WE HAVE LINKED MIND AND MACHINE USING BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACES
PSYCHOLOGY OUTSIDE THE BOX
Merging minds and machines has become a reality. You can watch Pager the monkey playing ping pong with his mind by following the link below. It’s quite impressive. The image below shows a Utah array which is currently the most popular chip used in brain computer interfaces. It is implanted using neurosurgery, often being placed near the motor cortex of the brain which controls movement of our limbs. The array has 100 densely packed microelectrodes that can read brain signals and send them to a variety of external devices. Using brain computer interfaces, people who are paralyzed can scan...
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ARE IQ TESTS REALLY SMART OR REALLY STUPID
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Great news everybody. I just found out that my IQ test results came back negative! I guess I’ve been worried all week for nothing. Unfortunately, IQ test results are often misunderstood, misinterpreted, over-interpreted, and over-hyped by many people. So yes, IQ and intelligence are really, really complicated. Do IQ tests accurately measure intelligence? Can IQ tests tell you if you're a genius? Was Einstein's genius already there at birth? Are IQ tests missing any important traits or abilities? Does intelligence contribute more to success than other factors? Do people who are...
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WE MARRY FOR LOVE SO WHY IS MARRIAGE THE LEADING CAUSE OF DIVORCE
PSYCHOLOGY OUTSIDE THE BOX
People probably warned you that marriage is tough, but you thought that yours would be different, that it wouldn't be so challenging. Although marriage can be an amazing part of life, it's not always an easy one. Apparently, marriage is the number one cause of divorce. Does that even make sense? Whether you’ve been married for 30 days or 30 years, even the best marriages can reach the point of no return. The divorce rate in Canada is about 40% and in the United States close to 50%. This might be a little scary to anyone considering making a lifetime commitment to one partner. Maybe you...
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ALWAYS FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS - GO BACK TO SLEEP
PSYCHOLOGY OUTSIDE THE BOX
Sleep is still a mysterious yet very important part of our lives. Are you unconscious when you sleep? Can you learn new languages or prepare for exams while asleep? Can you sleep with half of your brain while the other half is awake and alert? Do all of us have have an internal biological clock? Why is sleeping through the night like riding a roller coaster? Does the brain stop working while we sleep? Is resting or relaxing just as good as sleeping? How does 24/7 access to screen time affect sleep? Does everybody dream or just some people? What is sleep paralysis? Do newborn babies have...
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WHY WOMEN HAVE FAR FEWER ORGASMS THAN MEN
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It’s absolutely true that women tend to have fewer and less satisfying orgasms than men. As shown in the 1989 romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally, most women at one time or another have faked it. Follow the link below to watch this famous scene. Most women have orgasms regularly from masturbation, but not so much from penis-vagina intercourse. Paula England, a sociology professor at Stanford University, believes that “The orgasm gap is an inequity that’s as serious as the pay gap…”. Just like with wages, women get fewer rewards during sex, even though they’re...
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ARE MENTAL DISORDERS ALREADY INSIDE OUR GENES BEFORE BIRTH
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Do you know anyone who has ADHD, autism, severe anxiety disorder, major depression, bipolar disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, or schizophrenia? The answer is almost certainly YES, that you have encountered one or likely more of these individuals. In some cases you may not have been aware of their underlying condition, but it was there. Perhaps you’ve wondered if these people were born with these disorders already in the genes or DNA that they inherited from their mom and dad. The answer in all these cases is a definite YES. To some degree they are all hereditary but the story is not...
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WHY EVOLUTION HAS MADE IT SO DIFFICULT TO LOSE WEIGHT
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First the good news. I checked Google and there are 1000 sites that will tell you how to lose weight fast and easy. So, do you want the BAD news now or later? Maybe you too have had this experience when looking in a full length mirror. Mirror mirror glistening glass...tell me this is not my ass. If you think it’s hard to lose weight and keep it off, you are not alone — and you are also 100% correct. Long-term weight loss is really difficult to achieve. It’s not just about willpower, exercise, or diet. Our bodies are programmed by evolution to store fat and hold on it to it as long as...
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WHY EARLY PREGNANCY LOSS AND MISCARRIAGES ARE SO COMMON
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Have you ever tried high-risk activities such as skydiving, rock climbing, big wave surfing, bungee jumping, or cliff diving? If you have tried any extreme sports, they don’t even come close to the most dangerous experience of your life. We have to travel back in time to the few weeks just before mom found out for sure that she was pregnant. It turns out these two weeks are, by far, the most hazardous time of our lives. The good news is that we all survived this risky period. As the rock group Queen said in their famous song - We Are the Champions.
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I WILL WHINE CRY AND SCREAM UNTIL I GET WHAT I WANT
PSYCHOLOGY OUTSIDE THE BOX
I have used temper tantrums several times, but not when I was a kid. It was just a few years ago when my wife and I were waiting in the checkout line at the grocery store. I was bored and so very hungry. Low blood sugar makes me do crazy things. Temper tantrums range from whining and crying to screaming, kicking, hitting, and breath holding. They're equally common in boys and girls. Some kids may have tantrums often, and others have them rarely. To some degree, they are a normal part of child development. Because toddlers can't always say what they want, feel, or need, a frustrating...
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HOW THE HIGHEST RANKED SCHOOLS LIKE HARVARD ALWAYS STAY ON TOP
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The world reputation rankings for 2023 were announced in February 2024. The most respected universities in the world are Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, University of Oxford, and University of Cambridge. Harvard University has been at the very top for quite a few years. The U.S. News & World Report published in September 2023 identified the top ranking schools across the United States: (1) Princeton University (2) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (3) Harvard University (4) Stanford University (5) Yale University. So how does Howard...
info_outlineLove at first sight can happen any day, anywhere, and any time. It's the feeling you get when you don't want the moment to end because you feel a connection with another person that you haven't felt before. TV, movies, magazines, music—like to promote the notion of love at first sight. We’ve been trained to expect love to strike like lightning quick and hot.
A 2017 survey of over 5,000 single adults found that four in 10 of them have had a love at first sight experience. So we can accept that the experience of love at first sight really and truly happens, to men and women everywhere. Less clear is exactly what it means. So is love at first sight real or is it all just fairy tale and fantasy? Is it really LOVE at first sight or just LUST?