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October 26, 2009 by jigyasa

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A shameless bio about myself to begin with. My name in Sanskrit means utterly curious - I do not deny that completely.

The curious case of H.M.

October 25, 2009 by The Quantum Lob...

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Recently I watched a lecture by the renown neuroscientist, Eric Kandel, on Youtube. In his talk he unsurprisingly made mention of the famous patient H.M. in which most of us are familiar with. I've always been curious as to who the person was behind the famous initials. What did he/she look like? What were some of his/her hobbies?

The dawn of analysis

October 25, 2009 by VCU_EV_Engineering

After over a month of research and exploration of our topic, we have broke ground on our simulation.

Up to this point we have:

  • Decided on specifications

Nearly all Californians would potentially be insured under national health care reform

October 25, 2009 by BJS

If national health care reform is enacted, 93 percent of California's non-elderly population would have access to health insurance — a nearly 13 percentage-point increase in statewide coverage — according to a new fact sheet released today by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

Happiness: A Theory -- Fear of Death

October 25, 2009 by ehard

Why do we abhor death? Why don’t we conceive of death as a pleasant reward at the end of a life of travail? As far as we can tell, death is a state in which we are relieved of every unpleasant aspect of our lives. No pain, no nagging, no angst, no depression, just peace. What’s so bad about that?

what life are you pursuit

October 25, 2009 by catl

what life is I desired, I don't clear,but the most pattern of life It reminds you of a placid rivulet,meandering smoothly through green pastures and shaded by pleasant trees, till at last it falls into the vastly sea;but the sea is so calm, so silent, so indifferent, that you are troubled suddenly by a vague uneasiness.

"Haunted People" Potentially Explained: A Mind-Body Basis for Anomalous Perceptions

October 23, 2009 by mjawer

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People seeing ghosts? There may be a genuine mind-body foundation for such anomalous perceptions, according to two researchers, Michael Jawer and Marc Micozzi, MD, PhD.

Why Do We Need The Unconscious?

October 23, 2009 by Ayad

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WHY DO WE NEED THE ‘UNCONSCIOUS’?

Ayad Gharbawi

October 19, 2009

Does the unconscious exist? Obviously the field of psychology has much to say about the unconscious, but I am asking a question by questioning the existence of this subject.

A Study of Vision in Relation to the Mind and how it Relates to the 'I' or the 'Self'

October 23, 2009 by Ayad

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A STUDY OF VISION IN RELATION TO THE MIND
AND HOW IT RELATES TO THE 'I' OR THE 'SELF'

Ayad Gharbawi

2008
INTRODUCTION
In this study, I will propose, that the relationship between Mind
and Vision can enable us to draw certain conclusions relevant to
one aspect of what constitutes the Mind, and therefrom, we may
seek a better understanding of what the 'I', or the 'Self' is. In

What Is Life?

October 23, 2009 by Ayad

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WHAT IS LIFE?

Ayad Gharbawi

This seems to be a simple enough question: what exactly constitutes the definition of ‘life’?
Let us begin, at the beginning – as they say.

'Who' Produces Dreams In The Mind?

October 23, 2009 by Ayad

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‘WHO’ PRODUCES DREAMS IN THE MIND?

October 4, 2009

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Making the best of attending a mega conference: hitting the sweet spot of the people and knowledge intersection

October 23, 2009 by constructiveint...

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This topic popped up as I (aka Dr. Z of www.MyLabYourLab.com) was working on putting together my itinerary for the upcoming annual meeting of the American Heart Association (AHA). Conferences are especially stimulating for me, as they represent a great intersection of people and ideas.

Vaccines and the Assault on Health

October 23, 2009 by coglanglab

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I had always though that refusal to get a flu vaccination was relatively harmless masochism. Refusal to vaccinate one's own children, on the other hand, should probably be prosecuted as child abuse, but at the least the negative consequences stay close to home.

Happiness: A Theory -- The Probabilistic Machine

October 23, 2009 by ehard

If our essential functionality is probabilistic – any of an infinite number of synaptic connections may lead to one event or another within us – then our happiness must, in some measure, accommodate this chance-based essence. See, e.g., Gary Lynch (Big Brain).

Clinical Trials for Rare Diseases: A Bottleneck Effect?

October 23, 2009 by DuncanAzzopardi

Searching www.clinicaltrials.gov for current trials on BHD Syndrome reveals 3 studies; a) a genetic study of patients and families with BHD Sydrome; b) treatment of fibrofolliculomas with topical rapamycin and; c) another genetic study of patients with inherited urologic malignancies.



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