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59 relations: Albert Einstein, Autopsy, Barry Beyerstein, Boris Sidis, Cerebral cortex, Dale Carnegie, Default mode network, Educational psychology, Epileptic seizure, Extrasensory perception, Flight of the Navigator, Functional magnetic resonance imaging, Functional specialization (brain), Georgi Lozanov, How to Win Friends and Influence People, Human brain, Hydrocephalus, Intelligence, ITV Yorkshire, Jim Butcher, John Lorber, Knowing Neurons, Limitless (film), List of common misconceptions, Lowell Thomas, Lucy (2014 film), Magnetoencephalography, Manga, McGill University, McGill University Health Centre, MythBusters, Natural selection, Neuroglia, Neuron, New Age, Percentage, Pineal gland, Positron emission tomography, Psionics, Psychokinesis, Psyren, Roger Lewin, Science (journal), Scientific American, Self-help, Shōnen manga, Single-unit recording, Sleep, Suggestopedia, Synaptic pruning, ..., The Dark Fields, The Dresden Files, University of Sheffield, Urban legend, White Night (The Dresden Files), Wilder Penfield, William James, William James Sidis, World Almanac. Expand index (9 more) »
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (alongside quantum mechanics).
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Autopsy
An autopsy (post-mortem examination, obduction, necropsy, or autopsia cadaverum) is a highly specialized surgical procedure that consists of a thorough examination of a corpse by dissection to determine the cause and manner of death or to evaluate any disease or injury that may be present for research or educational purposes.
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Barry Beyerstein
Barry L Beyerstein (May 19, 1947 – June 25, 2007) was a scientific skeptic and professor of psychology at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia.
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Boris Sidis
Boris Sidis (October 12, 1867 – October 24, 1923) was a Ukrainian-American psychologist, physician, psychiatrist, and philosopher of education.
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Cerebral cortex
The cerebral cortex is the largest region of the cerebrum in the mammalian brain and plays a key role in memory, attention, perception, cognition, awareness, thought, language, and consciousness.
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Dale Carnegie
Dale Harbison Carnegie (spelled Carnagey until c. 1922; November 24, 1888 – November 1, 1955) was an American writer and lecturer and the developer of famous courses in self-improvement, salesmanship, corporate training, public speaking, and interpersonal skills.
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Default mode network
In neuroscience, the default mode network (DMN), also default network, or default state network, is a large scale brain network of interacting brain regions known to have activity highly correlated with each other and distinct from other networks in the brain.
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Educational psychology
Educational psychology is the branch of psychology concerned with the scientific study of human learning.
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Epileptic seizure
An epileptic seizure is a brief episode of signs or symptoms due to abnormally excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain.
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Extrasensory perception
Extrasensory perception or ESP, also called sixth sense or second sight, includes claimed reception of information not gained through the recognized physical senses, but sensed with the mind.
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Flight of the Navigator
Flight of the Navigator is a 1986 American science fiction adventure film directed by Randal Kleiser and written by Mark H. Baker, Michael Burton and Matt MacManus.
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Functional magnetic resonance imaging
Functional magnetic resonance imaging or functional MRI (fMRI) measures brain activity by detecting changes associated with blood flow.
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Functional specialization (brain)
Functional specialization suggests that different areas in the brain are specialized for different functions.
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Georgi Lozanov
Georgi Lozanov (Георги Лозанов) (July 22, 1926 in Sofia, Bulgaria – May 6, 2012 in Sliven, Bulgaria), known as 'the father of accelerated learning', was a Bulgarian scientist, neurologist, psychiatrist, psychologist and educator, creator of suggestology, suggestopedia (or 'suggestopaedia', an experimental branch of suggestology for use in pedagogy), and integrated psychotherapy.
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How to Win Friends and Influence People
How to Win Friends and Influence People is a self-help book written by Dale Carnegie, published in 1936.
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Human brain
The human brain is the central organ of the human nervous system, and with the spinal cord makes up the central nervous system.
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Hydrocephalus
Hydrocephalus is a condition in which there is an accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) within the brain.
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Intelligence
Intelligence has been defined in many different ways to include the capacity for logic, understanding, self-awareness, learning, emotional knowledge, reasoning, planning, creativity, and problem solving.
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ITV Yorkshire
ITV Yorkshire is the British television service provided by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the Yorkshire franchise area on the ITV network.
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Jim Butcher
Jim Butcher (born October 26, 1971) is an American author,iago is the online pseudonym of Fred Hicks, webmaster for and co-author of the Dresden Files RPG.
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John Lorber
John Lorber (1915–1996) was a professor of paediatrics at the University of Sheffield from 1979 until his retirement in 1981.
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Knowing Neurons
Knowing Neurons is a neuroscience education website created in 2012 by PhD graduate students at the University of Southern California (USC) and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
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Limitless (film)
Limitless is a 2011 American science fiction thriller film directed by Neil Burger and written by Leslie Dixon.
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List of common misconceptions
This list of common misconceptions corrects erroneous beliefs that are currently widely held about notable topics.
