Etiqueta: neuroscience
Why do children learn more effectively than adults?
Dec 21, 2020
Everything we learn is stored in the brain with connections between neurons, which we call «neural plasticity». It is most pronounced in childhood and gradually decreases with age.
Can neuroscience be applied to education?
Jul 27, 2020
Can the application of neuroscience to education be studied while maintaining every aspect of the scientific method used in neuroscience? Or, even more simply, can neuroscience be applied to education?
A simple footprint
Dec 02, 2019
What kind of sign is a rhinoceros footprint? It is an index, an iconic representation, and can become a symbolic image. A whole world condensed into a single footprint.
Will we someday have cinema with smells?
Sep 30, 2019
A principis del segle XX, va començar a sorgir la idea d’un «cinema amb olors». Malgrat els nombrosos intents de portar els olors a les pel·lícules, aquests no van acabar de funcionar perquè la mida de les sales provocava que les olors es perderen o no donaren efecte al moment desitjat.
Neurons: more is not better
Mar 14, 2019
For a correct functioning of the brain, it is essential that the number of neurons is the appropriate one: neither more nor less.
¿The unbreakable illusion? Neuroscience and free will
Aug 13, 2018
Mr. Smith is an exemplary citizen: a caring father, a loving husband and a respected doctor, always eager to help fellow humans.
The scam of pseudoscience, under Mètode’s magnifying glass
Dec 14, 2017
«Pseudosciences are by-products of the prestige of science as a social enterprise and as a means of obtaining knowledge. Their character is inherently negative, given that, by definition, a pseudoscience is an intellectual fraud». Thus begins monograph 95 of Mètode, coordinated by Angelo Fasce.
Unravelling science
Jul 04, 2017
Mètode Science Studies Journal publishes the 2017 annual review, under the title Unravelling science. The seventh issue of this English language publication focuses on the secrets of neuroscience, the connection between science and ideology, science from a gender perspective, and twenty-first century astrophysics and cosmology,
The role of the brain in financial decisions
Jun 13, 2017
How do decision-making processes affect brain activity? What role do emotions play on finances?
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