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Cool Neurosurgery Past and Present: Trepanation Through Time |
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3 | (1) |
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Intro to Game Theory: Prisoner's Dilemma |
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3 | (2) |
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Social Contagion: Happiness and Obesity are Catching |
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5 | (2) |
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7 | (1) |
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8 | (1) |
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The Key to Brain Training |
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9 | (1) |
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Game Theory Make Brain Big: Colonel Blotto I |
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10 | (1) |
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The Guilty Pleasure of Schadenfreude |
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11 | (1) |
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Game Theory Make Brain Big: Colonel Blotto II |
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12 | (1) |
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Mirror Neurons: Your Actions in My Head |
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12 | (2) |
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14 | (2) |
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16 | (1) |
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Brain Chip: Neural Nets And the Artificial Hippocampus |
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Piece of Mind: Hippocampus |
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19 | (1) |
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Abnormal Psych: HM (Patient) |
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19 | (2) |
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Logic of Illogic: The Tricky Secondary Market and Why Economists Hate Psychology |
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21 | (1) |
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Cognitive Costs of Winning and Losing Rock, Paper, Scissors |
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22 | (1) |
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23 | (1) |
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24 | (1) |
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Logic of Illogic: Brain-Deflating Fallacies to Win Any Argument, Part I |
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25 | (1) |
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The Calculus of Compassion |
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26 | (1) |
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Game Theory Make Brain Big: The Origin of Fairness |
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27 | (1) |
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28 | (3) |
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31 | (1) |
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Hear With Your Eyes, Speak With Your Ears |
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31 | (1) |
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Piece of Mind: Temporal Lobe |
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32 | (1) |
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Psy-OP: Flexible Mind of Mastery |
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33 | (2) |
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Inmates Running The Prison: Insane Rulers |
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35 | (2) |
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37 | (1) |
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Logic of Illogic: Brain-Deflating Fallacies to Win Any Argument, Part II |
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37 | (1) |
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38 | (1) |
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Short and Stout, Long and Tall |
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39 | (1) |
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Piece of Mind: Hypothalamus |
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40 | (1) |
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41 | (1) |
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Logic of Illogic: Anchoring |
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42 | (1) |
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Ouija Tweet Brain Interface |
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43 | (1) |
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Genius Tester #2 Bridge and Torch |
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43 | (1) |
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Algebraic Eight-Ball: at What Age Will Technology Overtake Your Ability to Use It? |
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44 | (1) |
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Debunked: Self-Affirmation Stinks |
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44 | (1) |
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The Economics of Mating I: Monogamy, Polygamy, and Polyamory |
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45 | (1) |
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46 | (1) |
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Hang Up and Drive: Your Brain, Split |
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47 | (1) |
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Genius Tester #3 Meeting in the Middle |
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48 | (1) |
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The Economics of Mating II: Sneaky Female Regulation of the Free Market |
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48 | (2) |
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Cool Neurosurgery Past and Present: Prefrontal Lobotomy |
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50 | (1) |
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Piece of Mind: Frontal Lobe |
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51 | (1) |
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The Economics of Mating III: Female Competition |
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52 | (2) |
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Logic of Illogic: Battle Robot |
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54 | (1) |
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55 | (1) |
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The Economics of Mating IV: Gender Scarcity |
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56 | (3) |
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59 | (1) |
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59 | (1) |
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Nails and the Human Brain |
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60 | (2) |
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62 | (1) |
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Jocks, Nerds, and the Secrets of Success |
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63 | (1) |
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But Jocks Get Better Grades |
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63 | (1) |
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64 | (2) |
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Logic of Illogic: Brain-Deflating Fallacies to Win Any Argument, Part III |
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Genius Tester #4 Boxes of Bars |
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65 | (1) |
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66 | (2) |
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68 | (1) |
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Expected Value, Expected Utility, and Prospect Theory |
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69 | (3) |
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Logic of Illogic: Luxury Bloodlust |
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72 | (1) |
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Game Theory Make Brain Big: Kuhn Poker |
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73 | (1) |
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Authority and the Strip-Search Prank Call |
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73 | (1) |
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73 | (1) |
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Logic of Illogic: You Can't Make Me Eat Pie |
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74 | (2) |
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Your Personalized Horoscope |
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76 | (1) |
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77 | (1) |
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Self-Test: Personality Snapshot |
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78 | (1) |
