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| bio | website | cs.mcgill.ca/~akazna |
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| location | Montreal, Canada | |
| age | 24 | |
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From the School of Computer Science and Department of Psychology at McGill University, I marvel at the world through algorithmic lenses. My specific interests are in quantum computing, evolutionary game theory, modern evolutionary synthesis, and theoretical cognitive science. Previously I was at the Institute for Quantum Computing and Department of Combinatorics & Optimization at the University of Waterloo and a visitor to the Centre for Quantum Technologies at the National University of Singapore.
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Is there a complete cortico-cortical connectivity map based on a useful partitioning of the cortex? is there any reason to believe that such would exist or be interesting (i.e. non-trivial... why do you suspect some regions to not innervate others)? A good place to start is the computational neuroanatomy article |
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Feb 8 |
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What processes underly confidence ratings in cognitive decision-making? Edits as suggested by Ofri Raviv in comments + added reference-request tag since there is a specific interest in review papers |
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Feb 8 |
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Why do some people seem to disregard the choice of doing nothing (The Zero Choice)? I think this question is borderline self-help and thus off-topic. I also don't see a strong research effort in formulating this question. |
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Feb 8 |
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How can consumers obtain an image and analysis of their own brain? "I'd personally say it's on-topic mostly because I can't think of anywhere else it would be on-topic" is a very bad justification and should never be used to determine scoping. I am just worried that this question borders on self-help, but maybe we should discuss this in more detail on meta. |
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How can consumers obtain an image and analysis of their own brain? added 209 characters in body |
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Feb 8 |
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How can consumers obtain an image and analysis of their own brain? it is not a question about research in cogsci. It is not even a question that is useful for doing research in cogsci. |
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Feb 8 |
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How can consumers obtain an image and analysis of their own brain? I provided an answer, but I am a little skeptical if this question is on topic. |
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Feb 8 |
answered | How can consumers obtain an image and analysis of their own brain? |
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Feb 8 |
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Do characters in a dream have their own separate thoughts or identity? @Josh it might be worthwhile to try to relate this to more established parts of psychology like our understanding of multiple-personality disorders. If we can't think of dream characters as having a separate consciousness, can we at least think of them in the same way as alternate personalities in multiple-personality disorders? |
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Feb 8 |
suggested | suggested edit on What processes underly confidence ratings in cognitive decision-making? |
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Feb 8 |
suggested | suggested edit on Defining shyness towards strangers in confrontational situations |
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Feb 8 |
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Defining shyness towards strangers in confrontational situations @dare2be what sources have you already consulted in formulating and trying to answer your own question? |
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Defining shyness towards strangers in confrontational situations edited tags |
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Feb 8 |
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Why does neuroplasticity decrease in adults? @DanM. thanks for the explanation. It would be great if you could edit it into your answer to make it more clear. Also, your example of "aspects of the second language that match the first language are learned very quickly" would be very interesting for this ling.SE question |
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Feb 8 |
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What are good examples of applying dynamical systems in cognitive science? this is really cool. Is it possible to expand your answer with pro-tips on which articles of the issue you found most relevant/interesting? |
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Feb 8 |
suggested | suggested edit on Has the neuro-linguistic programming visual model been scientifically tested? |
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Feb 8 |
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What are the major changes in the APA Publication Manual from 5th to 6th editions? I would not introduce the apa-style tag... do we want cogsci to become an apa-style reference site? It is okay to ask about research practice (and to have a tag for that) but creating subtags for very specific parts of research-practice (like apa-style) seems dangerous. |
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Feb 8 |
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Neural networks with biologically plausible accounts of neurogenesis added 68 characters in body; edited tags |
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Feb 8 |
asked | How are newly created neurons recruited into existing networks? |
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Has an upper-limit on the physical spacing represented by grid cells in Entorhinal cortex been probed? edited tags |
