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May 1 |
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Why do some people seem to disregard the choice of doing nothing (The Zero Choice)? I came across the Wikipedia article for the Anchoring Effect and was going to add it as a new answer, but then I noticed you had already referenced it as the 'focusing effect' and I had somehow simply missed that. Thanks again for the good answer! |
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Apr 8 |
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How can psychometry measure the very high IQ's in adults?exceptionally gifted or profoundly gifted Not at all! These are completely relevant within the age group. Later, after development, the comparison group becomes 'all adults', which amounts to reducing/eliminating the bias created by the age of the test-taker. However, all of the people tested before are still able to be tested now, meaning that the scores, in relation to each other will remain relatively the same. Unfortunately, I cannot definitively answer your last question (if that's the important question, I'd either change this StackExchange question or create a new one). |
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Apr 8 |
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How can psychometry measure the very high IQ's in adults?Is it true that he will score better than 99.9998% of the general population? From my understanding, prior to a certain age the IQ score is compared to the child's age group (thus the 'general population' is actually the 'comparative population')- whereas among adults the score in question is compared to the entire population of adults (actual 'general population'). You may also be interested in the question cogsci.stackexchange.com/questions/22/… |
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Apr 2 |
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Evidence that qualia are not the same as physical processes? @ChristianHummeluhr This is my understanding as well. The question was more asking to provide evidence to the contrary; which, as Xurtio noted above, is a non-starter. |
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Mar 23 |
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Why does speaking disrupt rhythm? Serious question: does this still happen if you talk at the same BPM as the music (or happen as strongly)? My suspicion would be that we only have one processing region for decoding rhythm (I doubt that's correct, but...) - which would be crucial for speech and other sound-related tasks, mostly because rhythm can carry a great deal of the semantics of auditory information. |
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Jan 28 |
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What is the definition of pathology? I believe so, yes. Similar to, or the same as, the difference between an (ignorable) impulse and a compulsion. (They may still get some enjoyment from gambling, but it's not something they have control over anymore). |
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Jan 26 |
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How to optimize bi-tasking?could a person read a book and then listen to another audio book at the same time? - unlikely, considering that in both cases one is processing speech (reading / listening may be possible, but dialog would present a problem). I don't have a reference for this at the moment, but similar processing tasks will overlap each other. Reading/listening would overlap while doing dishes/listening would not. |
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Jan 25 |
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What is the definition of pathology? Related info from Wikipedia: The word pathology is from Ancient Greek πάθος, pathos, "feeling, suffering"; and -λογία, -logia, "the study of". Pathologization, to pathologize, refers to the process of defining a condition or behavior as pathological, e.g. pathological gambling. |
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Jan 20 |
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What's the Frequency of the ringing in my ear? I like the question, it's really interesting, but I down-voted for no research effort. A Google search for 'ringing in ears' would have told you this is tinnitus, which would have opened the doors to further research. |
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Jan 9 |
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What happens in your brain when a concept “clicks”? I'm curious about the concept (+1 for the question) but perhaps Google may lead you to general background info (-1 for no research effort). |
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Jan 6 |
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Evidence that qualia are not the same as physical processes? Yeah, I realized I was asking someone to prove a negative not long after posting. On the other hand, I see so much hoopla about 'qualia', when the most fitting explanation that I can put together is that they're artifacts of scope (from a psychology or philosophy that has little basis in neuroscience). |
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Jan 4 |
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Do widespread brain toxins explain violence rates? I understand now. I'm curious still: do you doubt the research or linked papers in the article? It seems that the article, or the linked papers, readily answer your first question. Unfortunately, I suspect there are many reasons for a slightly smaller prefrontal cortex than just toxins and more reasons for violence than a small prefrontal cortex. Also, considering that anything in sufficient quantity can be a toxin, I suspect that the last two questions are too broad for us to be able to answer here. |
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Jan 4 |
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Do feelings have a purpose? +1 for "free won't" |
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Jan 4 |
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Do widespread brain toxins explain violence rates? Welcome to CogSci.SE! A few suggestions: at the end of the question you actually have 3 questions. I would recommend creating separate questions on CogSci for each. Remember that we ask you to do some initial research first though! Speaking of research, have you read the entire Mother Jones article? Considering the amount of evidence that they have, I would highly doubt that there is any other explanation... |
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Jan 2 |
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Do feelings have a purpose? This isn't to say don't use analogy; analogy is a very powerful tool. But when using analogy be very careful to explain far more about where the analogy fails than about where it succeeds. |
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Jan 2 |
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Do feelings have a purpose? Sure, but the analogy gets really complicated really quickly: unlike a car, just 'putting more oil in' doesn't work to correct an imbalance. Ultimately, the problem isn't that the analogy doesn't work for every aspect of neurotransmitters (because we know this and can alter our knowledge and representations to allow for this), but that others will believe that it DOES work that way. If we start spouting analogies, other people will take them a step farther, then another step farther, and then a few more steps, until we have a bunch of that 'neuro-myth' bunk. |
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Dec 31 |
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Do feelings have a purpose? I think you will run into great limitations in that analogy. Neurotransmitters change behavior based on far too many variables: rate of output, rate of uptake, and those are just a few of more. Also, medicine is exploring this: SSRI's are based on the idea that depression, and it's related feelings, are related to the rate of uptake of serotonin, such that it stays in the synapse and continues to activate neuron receptors. Of course, this isn't the full story... |
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Dec 29 |
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Do feelings have a purpose? You have multiple questions, which seem to confound each other: I'm interested if feeling in some way has a purpose. and Can we say something about the hormone/neurotransmitter levels based on how a person is feeling? are both good valid questions, but different enough to warrant different questions. With the first, you will run into anachronisms: anxiety functioned (and still functions) to keep us on alert for danger, but has been 'hijacked' by modern society to activate in incongruous situations. And the second is general: someone feels anxiety, and we know what anxiety is, but not why. |
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Dec 29 |
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Does anxiety produce adrenaline or does adrenaline make the person anxious? Thanks for the correction, I'll edit that out. |
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Dec 26 |
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Is there a “foreplay” equivalent, priming activity for thinking or conversation? Hmm...So I found a couple papers on the subject. At this point I'm not sure what your question has become. However, it seems that such activities are so wide-spread that they touch literally every human interaction (also, consider that such activities are likely unconsciously performed in many cases). This subject could potentially be a goldmine of research, if you pursued it. |
