockingbird: The Plight of the Iguana
Predator-prey interactions are often viewed as evolutionary arms races; while predators improve their hunting behaviors and their ability to sneak up on their prey, the prey improve upon their abilities to detect and escape from their predators...
Mind & Brain
Extra, Extra
Here’s your weekly round-up of fun and fascinating: To start with, I did a 6-part series on numerical cognition and the development of math skills, here and at Child’s Play: 1...
Mind & Brain
The Meta-Aggregator
Two important notes for today – the full link round-up, as per usual, will come over the weekend. First, the meta-aggregator to end all aggregators.
Mind & Brain
The Origins of Small Number Representation
Earlier this week I wrote about the developmental and evolutionary origins of large number representation. A series of studies in human infants, monkeys, rats, and fish demonstrated that animals and humans spontaneously represent large (>4), abstract, approximate numerosities...
Mind & Brain
Editor’s Selections: Apologies, Fish Markets, and Addictions to Video Games and Cocaine
Here are my Research Blogging Editor’s Selections for this week! At BPS Research Digest, Christian Jarrett asks what makes for an effective apology?
Mind & Brain
What Are The Origins of (Large) Number Representation?
This post considering the evolutionary origins of numerical cognition, specifically in terms of the approximation of large numbers, is meant as a companion to this week’s series on the developmental origins of numerical cognition and developmental dyscalculia, at Child’s Play...
Mind & Brain
Primates Aren’t The Only Things There’s A Shortage Of In Africa
There’s also a shortage of clean water. Friend of the blog Melissa Rowley is working to fix that. She writes: When I see photographs of children in developing countries, I ponder what my life would have been like had I not been adopted...
Mind & Brain
Did Dogs Gain Their Social Intelligence By Accident?
Domesticated dogs seem to have an uncanny ability to understand human communicative gestures (see here). If you point to something the dog zeroes in on the object or location you’re pointing to (whether it’s a toy, or food, or to get his in-need-of-a-bath butt off your damn bed and back onto his damn bed)...
Mind & Brain
Insights into the mind of a cat
Apparently when something interests you, the best way to figure it out is to smack it really hard, and repeatedly. If you’re a cat, at least.
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