Yes certainly. In fact I am involved in a project that will try to target train the hippocampus and working memory components of declarative episodic memory.
Scientists know enough about the brain today that we are can design procedures that target-train a cognitive processes and see results in the neural tissues responsible for those cognitve processes.
An example with working memory. If you commit to doing the n-back test 20 minutes daily, and gradually increase difficulty, you will not only see improvements in the post-test working memory performance, but you will see structural changes in the neural tissues in the cortex responsible for working memory. Moreover, to the extent that working memory improves recall and recognition memory, you will see improvements there too.
They call me the Hiphopopotamus
My lyrics are bottomless
They call me the Hiphopopotamus
Flows that glow like phosphorous
Poppin' off the top of this esophagus
Rockin' this metropolis
I'm not a large water-dwelling mammal
Where did you get that preposterous hypothesis?
Did Steve tell you that, perchance?
Steve.
In other news, birds build nests before hatching eggs. Elephants travel days to go to salt-licks. Spiders build webs before catching prey.
I'm not saying that these aren't different from what this ape has done, but let us better characterize what that difference is first. How is building a pile of stones to throw different than a bird building a nest before laying eggs? Let us be careful and differentiate between planning, intentional planning, and be wary of attributing planning to behavior that **looks** human.
The problem with the entire debate above is that anyone expressing the position that harvesting embryonic stem cells is immoral is automatically moderated as troll, no matter how respectfully they make their case.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/gotten
FOr all those who troll about vocabulary, I ask: How can you be Freedom Fuckin Luving Indie Geniuses if you can't accept that it ourselves that contribute and construct a language. Language is more a people's right than anything in the constitution.
The emergence of language comes about upon an organic self-organizing set of processes that act, survive, and change within and with sets of dynamic and chaotic constraining principles of human communication. Simply put, you cannot capture that dynamicism in a dictionary and grammatical guide.
I am a graduate student who wants a little extra computing power for scientific analysis work.
I have a small budget. 800 bucks.
I have heard of this guy building a microwulf cluster, http://www.calvin.edu/~adams/research/microwulf that generated some good flops, at least at that time. Today I can build that very same cluster for about 800 dollars.
My question: Is it better to go with a newer computer setup that falls within that budget, or go with the cluster. I will be doing image analysis work of function MRI data. Thanks.
Really, there is a lot of stupid commentary from people who know absolutely shit about the science of climates. It is the deniers that are being dogmatic.
Nice lecture, and I agree with you. My point was simple though. It is one of perception. What will the perception be. This point has a certain weight regardless of the truth value of that perception.
Europe has been a smelly pile of shit for the last 2000 years.
Perhaps you have worked things out well since WWII, but remember..That continent has caused more pain and suffering than any other... And American's saved your asses twice, and kicked your asses more.
Yes I like some of the ideals that Europe has implemented in the last 50 years, but seriously, you forget your history.
While I support adoption of open source, I am starting to get worries that it will get strongly labeled as Communist/Socialist.. now that China,Russia,and Cuba have all officially adopted it. Do you actually think that America would join them, even if it is in America's best interest?
Your first point is Classic baloney. It is the company's fault for the peanut butter fiasco. Moreover, and the thing to focus on is that this is a result of republican efforts that have made a shell out of the regulatory/inspection agencies through underfunding. Because of this we cannot infer that regulation is ineffective if properly funded.
Second, they should legalize pot for all I care. Eating fast food regularly is more dangerous than pot, and it certainly doesn't harm others.
Your last point I think is probably true, but to what extent, is debatable.
I have one of thos einternet connections many just dream about..University BBone...ANyway, I got Miro and started to download content like a madman. 10-20 concurrent downloads all running at 1-10 megabit... It was great...
Then the university admins cut me down to 56k modem speed for 2 weeks to teach me a lesson.
Do not engage the ism. Do not feed the ism. Starve the ism-ite the food of attention, and it will wither away.
Because there is no saw dust in my bread because of regulation. Because regulation prevents 100's of women from burning up in locked textile factories.
