and
somatoparaphrenia and
temporal distortion and
sonar
songbirds
soul, as innate presumption of children
South Africa
special theory of relativity
Spielberg, Steven
spinal cord
spirituality:
brain surgery and
neural basis of
see also religion; supernatural beliefs
sports:
referee decision making in
spectator, as evolutionary by-product
status quo bias
stem-cell research
stereotyping
stimuli:
conditioned
unconditioned
stopped clock illusion (chronostasis)
storage systems:
digital
mechanism vs. codes in
strokes, neurological effects of
stump, phantom limb syndrome and
Sunstein, Cass
supernatural beliefs
adaptive value of
curiosity and
fear compared to
innate propensity for
as maladaptive
reason overridden by
see also religion; spirituality
Swan, Rita
synapses
description of
excitatory vs. inhibitory
Hebb’s rule for
long-term potentiation of
variable strength of
see also neurons, neural system
synaptic memories, see synapses, variable strength of
synaptic plasticity
tamarin monkeys
taste-aversion, conditioned
taxes
television, advertising on
Temperament and Character Inventory
temporal distortions
bias toward relative vs. absolute differences in
brain imaging studies of
estimation errors in
flash-lag effect in
monkey experiments on
saccade blindness in
of sensory input
short-time-scale
temporal discounting
temporal lobes
temporal proximity, in classical conditioning
terrorism, fear of
Thaler, Richard
therapists:
biases of
“repressed” memories and
Thompson, Jennifer
time, biological computation of
circadian clocks in
as different for differing time scales
neurons in
time, sense of
see also temporal distortions
Tinbergen, Niko
tinnitus
tobacco industry
touch, sense of
see also somatosensory system
Toward the End of Time (Updike)
Toxoplasma gondii
transcription
transistors
Turing, Alan
Turing test
Tversky, Amos
Twitchell, Robyn
two-alternative forced choice
unconditioned response
unconditioned stimulus
Updike, John
vaccination, autism and
Vega, Suzanne
ventriloquists
ventromedial prefrontal cortex
Vicenza, Italy
vision, color discrimination in
visual cortex
auditory cortex linked to
as largest cortical area
visual illusions
visual searches, parallel (automatic) vs. serial (conscious) strategies in
vos Savant, Marilyn
voting:
location bias in
see also democracy
Wallace, Alfred
warfare:
and evolution of altruism
as omnipresent in primate evolution
Watson, James
Wearing, Clive
Web robots
Williams-Sonoma
Wilson, David Sloan
Wilson, E. O.
women, smoking by
Woods, Tiger
World Cup (soccer)
World Memory Championships
World Wide Web
xenophobia
Yates, Andrea
Zauberman, Gal
somatoparaphrenia and
temporal distortion and
sonar
songbirds
soul, as innate presumption of children
South Africa
special theory of relativity
Spielberg, Steven
spinal cord
spirituality:
brain surgery and
neural basis of
see also religion; supernatural beliefs
sports:
referee decision making in
spectator, as evolutionary by-product
status quo bias
stem-cell research
stereotyping
stimuli:
conditioned
unconditioned
stopped clock illusion (chronostasis)
storage systems:
digital
mechanism vs. codes in
strokes, neurological effects of
stump, phantom limb syndrome and
Sunstein, Cass
supernatural beliefs
adaptive value of
curiosity and
fear compared to
innate propensity for
as maladaptive
reason overridden by
see also religion; spirituality
Swan, Rita
synapses
description of
excitatory vs. inhibitory
Hebb’s rule for
long-term potentiation of
variable strength of
see also neurons, neural system
synaptic memories, see synapses, variable strength of
synaptic plasticity
tamarin monkeys
taste-aversion, conditioned
taxes
television, advertising on
Temperament and Character Inventory
temporal distortions
bias toward relative vs. absolute differences in
brain imaging studies of
estimation errors in
flash-lag effect in
monkey experiments on
saccade blindness in
of sensory input
short-time-scale
temporal discounting
temporal lobes
temporal proximity, in classical conditioning
terrorism, fear of
Thaler, Richard
therapists:
biases of
“repressed” memories and
Thompson, Jennifer
time, biological computation of
circadian clocks in
as different for differing time scales
neurons in
time, sense of
see also temporal distortions
Tinbergen, Niko
tinnitus
tobacco industry
touch, sense of
see also somatosensory system
Toward the End of Time (Updike)
Toxoplasma gondii
transcription
transistors
Turing, Alan
Turing test
Tversky, Amos
Twitchell, Robyn
two-alternative forced choice
unconditioned response
unconditioned stimulus
Updike, John
vaccination, autism and
Vega, Suzanne
ventriloquists
ventromedial prefrontal cortex
Vicenza, Italy
vision, color discrimination in
visual cortex
auditory cortex linked to
as largest cortical area
visual illusions
visual searches, parallel (automatic) vs. serial (conscious) strategies in
vos Savant, Marilyn
voting:
location bias in
see also democracy
Wallace, Alfred
warfare:
and evolution of altruism
as omnipresent in primate evolution
Watson, James
Wearing, Clive
Web robots
Williams-Sonoma
Wilson, David Sloan
Wilson, E. O.
women, smoking by
Woods, Tiger
World Cup (soccer)
World Memory Championships
World Wide Web
xenophobia
Yates, Andrea
Zauberman, Gal
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