Cognitive Sciences Weekly Newsletter - Wednesday, December 31, 2014

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Top new questions this week: Removing ocular artifacts from EEG signals I have read the following paper , which is try to remove EOG artifacts from EEG signal , the authors give the following figure . The authors claim that components 1 and 2 represent ... eeg   asked by Learner 5 votes answered by blackBerry 6 votes Is there a relation between speed of executing a task and ones intelligence? I recently came across a code refactoring problem. Considering the risk of getting into a risky bug later I switched to my usual mode of think and solve it, rather than go and make the changes fast. ... cognitive-psychology intelligence   asked by GRK 4 votes What kind of memory it is? I was reading about various memory techniques : mnemonics, memory space, peg system, space repetition etc . They are used when I have to memorize something by myself for longer duration. There are ... memory   asked by articlestack 4 votes answered by DesignerAnalyst 4 votes How is the biological accuracy of ANNs typically measured? I am referring to the computational neuroscience side of neural network research that focuses on biological accuracy. I've read references to improving biological realism (using say spiking neurons ... computational-modeling neural-network   asked by Arnon Weinberg 4 votes answered by Seanny123 0 votes What are presynaptic puncta? What are presynaptic puncta? And what makes them different from presynaptic terminals? neurobiology theoretical-neuroscience neuroanatomy   asked by PatPat 3 votes answered by Chris Stronks 3 votes Objective differences between extroverts and introverts What are the empirical, measurable, objective differences between extroverts and introverts? I'm not interested in self-report studies, only objective measurements. personality introversion extroversion   asked by Berit Larsen 3 votes How is the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of EEG measured? I have seen a lot in the literature the sentence "increasing SNR of EEG signals" and some others define a numeric value of SNR of EEG signals, but I'm confused as to how the SNR is measured for a ... methodology eeg   asked by Learner 3 votes Greatest hits from previous weeks: Why does a person feel sad without knowing the reason? I have known people to behave in a way they despise, and they don't know why. emotion clinical-psychology   asked by metacompactness 2 votes answered by Arnon Weinberg 3 votes What are the psychological mechanisms behind arrogance? According to this Wiktionary defintion, arrogance is 1.The act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner; that species of pride which consists in exorbitant claims ... cognitive-psychology social-psychology arrogance   asked by user3554 5 votes answered by Chuck Sherrington 4 votes Can you answer these? What is the relationship of genetic information and behavioral patterns / cognitive functions? It is often said, that some of the behavioral patterns are triggered automatically by our genetic information, examples being fear from spiders, sexual preferences or dietary preferences. In what ... cognitive-neuroscience   asked by Jan Hirschner 1 vote Isolating the desired event in EEG signals When we took an EEG data from subjects, does the subject have to be in "neutral state" i.e there is no anger, no sadness, no happiness ...etc. and they also in situation that they neither do any ... experimental-psychology eeg   asked by Learner 1 vote What characterises people who stay calm in crisis situations? When something critical and bad happens, like a house on fire with people inside it, people react very differently. Some persons will usually panic, cry and can barely be soothed. Some persons will ... personality   asked by Berit Larsen 1 vote

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