Mind Reading Conference at Stanford
It's short notice, but I just ran across the info at the Neuroethics & Law Blog. On Friday, March 10, 2006, Stanford University will host Reading Minds:…
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Decision Making, Risk, and Ambiguity
Neuroscientists at Duke, using fMRI brain scans, have shown that different brain mechanisms are at work when people make decisions under risky or ambiguous…
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More Scientific Marketing
Marketers are turning to a variety of techniques to evaluate advertising effectiveness, including Six Sigma statistical analysis previously used for…
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Emotions, Taste, and Expectations
Neuroscientists using fMRI brain scans have shown that people pereceive different tastes depending on their expectations. Marketers can use this data to show…
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Neuroscientist Seeks Chip Implant in Brain
Stanford neuroscientist Bill Newsome's is hoping to gain approval to implant an electrode in his brain to better understand human consciousness. The electrode…
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Super Bowl Ads: GoDaddy Girl 1, Neuroscientists 0
Some pundits question whether neuroscientists scanning brains with fMRI while people watch advertisements is a valid way of measuring ad effectiveness.…
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“Instant Replay” Breaks Aid Memory
MIT researchers found that rats learn more when a break allows them to replay what they just saw in their brain. There are indications that humans may learn in…
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When Neuro Meets Nano: NBIC
In Think nano has ethical problems? Just wrap your brain around neuro, blogger ritalamchichi draws an interesting parallel between fears and ethical issues…
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Super Bowl Ads Meet Brain Scans
UCLA neuroscientists use brain scans to gauge responses to SuperBowl ads.
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