Monthly Archives: December 2013

Brain connectivity study reveals striking differences between men and women

Brain connectivity study reveals striking differences between men and women “Females outperformed males on attention, word and face memory, and social cognition tests. Males performed better on spatial processing and sensorimotor speed. Those differences were most pronounced in the 12 to 14 age range.”

Study: Stimulating the Brain Can Increase Appreciation for Art

Study: Stimulating the Brain Can Increase Appreciation for Art As Cattaneo and her colleagues put it, viewers disengage “from a habitual mode of identifying objects to adopt an aesthetic perspective.”

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Just finished this segment on TV with Bloomberg News http://t.co/aWHBgsZPWq — Peter H Jackson (@phjackson5) December 2, 2013 via http://twitter.com/phjackson5

YouTube: OAK@CAL: Athletics, Angels empty the benches

OAK@CAL: Athletics, Angels empty the benches MLB

YouTube: Stuart Firestein: The pursuit of ignorance

Stuart Firestein: The pursuit of ignorance TED

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This is my new favourite story, maybe the best story ever told about laziness… pic.twitter.com/21J7QLVZ1D — Ryan (@RyanWalkinshaw) December 1, 2013 via http://twitter.com/RyanWalkinshaw

Vermeer’s Secret Tool: Testing Whether The Artist Used Mirrors and Lenses to Create His Realistic Images | Vanity Fair

Vermeer’s Secret Tool: Testing Whether The Artist Used Mirrors and Lenses to Create His Realistic Images | Vanity Fair