Troubles with Cognitive Neuroscience

More troubles with cognitive neuroscience . Einstein ’ s theory of relativity and the hyperverse editura

knowledge in order to solve the problems created by the classical distinction between external world and human perception. Similar to localization, from my viewpoint, lateralization is also an incorrect notion. Again, some parts of the brain are most active for a particular mental task, but we cannot “lateralize” any mental task, even if we talk of the spatial dimension. As I wrote above, there...

Cognitive neuroscience.

Cognitive Neuroscience

. . . Advances [in cognitive neuroscience] have breathed new life into very old arguments about human agency, moral responsibility, and the proper ends of criminal punishment. A prominent group of cognitive neuroscientists, joined by sympathetic philosophers, lawyers, and social scientists, have drawn upon the tools of their discipline in an effort to embarrass, discredit, and ultimately overth...

Cognitive Neuroscience: Applied Cognitive Psychology

The Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition (SARMAC) was founded in 1994 with a major purpose “to enhance collaboration and co-operation between basic and applied researchers in memory and cognition.” Cognitive neuroscience presents opportunities to help actualize the SARMAC vision. The current translational zeitgeist promoted by the National Institutes of Mental Health can be seen...

The troubles with pinkies.

I n my personal series of 3006 children with congenital hand abnormalities, the most common defect was extra digits (528 cases), next was webbed fingers (429 cases), and third was abnormalities of the little finger (354 cases). Any of the digits of a newborn may show deviations in alignment to the palm. However, it is the ulnar side of the hand, and usually the little finger, that most commonly...