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Monthly Archives: November 2013
Oxytocin Stimulates Reward Center Strengthening Monogamy
How is the bond between people in love maintained? Scientists at the Bonn University Medical Center have discovered a biological mechanism that could explain the attraction between loving couples: If oxytocin is administered to men and if they are shown … Continue reading
Be Mine Forever: Oxytocin May Help Build Long-Lasting Love
If cupid had studied neuroscience, he’d know to aim his arrows at the brain rather than the heart. Recent research suggests that for love to last, it’s best he dip those arrows in oxytocin. Although scientists have long known … Continue reading
Posted in Neuroscience, Oxytocin, Psychology
Tagged cognitive neuroscience research, hormone oxytocin, Neuroscience, Oxytocin, psychology
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Faces, Faces Everywhere
Interesting article in The New York Times regarding the phenomenon of “pareidolia”, which is seeing faces in objects and nature where there are no actual faces. Here they argue for the ‘holistic’ view and the ‘expert’ view, which is getting … Continue reading
Student t-Test in Excel
To test if any two different image sets are equal or unequal, one can also perform a t-test to see if they differ from each other or are more or less the same. Here’s another clip, almost the same, but … Continue reading
Sensitivity Detection Theory and Receiver Operating Characteristic using SPSS
In my masters thesis I have two image sets, which should be more or less equal in the sense of being easy/hard for the participants. So how do I find out how equal these two sets are? First I run … Continue reading
If/Then function in Excel
This post is about if you want to use the ‘if/then’ function in Excel with letters or text. The ‘original’ if/then formula with values is something like this: =IF(C13=20,1,0) But if you want to use text or letters, just put … Continue reading
Import Text Into Excel
Sometimes you need to import data from, lets say matlab, eprime, word or just a txt.-file, so you can further analyze it in Excel or SPSS. Its quite easy-piecy, like the clip above shows, or the web page below also … Continue reading
Calculating the Mean and Standard Deviation with Excel
Sometimes you just want to calculate the average mean and standard deviation without having the hassle to open SPSS or other statistical programs. Then Excel comes in handy, and here’s a simple video explaining how to find your sought after … Continue reading
Posted in Excel, Master Thesis
Tagged Excel, Mean, Standard deviation, statistical estimates, Variance
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Antonio Damasio Debates the Topic of Consciousness
Every morning we wake up and regain consciousness — that is a marvelous fact — but what exactly is it that we regain? Neuroscientist Antonio Damasio uses this simple question to give us a glimpse into how our brains create … Continue reading
Free 700 Pages Introductory Book in Psychology
Outstanding free online textbook with over 700 pages which Dr. Dewey developed over 25 years with the help and feedback of over 20,000 students. You can access this excellent online resource via the following link: www.intropsych.com
Posted in Psychology, Science
Tagged cognitive neuroscience research, face perception, Neuroscience, online resource, psychology, science
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