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Koplewicz debunks the myth that Ritalin and Adderall affect those without ADHD differently than those with it. The effect is the same.
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Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is real, says Koplewicz: the frontal lobes and cerebellums of people which ADHD are significantly different that those of people without it.
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How can there be real progress in a nation like Niger, where 1 in 7 women die from childbirth, unless the country’s human rights crisis is addressed?
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Creating a sustainable global economy in the 21st century will require partnerships between governments, businesses, and NGOs. The good news is that there’s increasing willingness to cooperate.
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Environmentalists prognosticate devastating changes in the future, but climate change is already impacting the lives of millions of poor people. There needs to be a developmental approach to climate change, […]
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Studies into the neural circuitry of autistic mice could lead us to a better understanding of autism in humans—and the role that attention plays in it.
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Neuroscientist Tony Zador presents his cutting-edge research in auditory attention and explains why rats’ brains can be studied more precisely than those of humans.
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Neuroscientist Tony Zador explains how a sound wave is converted into neural signals that the brain can understand and speculates about the role of auditory attention in this process.
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During a conversation at a cocktail party, you have to make one of two choices: actually listen to the person speaking to you, or nod your head in assent while […]
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Using the tools of philosophic inquiry to ask questions about the world around us can bring clarity of thought of clarity of expression.
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Cognitive science forces philosophers to think much more clearly about to what extent emotion and affect play a role in our cognitive economy.
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Physicists should find it frustrating and upsetting that they don’t really get what this fundamental mathematical theory tells us about the world.
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Traditional philosophical questions are about the way the world works—and the best way to find out how the world works is to observe it in well-defined experimental situations.
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If you’re only interested in physics as a tool for engineering, you don’t necessarily need to understand the true nature of what you’re studying. But why wouldn’t you want to?
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When they ask the very basic conceptual questions about the physical world, mathematicians, physicists and philosophers are addressing many of the same issues.
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A conversation with the Rutgers University philosopher.
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Technology is replicating and replacing functions long held in the brain. What does offloading your brain to technology mean for such vital human as memory and creativity?
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The higher-order capacity for inwardness and intimacy is vital for humanity, yet these characteristics are evolving away as technology advances.
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With a smart phone always at arm’s length, we are connected to the point of addiction. Is the solution more technology, or a digital detox?