Scientific Sense ®

Scientific Sense ®


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Prof. Sabine Kastner of Princeton University on the Ryhtemic Theory of Attention and Gender Bias
September 09, 2021

A rhythmic theory of attention, A brief comparative review of primate posterior parietal cortex: A novel hypothesis on the human toolmaker, Gender bias in academia: A lifetime problem that needs solutions, and Bringing Kids into the Scientific Review Proc

Dr. Peter Vereš of Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics on Planetary Defense
September 05, 2021

Planetary Defense: Discovery and characterization of Near-Earth objects and possibilities to protect the Earth against the cosmic collisions. Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Dr. Peter Vereš is a research scientist at Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astro

Prof. Daniel Appelbaum of the University of Chicago on Radiomics, Theranostics and AI
September 03, 2021

Radiomics in Oncology, Theranostics in Nuclear Medicine and the rise of AI in the field. Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Daniel Appelbaum who  Professor of Radiology and the Director, of the Nuclear Medicine and PET Imaging at the University

Prof. Ruchi Gupta of Northwestern University on Food Allergies
September 01, 2021

FOOD WITHOUT FEAR: Identify, Prevent, and Treat Food Allergies, Intolerances, and Sensitivities   Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Ruchi Gupta is Professor of Pediatrics at Northwestern University. Her research focuses on food allergies ---

Dr. Carol Gould and Dr. Ian Williams on the history of Pink Floyd ®
August 31, 2021

Pink Floyd ®: A look back Prof. Carol Gould is a Professor of Philosophy at Florida Atlantic University, where she teaches primarily Aesthetics, Philosophy of Psychiatry, and Ancient Greek Philosophy, areas in which she publishes widely. Dr. Ian Williams

Prof. Carol Gould of Florida Atlantic University on the histrionic personality disorder
August 31, 2021

Why the histrionic personality disorder should not be in the DSM: A new taxonomic and moral analysis Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Carol Gould is a Professor of Philosophy at Florida Atlantic University, where she teaches primarily Aesthetics, P

Prof. Henry Greenside of Duke University on How Nervous Systems Produce Behavior
August 30, 2021

From Matter to Minds : A Physics Perspective on How Nervous Systems Produce Behavior   Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Henry Greenside is Professor of Physics and Neurobiology at Duke University.  His research group study problems in the

Prof. Yael Niv is Professor of Princeton University on brain and behavior
August 28, 2021

The primacy of behavioral research for understanding the brain, Human orbitofrontal cortex represents a cognitive map of state space, A model of mood as integrated advantage, and The case against economic values in the orbitofrontal cortex (or anywhere el

Prof. Timothy Buschman of Princeton University on Working Memory in the human brain
August 26, 2021

Balancing Flexibility and Interference in Working Memory, Shared mechanisms underlie the control of working memory and attention, Rotational dynamics reduce interference between sensory and memory representations, and Toward a neurobiology of internal sel

Prof. Sliman Bensmaia of the University of Chicago on Neuroprostheses and bionic hand
August 24, 2021

Intracortical microstimulation of human somatosensory cortex and Chronic Use of a Sensitized Bionic Hand Does Not Remap the Sense of Touch. Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Sliman Bensmaia is Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy at the Unive