Fun papers in Neuropsychologia

From: Anders Sandberg (asa@nada.kth.se)
Date: Sat Apr 05 2003 - 11:32:43 MST

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    Some fun papers I just happened upon while doing serious work. They
    should be accessible to everyone since Neuropsychologia is complimentary
    in ScienceDirect (Oh, how I love thee! Thou seductress of limitless
    scientific papers!):

    Delusions of alien control in the normal brain
    http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T0D-47YH2P0-1&_user=10&_handle=W-WA-A-A-WZ-MsSAYVA-UUW-AUVEZECBEC-ZYVWEUEUU-WZ-U&_fmt=summary&_coverDate=12%2F31%2F2003&_rdoc=19&_orig=browse&_srch=%23toc%234860%232003%23999589991%23408056!&_cdi=4860&vision=0&_userid=10&md5=cd7460ec6d7017ffec2ef16638da20a2

    Conscious perception of brain states: mental strategies for
    brain-computer communication
    http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T0D-47RB020-H&_user=10&_handle=W-WA-A-A-WZ-MsSAYVA-UUW-AUVEZECBEC-ZYVWEUEUU-WZ-U&_fmt=summary&_coverDate=12%2F31%2F2003&_rdoc=16&_orig=browse&_srch=%23toc%234860%232003%23999589991%23408056!&_cdi=4860&vision=0&_userid=10&md5=d508ceeaf18bcad6efffac0277cf8c48

    The first paper used hypnosis to make people feel like somebody else was
    controlling their actions (a common symptom of schizophrenia), and then
    used a PET scanner to see how their brains were activated.

    The second paper deals with how people using biofeedback to control a
    computer become aware of their own brain processes and how they try to
    control them.

    Hmm, found some more:

    An 8-year longitudinal study of mirror self-recognition in chimpanzees
    (Pan troglodytes)
    http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T0D-475JXJK-2&_user=10&_handle=W-WA-A-A-AZ-MsSAYWW-UUW-AUVEZUCCAV-CYWBYAAWB-AZ-U&_fmt=summary&_coverDate=12%2F31%2F2003&_rdoc=13&_orig=browse&_srch=%23toc%234860%232003%23999589997%23366869!&_cdi=4860&vision=0&_userid=10&md5=e63366e1848aa4921631c791f3b5b71a

    Apparently not all chimpanzees can recognize themselves in mirrors
    (often taken as a sign of self-awareness), and this study also suggests
    that recognition goes down as they grow older.

    Beauty in a smile: the role of medial orbitofrontal cortex in facial
    attractiveness
    http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T0D-475RDJY-2&_user=10&_handle=W-WA-A-A-AZ-MsSAYWW-UUW-AUVEZUCCAV-CYWBYAAWB-AZ-U&_fmt=summary&_coverDate=12%2F31%2F2003&_rdoc=5&_orig=browse&_srch=%23toc%234860%232003%23999589997%23366869!&_cdi=4860&vieion=0&_userid=10&md5=fa33b850bfd5ae16f1352d22617fff73

    Neural correlates of feeling sympathy
    http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T0D-4783HCR-1&_user=10&_handle=W-WA-A-A-AZ-MsSAYWW-UUW-AUVEZUCCAV-CYWBYAAWB-AZ-U&_fmt=summary&_coverDate=12%2F31%2F2003&_rdoc=3&_orig=browse&_srch=%23toc%234860%232003%23999589997%23366869!&_cdi=4860&vieion=0&_userid=10&md5=19ef54e662cbe091321fae221155f227

    A bit of social-emotional neuroscience. Sympathy seems to involve both
    the affective brain systems and the motor systems that are activated
    both by our own and by others' actions.

    Neurophysiological correlates of memory for experienced and imagined
    events
    http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T0D-475JXJK-4&_user=10&_handle=W-WA-A-A-AZ-MsSAYWW-UUW-AUVEDUUUWB-ZYVBBEYVD-AZ-U&_fmt=summary&_coverDate=12%2F31%2F2003&_rdoc=10&_orig=browse&_srch=%23toc%234860%232003%23999589996%23366313!&_cdi=4860&vision=0&_userid=10&md5=dd24b8b71c8b3c8ccee6d68cc244fb54

    Some more details for building truth machines. Look out for people using
    their frontal lobes too much when they tell you stories!

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