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...research mainly relies on laboratory observation rather than parental reports, Arcus said. Infants were presented with unfamiliar stimuli and their reactions were recorded to mark any signs of fear...
Margaret S. Livingstone, professor of Neurobiology, and Galaburda, chief of behavioral neurology at Beth Israel Hospital, have developed a way of diagnosing dyslexia through measuring the brain's response to certain visual stimuli. By measuring the speed of different brain waves, known as "evoked potentials," they can detect patterns characteristic of dyslexia...
There is no choice in behavior; what we think of as morality depends merely on correctly timed exposure to the right stimuli. TV becomes the latest in a litany of lame excuses for sociopathic behavior...
...model, tested by computer simulation, is a means by which to simplify the complex neurobiological functions of the visual cortex and to make qualitative predictions about how cells respond to stimuli...
...this flood of sensory stimuli grew, the very notion of "high" art began to be questioned. The new cultural icons, including pioneers like Elvis and the Beatles, were immediately accessible and understandable. Even while it splintered into different subgenres, rock music spread around the world, dominating record sales and the airwaves. Pop culture's frenzied quest for the new and the shocking continued to make traditionalists blanch, but the beat and the noise went...