Spanish daily El País recently published an article on psychologist Stanley Milgram which had this amazing photo of the young conformity researcher where he looks surprisingly beatnick.Sadly the photo isn't dated but it makes quite a contrast to the better known photos where he looks much more like the typical professor of the age.He looks both wonderfully creative and slightly haunted, which see
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July 30, 2010
The experiment requires that you continue
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September 25, 2009
Got Pain? Take Two Photos of Your Loved One and Call Me in the Morning
Before our first son was born, my wife and I took labor preparation classes at the hospital. The instructor suggested that when the big day arrived, husbands (or partners) should bring to the hospital a photograph of someone or something that their wives love (kids, pets, family members, etc). While in labor, the instructor said, the photo will help the soon-to-be mother cope with the pain. Thi
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August 7, 2009
How the brain divides the task of recognizing sounds
You may have noticed that Cognitive Daily hasn't exactly been living up to its name recently. During the summer vacation season, we travel quite a bit, so it's difficult to maintain our usual pace of posting. But along the way we've collected some great photos, and we'll try to share a few of them with you when it's relevant. For example, take a look at this picture I took in Maine about a week a
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May 1, 2009
Mild Alzheimer’s: Photos More Useful Than Words
Researchers have found that pictures allow patients with very mild Alzheimer's disease to better recognize and identify a subject as compared to using just words. In addition, the researchers found that these patients can rely on a general sense of knowing or familiarity but not recollection to support successful recognition.
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