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| Information about the life and works of Minsky who has contributed to the fields of artificial intelligence, cognitive psychology, mathematics, computational linguistics, robotics, and optics. Includes access to full text publications and details of research groups. | |
| Provides book reviews of publications discussing topics such as irrationality, superstition, magic, the paranormal, delusions, and associated beliefs. | ||
| Resource established to accompany a Channel 4 series investigating the human disgust response and the various uses to which associated reactions can be put. Considers what disgusts different people and why, how this is often used to isolate particular social groups, and methods employed by artists in an attempt to diminish the disparity between our hygienic ideals and the grimy reality of our surroundings. The question of whether disgust is an innate or learned characteristic is discussed. | ||
| Set of resources including Coon's Introduction to Psychology, Kalat's Biological Psychology, and Barlow and Durand's Abnormal Psychology, with access to interactive elements and a searchable catalogue. | ||
| Articles relating to research in trait, cognitive, and brain electrophysiology, which deal with the issues of emotion and affective disorders. Offers details of projects, contact information, and full text transcriptions of recent publications. | ||
| Collection of essays adopting a philosophical approach to the theoretical analysis of folk psychology the means by which individuals understand, predict, and explain the actions, thoughts, and motivations of others. | ||
| Collection of essays which attempt to develop a theoretical analysis of the different medical practices and issues inherent in the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness and neurological disorders. | ||
| Full text publication addressing the mental processes involved when dealing with problems containing incomplete or ambiguous information. Describes human mental machinery such as perceptual skills and memory, tools for thinking, and cognitive biases, and draws conclusions which aim to improve the ability to analyse intelligently. | ||
| Paper suggesting that even intelligent adults make inferences when reasoning which seem obvious but are, in fact, totally erroneous. | ||
| Paper arguing that models of working memory should be based on storage in long term memory if they are to account for cognitive processing of skilled activities such as text comprehension, mental calculation, medical diagnosis, and playing chess. | ||
| Explores the idea of the computer as a model of the mind, investigating the concepts of the brain as a digital computer and the mind as a computer program, and asking whether the operations of the brain can be simulated on a computer. | ||
| Documents research into human emotion which investigates the brain areas and chemicals involved, effects on immune, cardiovascular and endocrine systems, and reasons for different manifestations of emotions in different people. Highlights studies into both general and specific emotive responses, and offers details of related events. | ||
| Considers the effect of various colours on the brain, body, and vision. Explains why some colours are more likely to cause accidents in certain situations, discusses cultural beliefs relating to colour, and looks at the differences in response to colours as a result of gender. A bulletin board is in operation to share colour related findings and experiences. | ||
| Reviews the history of investigations into the perception of stimuli by the unconscious brain and summarises the current status of experimental research which suggests the importance of unconsciously perceived information in determining cognitive and affective reactions. | ||
| Article on the effects of retroactive interference, discussing how the receipt of misleading information after an event can alter a person's recollection leading to memories of objects that never in fact existed. | ||
| Presents the results of the BBC Test the Nation IQ Test, conducted via the Internet on 11th May 2002. Features maps of IQ results showing which parts of the country took part along with their scores, and graphs of results according to age, eyesight, smoking habits, and star sign. The online test used is available, together with a selection of articles on intelligence. | ||
| Explores the recurrence of the number seven in measurements of the amount of information that we are able to receive, process, and remember. | ||
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