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Keyword: neurolinguistics

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  • Software spots the spin in political speeches [Obama spins the most]

    09/18/2008 8:22:32 AM PDT · by TChris · 14 replies · 440+ views
    NewScientistTech ^ | 17 September 2008 | Stu Hutson
    BLINK and you would have missed it. The expression of disgust on former US president Bill Clinton's face during his speech to the Democratic National Convention as he says "Obama" lasts for just a fraction of a second. But to Paul Ekman it was glaringly obvious. "Given that he probably feels jilted that his wife Hillary didn't get the nomination, I would have to say that the entire speech was actually given very gracefully," says Ekman, who has studied people's facial expressions and how they relate to what they are thinking for over 40 years. It seems that Clinton's micro-expression...
  • Scientists Predict What You'll Think of Next

    12/25/2005 6:46:45 PM PST · by voletti · 25 replies · 960+ views
    FOX news ^ | 12//25/05 | Ker Than
    To recall memories, your brain travels back in time via the ultimate Google search, according to a new study in which scientists found they can monitor the activity and actually predict what you'll think of next. The work bolsters the validity of a longstanding hypothesis that the human brain takes itself back to the state it was in when a memory was first formed. The psychologist Endel Tulving dubbed this process "mental time travel." How it works Researchers analyzed brain scans of people as the test subjects watched pictures on a computer screen. The images were divided into three categories:...