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| bio | website | luciddreamingapp.com |
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| age | 27 | |
| visits | member for | 10 months |
| seen | May 19 at 12:45 | |
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An iPhone developer and sleep researcher, engineer by education.
Bringing the Singularity closer, one app at a time
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May 9 |
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Are there “6 degrees of separation” for ideas? "6 degrees of separation" is the closest term I could think of for the idea connection phenomenon I'm trying to understand. |
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May 8 |
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What Quantified Self reserach tools are there for measuring performance while playing videogames? That question has an amazing number of answers, however, I'm looking for something more practical that can run in background and collect data about performance, rather than papers that describe what happens over time of playing |
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Apr 30 |
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What factors improve mood and increase cognitive functioning when people wake up? The response to light takes time to set in. Check out this video for hands on methods (towards the end of the video) youtu.be/PKIqW0FScik |
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Apr 30 |
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What defines maximum alertness / easiest time to get out of bed in the morning for humans? Got 4th edition (latest is 5th) for 7$ shipped :) |
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Apr 30 |
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What defines maximum alertness / easiest time to get out of bed in the morning for humans? Great suggestion, I long wanted to find the KR manual |
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Apr 30 |
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Are there additional animal studies about superstitions? I have personally observed similar behavior in small trout that is fed frequently at a local lake. The trout touches the surface of water (clear, nothing there), creating an air bubble that bursts with ripples, letting the feeder know trout is there. I saw the same behavior repeatedly when a person approaches lakeside. I hypothesize that these fish have an association between touching the surface and food falling there |
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Apr 19 |
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Does the subjective experience of artificial light brightness vary for people, if so, by how much? Interesting how I did not think about that. Thank you for the reminder |
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Apr 18 |
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Implementation Intentions and Mental Contrasting vs Meditation People would mention that self-help questions are generally off topic on this site |
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Apr 18 |
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Are there any rules about masking? Interesting question. I was testing an iPhone app for "memory improvement" - repeat the yellow circle pattern seen on the screen. After each pattern it flashed all dots with green color. Your question makes me understand why the author did that. |
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Apr 18 |
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Is actively trying to create insight inducing conditions effective in generating insights? May be related to your insight question - in this video, the speaker (at 10:20) mentions that the human performance is better across the board when the person is "happier". ted.com/talks/shawn_achor_the_happy_secret_to_better_work.html |
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Apr 9 |
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Deception and nose touching - does it work for things that are about to be said in prepared speeches? Deception, disbelief or cognitive dissonance, I'm not sure what word properly describes the phenomenon that results in getting an almost irresistible urge to scratch one's nose in response to verbal statements. |
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Mar 27 |
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Is there a learning style that involves learning best by teaching others? This might have to do with retention effectiveness - people retain more if they see, say and do something versus any one of these in isolation. Teaching others incorporates seeing, saying, doing and remembering, thus the teacher understands the material better |
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Mar 20 |
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Does cognitive training enhance dopamine release? Relevant video :ted.com/talks/…. It matters where you are increasing the neurotransmitters or neuromodulators levels. Otherwise it is like pouring oil all over the engine and hoping some will get in the right place |
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Mar 17 |
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Are “diagnostic” senses/feelings for brain study possible? Thank you for excellent links! |
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Mar 6 |
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What effects does spending a lot of time in online communities have on interpersonal skills? Just a thought: interacting with others without being able to look at their face(ex: VoiP, Mumble, Ventrillo) would not trigger the person's "mirror neurons", thus the emotions of the other person's would be harder to understand. Text only communication (forums, emails, reddit) makes it very easy to misinterpret messages in a negative light. |
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Mar 4 |
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What is the bias/thought process that results in distrust of “formal” knowledge in favor of “folk” knowledge? I do not remember the name of the phenomenon where if it is advertised that X thousands people believe/buy something, it is easier to do the same thing, because it is "popular". Just look at advertisements that say "join our 100,000 satisfied customers". With scientific theories, it is the reverse - just a handful of scientists may really understand what's going on, which makes it harder for the common folk to buy into the knowledge. |
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Feb 22 |
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What is the influence of “effort put into pursuing wealth” on happiness? Voluntary poverty as a concept comes to mind. In the modern America there are also people who advocate "less is more"- in general this means owning less stuff. |
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Feb 21 |
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What is the upper bound on rate of learning in young adults? Anecdotal- I found learning in the mid 20s to be easiest when I'm actively interested in the subject and am learning "to do", because I want to. This is quite different from mindless drilling I was exposed to as a teenager, or studying for exams in college |
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Feb 20 |
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What computerized EEG analysis algorithms are there? I saw some abstracts of articles on removing motion artifacts, but the actual articles were behind pay walls. |
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Feb 17 |
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What computerized EEG analysis algorithms are there? I came to the same conclusion by looking at the raw output yesterday. Eye movements, motion and jaw motions dwarf the smaller "EEG" signal in a way that reminds me of frequency modulated radio |
