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Tag Archives: neuroscience
My gold rush in science
Brain researcher Jaan Aru describes his scientific gold rush. Continue reading
Posted in Estonia, Medical sciences, Research, Social sciences
Tagged AI, brain research, consciousness, gold, mining, neuroscience, science, scientist
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Neuroscientist Jaan Aru: smart devices don’t make you better in your work
No one regrets in the last hour of their life “sorry that I didn’t respond faster to an e-mail”. But for some reason, people think that constantly checking e-mails on a smart device and answering them right away is something … Continue reading
Posted in Career, General, Research, Tartu
Tagged addiction, brain scientist, Jaan Aru, neuroscience, smart-device addiction
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Less Is More: The Modern Working Environment Paralyses The Brain
Neuroscientist Jaan Aru explains how to get the most out of your brain. The lesson here is: forget multitasking! Continue reading
Posted in Medical sciences, Research, Social sciences
Tagged artificial intellect, concentration, focus, human brain, multitasking, neuroscience, thinking
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Solving the Problem of Consciousness
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
Posted in Medical sciences, Natural and exact sciences, Research
Tagged binocular rivalry, brain, brain research, cognitive psychology, consciousness, neural activity, neurobiological mechanism, neuroscience, perception
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