Category Archives: Medical sciences

Solving the Problem of Consciousness

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Jaan Aru

You are a very complicated machine, yet you don’t feel like that – it feels like something to be you. Neuroscientist Jaan Aru looks into how the neural machinery of the brain produces conscious experience. Continue reading →

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4 New Recipes for Becoming a Top Researcher

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Jüri Allik

Find out the 4 new recipes on how to become a top researcher, shared by the UT Professor of Experimental Psychology Jüri Allik who belongs to the top 1 per cent of the world’s most-cited scientists in his field. Continue reading →

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7 Recipes for Becoming a Top Researcher

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Jüri Allik

Read the 7 recipes on how to become a top researcher, kindly shared by the UT Professor of Experimental Psychology Jüri Allik who belongs to the top 1 per cent of the world’s most-cited scientists in his field. Continue reading →

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Where Do the European Romani (Gypsies) Come From?

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Villu Päärt

Researching paternal genetic lineage, scientists of the Estonian Biocentre made it possible to more precisely identify the historical homeland of Romani (Gypsies), who now live in Europe as nomads. Continue reading →

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Need for Sleep Is Inherited

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Piret Pappel

A major international study figured out that individuals with a certain variant of the ABCC9 gene had half an hour more sleep on average than those with another variant, and one European in five has this bit of DNA. Continue reading →

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‘New Biology’ Cures Before The Illness Strikes

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Arko Olesk

Hunting single genes does give a complete picture of how the human body works and illnesses develop. Instead, we should look at the networks of genes and proteins, says University of Tartu Professor Johan Björkegren. Continue reading →

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Reading Human Gene Codes and Minds

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Sigrid Kõiv

In an interview with Sigrid Kõiv, UT professor of Cognitive and Forensic Psychology Talis Bachmann explains the possibilities and problems of reading other peoples’ minds. Professor’s research interests include consciousness studies, visual awareness, advertising effects and much more. Continue reading →

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