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New Scientist: In the beginning was the bit

An elementary system carries one bit of information...

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 physics · NewScientist · article · QuantumMechanics

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Bilingualism delays onset of dementia - health - 12 January 2007 - New Scientist

People who are fully bilingual and speak both languages every day for most of their lives can delay the onset of dementia by up to four years compared with those who only know one language

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 dementia · language · biligualism · article · NewScientist · Alzheimers

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New Scientist Technology Blog: The stuff of dreams

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 science · physics · materials · liquids · video · NewScientist · BlogEntry

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Vision-body link tested in robot experiments - tech - 27 October 2006 - New Scientist Tech

Experiments involving real and simulated robots suggest that the relationship between physical movement and sensory input could be crucial to developing more intelligent machines.

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 AI · article · NewScientist · robotics · intelligence · technology · vision · robots · cognition · embodiedcognition

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Virtual bots teach each other using wordplay - tech - 02 August 2006 - New Scientist Tech

Robots that teach one another new words through interaction with their surroundings have been demonstrated by UK researchers.

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 evolution · linguistics · semantics · robots · robotics · learning · AI · article · NewScientist

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Gay men read maps like women - Breaking News | Print | New Scientist

"Gay men adopt male and female strategies. Therefore their brains are a sexual mosaic," explains Qazi Rahman, a psychobiologist who led the study at the University of East London, UK. "It's not simply that lesbians have men's brains and gay men have women

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 NewScientist · article · homosexuality · cognition · brain · men · women · gender · sexuality

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New Scientist Archive - Letters - Reibadailty

randomising letters in the middle of words had little or no effect on the ability of skilled readers to understand the text. Indeed one rapid reader noticed only four or five errors in an A4 page of muddled text.

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 linguistics · reading · english · letter · letters · editorial · oped · NewScientist

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New Scientist Tech - Breaking News - Brain-implant enables mind over matter

"The fundamental findings are that you can record activity from the brain years after injury, that thinking about movement is sufficient to activate the brain, and that we can decode the signal," says John Donoghue of Brown University

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 article · NewScientist · brain · mind · neuroscience · neurobiology · technology · computing · electrodes · transhumanism · cyborg

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New Scientist Breaking News - Dodging punishment may be its own reward

Is the carrot or the stick the more effective encouragement? Both are equally effective, suggests a new study that found an important reward centre in the brain responds similarly to avoiding punishment or gaining a prize.

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 biology · brain · morals · neuroscience · NewScientist · article · neurobiology · science · reward · rewards · punishment

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How bilingual brains switch between tongues - being-human - 09 June 2006 - New Scientist

Cathy Price and her colleagues have combined brain scans with behavioural tests and discovered that the left caudate becomes more active as people shift from thinking in one language to another.

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 language · brain · neuroscience · research · bilingual · NewScientist · article · science

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