I recently got into a graduate school program which would fund me for the next 5 years. The thing is, in the first year I am expected to do lab rotations (3 in total), and I talked with a professor about seriously wanting to join hs group rather enthusiastically without consulting others first.
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posted by anonymous
on May 8, 2006 -
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Assume you had a list of different animal species, and you wanted to order it from most intelligent species to least. (1) What measure of intelligence would you use to compare different species--average number of neurons, for example, or ability to solve certain kinds of tests? Or something else entirely? (2) Can you give some examples of how some common farm, food, or pet animals might rank on the list?
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posted by yankeefog
on Jan 25, 2006 -
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I'm interested in the neuroscience behind decision making: specifically, do people have "random number generators" in their brains for breaking decision stalemates?
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posted by grumblebee
on Oct 18, 2005 -
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Does anyone have any insights into the neuroscience behind alcohol's success in helping me overcome procrastination?
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posted by hifimofo
on Aug 21, 2005 -
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memory-filter: Why or how does the body seem to remember learned physical action sequences before you can mentally recall what they are?
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posted by p3t3
on Jul 30, 2005 -
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This has puzzled me for a long time. People who've been blind since birth - how can they dream images? Do they? Without a visual history for reference, how can it happen?
posted by davebush
on Jan 31, 2005 -
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