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Readers absorb less on Kindles than on paper, study finds | Books | The Guardian
the performance was largely similar, except when it came to the timing of events in the story. “The Kindle readers performed significantly worse on the plot reconstruction measure, ie, when they were asked to place 14 events in the correct order.” via Readers absorb less on Kindles than on paper, study finds | Books | […]
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Neymar’s brain on auto-pilot when playing for Brazil and Barcelona: neurologists – ABC News Australian Broadcasting Corporation
“Brazilian superstar Neymar’s brain activity while dancing past opponents is less than 10 per cent the level of amateur players, suggesting he plays as if on auto-pilot, according to Japanese neurologists.Results of brain scans conducted on Neymar in February this year indicated minimal cerebral function when he rotated his ankle and point to the Barcelona […]
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A proposal to classify happiness as a psychiatric disorder.
“It is proposed that happiness be classified as a psychiatric disorder and be included in future editions of the major diagnostic manuals under the new name: major affective disorder, pleasant type. In a review of the relevant literature it is shown that happiness is statistically abnormal, consists of a discrete cluster of symptoms, is associated […]
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Tech Confessional: The Googler Who Looked At The Worst Of The Internet
via buzzfeed.com “One of the most shocking parts of my job was working on porn issues. Child porn is the biggest thing for internet companies. By law you have to take it down in 24 hours upon notice and report it to federal authorities. No one wan…
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Studying the Brain Can Help Us Understand Our Unscientific Beliefs : The New Yorker
via newyorker.com “According to Dunbar, the reason the physics majors had to recruit the D.L.P.F.C. is because they were busy suppressing their intuitions, resisting the allure of Aristotle???s error. It would be so much more convenient if the laws …
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The Summers’ Tale
via roughtype.com “But this idea that knowledge can be separated from facts – that we can know without knowing – really needs to be challenged before it gains any further currency. It’s wonderful beyond words that we humans can look things up, whe…