Because our liberties are protected better because they are not on the market.
If they lose standing in their field, it is because the evidence is so strongly against them, and they need to overcome a large deficit in evidence. All they need to do is say, "In our climate study, we fail to reject the null hypothesis blah blah blah." No one is going to demote you.
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Scientists know enough about the brain today that we are can design procedures that target-train a cognitive processes and see results in the neural tissues responsible for those cognitve processes.
An example with working memory. If you commit to doing the n-back test 20 minutes daily, and gradually increase difficulty, you will not only see improvements in the post-test working memory performance, but you will see structural changes in the neural tissues in the cortex responsible for working memory. Moreover, to the extent that working memory improves recall and recognition memory, you will see improvements there too.
They call me the Hiphopopotamus My lyrics are bottomless They call me the Hiphopopotamus Flows that glow like phosphorous Poppin' off the top of this esophagus Rockin' this metropolis I'm not a large water-dwelling mammal Where did you get that preposterous hypothesis? Did Steve tell you that, perchance? Steve.
I'm not saying that these aren't different from what this ape has done, but let us better characterize what that difference is first. How is building a pile of stones to throw different than a bird building a nest before laying eggs? Let us be careful and differentiate between planning, intentional planning, and be wary of attributing planning to behavior that **looks** human.
That is childish.
Reminds me of the future of television political campaigns.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/gotten FOr all those who troll about vocabulary, I ask: How can you be Freedom Fuckin Luving Indie Geniuses if you can't accept that it ourselves that contribute and construct a language. Language is more a people's right than anything in the constitution. The emergence of language comes about upon an organic self-organizing set of processes that act, survive, and change within and with sets of dynamic and chaotic constraining principles of human communication. Simply put, you cannot capture that dynamicism in a dictionary and grammatical guide.
Has trolling gotten you high?
I have a small budget. 800 bucks.
I have heard of this guy building a microwulf cluster, http://www.calvin.edu/~adams/research/microwulf that generated some good flops, at least at that time. Today I can build that very same cluster for about 800 dollars.
My question: Is it better to go with a newer computer setup that falls within that budget, or go with the cluster. I will be doing image analysis work of function MRI data. Thanks.
Seriously,
We need jobs to return in June, not Jobs.
Your message is one of hate. Go back. Leave alone. Pray some.
Really, there is a lot of stupid commentary from people who know absolutely shit about the science of climates. It is the deniers that are being dogmatic.
Also, Autism has a strong genetic component.
There is so much research right now into autism, the spectral disease. It is amazing.
Nice lecture, and I agree with you. My point was simple though. It is one of perception. What will the perception be. This point has a certain weight regardless of the truth value of that perception.
Perhaps you have worked things out well since WWII, but remember..That continent has caused more pain and suffering than any other... And American's saved your asses twice, and kicked your asses more.
Yes I like some of the ideals that Europe has implemented in the last 50 years, but seriously, you forget your history.
Let's fly to Mars where we will make sweet revolutionary love baby! C'mon fly with me!!!
Let it commence then...
It is kind of sad.
Second, they should legalize pot for all I care. Eating fast food regularly is more dangerous than pot, and it certainly doesn't harm others.
Your last point I think is probably true, but to what extent, is debatable.
Interesting. I wonder. That is an interesting idea to replicate.
Then the university admins cut me down to 56k modem speed for 2 weeks to teach me a lesson.
Be careful with Miro. :P
I don't know sir. I think that you might be wrong.
Really. Nothing right? What croc. RightWingNut Ism-ite
Do not engage the ism. Do not feed the ism. Starve the ism-ite the food of attention, and it will wither away.
Because there is no saw dust in my bread because of regulation. Because regulation prevents 100's of women from burning up in locked textile factories.
Because our liberties are protected better because they are not on the market.
A product of radical ideological isms. NOthing to see, move on.
If they lose standing in their field, it is because the evidence is so strongly against them, and they need to overcome a large deficit in evidence. All they need to do is say, "In our climate study, we fail to reject the null hypothesis blah blah blah." No one is going to demote you.