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Lowell Thomas
Lowell Jackson Thomas (April 6, 1892 – August 29, 1981) was an American writer, broadcaster, and traveler, best remembered for publicising T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia).
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Lucy (2014 film)
Lucy is a 2014 English-language French science fiction thriller film written and directed by Luc Besson and produced by his wife Virginie Besson-Silla for his company EuropaCorp.
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Magnetoencephalography
Magnetoencephalography (MEG) is a functional neuroimaging technique for mapping brain activity by recording magnetic fields produced by electrical currents occurring naturally in the brain, using very sensitive magnetometers.
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Manga
are comics created in Japan or by creators in the Japanese language, conforming to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century.
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McGill University
McGill University is a public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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McGill University Health Centre
The McGill University Health Centre (MUHC, Centre universitaire de santé McGill) is one of two major healthcare networks in the city of Montreal, Quebec, and it is the only bilingual teaching hospital in the province.
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MythBusters
MythBusters is an Australian-American science entertainment television program created by Peter Rees and produced by Australia's Beyond Television Productions.
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Natural selection
Natural selection is the differential survival and reproduction of individuals due to differences in phenotype.
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Neuroglia
Neuroglia, also called glial cells or simply glia, are non-neuronal cells in the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) and the peripheral nervous system.
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Neuron
A neuron, also known as a neurone (British spelling) and nerve cell, is an electrically excitable cell that receives, processes, and transmits information through electrical and chemical signals.
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New Age
New Age is a term applied to a range of spiritual or religious beliefs and practices that developed in Western nations during the 1970s.
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Percentage
In mathematics, a percentage is a number or ratio expressed as a fraction of 100.
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Pineal gland
The pineal gland, also known as the conarium, kônarion or epiphysis cerebri, is a small endocrine gland in the vertebrate brain.
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Positron emission tomography
Positron-emission tomography (PET) is a nuclear medicine functional imaging technique that is used to observe metabolic processes in the body as an aid to the diagnosis of disease.
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Psionics
Psionics is the study of paranormal phenomena in relation to the application of electronics.
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Psychokinesis
Psychokinesis (from Greek ψυχή "mind" and κίνησις "movement"), or telekinesis (from τηλε- "far off" and κίνηση "movement"), is an alleged psychic ability allowing a person to influence a physical system without physical interaction. Psychokinesis experiments have historically been criticized for lack of proper controls and repeatability. There is no convincing evidence that psychokinesis is a real phenomenon, and the topic is generally regarded as pseudoscience.
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Psyren
, literally meaning Siren and stylized as PSYЯEN, is a Japanese shōnen manga series by Toshiaki Iwashiro.
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Roger Lewin
Roger Lewin (born 1944) is a British prize-winning science writer and author of 20 books.
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Science (journal)
Science, also widely referred to as Science Magazine, is the peer-reviewed academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and one of the world's top academic journals.
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Scientific American
Scientific American (informally abbreviated SciAm) is an American popular science magazine.
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Self-help
Self-help or self-improvement is a self-guided improvementAPA Dictionary of Physicology, 1st ed., Gary R. VandenBos, ed., Washington: American Psychological Association, 2007.
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Shōnen manga
is manga aimed at a teenage male target-demographic readership.
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Single-unit recording
In neuroscience, single-unit recordings provide a method of measuring the electro-physiological responses of single neurons using a microelectrode system.
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Sleep
Sleep is a naturally recurring state of mind and body, characterized by altered consciousness, relatively inhibited sensory activity, inhibition of nearly all voluntary muscles, and reduced interactions with surroundings.
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Suggestopedia
Suggestopedia is a teaching method developed by the Bulgarian psychotherapist Georgi Lozanov.
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Synaptic pruning
Synaptic pruning, which includes both axon and dendrite pruning, is the process of synapse elimination that occurs between early childhood and the onset of puberty in many mammals, including humans.
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The Dark Fields
The Dark Fields is a 2001 techno-thriller novel by Irish writer Alan Glynn.
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The Dresden Files
The Dresden Files is a series of contemporary fantasy/mystery novels written by American author Jim Butcher.
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University of Sheffield
The University of Sheffield (informally Sheffield University) is a public research university in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.
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Urban legend
An urban legend, urban myth, urban tale, or contemporary legend is a form of modern folklore.
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White Night (The Dresden Files)
White Night is the 9th book in The Dresden Files, Jim Butcher's continuing series about wizard detective Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden.
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Wilder Penfield
Wilder Graves Penfield (January 26, 1891April 5, 1976) was an American-Canadian neurosurgeon.
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William James
William James (January 11, 1842 – August 26, 1910) was an American philosopher and psychologist, and the first educator to offer a psychology course in the United States.
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William James Sidis
William James Sidis (April 1, 1898 – July 17, 1944) was an American child prodigy with exceptional mathematical and linguistic skills.
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World Almanac
The World Almanac and Book of Facts is a US-published reference work and is a bestselling retrieved 2007-12-25 almanac conveying information about such subjects as world changes, tragedies, sports feats, etc.
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