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79 | (2) |
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Asch Conformity Experiments |
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81 | (1) |
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Genius Tester #5 Mr. Smith's Children |
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82 | (1) |
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83 | (1) |
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Game Theory Make Brain Big: Guess Two-Thirds of the Average |
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84 | (1) |
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84 | (2) |
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Genius Tester #6 Four Squares Problem |
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86 | (1) |
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The One Must of Happiness |
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86 | (1) |
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87 | (1) |
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Logic of Illogic: Brain-Deflating Fallacies to Win Any Argument, Part IV |
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88 | (2) |
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90 | (1) |
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Memory I Alternate Realities |
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91 | (2) |
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Logic of Illogic: So God Awfully Boring |
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93 | (1) |
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Memory II Creating False Memories |
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93 | (1) |
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Memory III The Brainworks of Bad Memory |
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94 | (1) |
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Here Today, Gone in Milliseconds: Iconic Memory |
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95 | (1) |
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95 | (1) |
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Racial Bias in Standardized Testing? |
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96 | (2) |
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Piece of Mind: Cerebellum |
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98 | (1) |
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99 | (1) |
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Debunked: Misdiagnosis Immunity |
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100 | (1) |
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Debunked: Diagnosis Batshit |
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100 | (1) |
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Genius Tester #7 Missing Box |
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101 | (1) |
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Coffee and Cigarettes Make You Smarter |
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102 | (1) |
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103 | (3) |
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Game Theory Make Brain Big: The Shortest Fuse Wins the Battle of the Sexes |
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106 | (1) |
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Algebraic Eight-Ball: The Chances That He/She Is "The One" |
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107 | (1) |
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If You Say So: Memorable Lies, Forgettable Truths |
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108 | (1) |
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The Eight Mental Disorders of 1857 |
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109 | (1) |
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Abnormal Psych: Clive Wearing |
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110 | (1) |
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Self-Test: A Simple Memory Test |
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111 | (1) |
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Game Theory Make Brain Big: El Farol Bar |
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112 | (1) |
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Nanotechnology and the Blood-Brain Barrier |
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112 | (2) |
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The Diet Paradox: Off-Limits is Open Season |
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114 | (1) |
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Ultimate Evil?: Neuroimaging as Market Research Tool |
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115 | (2) |
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117 | (2) |
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119 | (1) |
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120 | (1) |
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Game Theory Make Brain Big: Pirate Puzzle |
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121 | (1) |
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121 | (3) |
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Piece of Mind: Occipital Lobe |
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124 | (1) |
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Intuition Trumps Reason: The Iowa Gambling Task |
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125 | (2) |
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Other Cool Neuropsych Tests |
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127 | (1) |
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The Transformative Power of the Unexpected |
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128 | (1) |
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Cool Neurosurgery Past and Present: Conscious Neurosurgery |
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129 | (1) |
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130 | (4) |
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134 | (1) |
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135 | (1) |
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Genius Tester #8 Houses and Utilities |
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135 | (1) |
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Cool Neurosurgery Past and Present: Corpus Callosotomy |
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136 | (1) |
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Piece of Mind: Brodmann Areas |
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137 | (1) |
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138 | (1) |
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138 | (1) |
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139 | (1) |
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139 | (1) |
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Males' Rat-Brained Navigation |
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139 | (1) |
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Piece of Mind: Parietal Lobe |
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140 | (1) |
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Game Theory Make Brain Big: Nash Bargaining Game |
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141 | (1) |
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The Brainworks of Religious Conviction and Ecstasy |
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142 | (2) |
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144 | (1) |
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144 | (1) |
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Fear-Then-Relief Prisoner Compliance |
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145 | (1) |
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Game Theory Make Brain Big: Signaling Strategies in Bridge and in Job Interviews |
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146 | (1) |
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Piece of Mind: Medulla Oblongata |
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147 | (1) |
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Placebos Are Getting Stronger |
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148 | (1) |
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Meerkats, Macaques, Men, and the Healing Effects of Forgiveness |
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149 | (1) |
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149 | (2) |
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151 | (2) |
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153 | (1) |
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154 | (1) |
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Does Subliminal Advertising Work? |
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155 | (1) |
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Self-Test: Quick Memory Check |
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156 | (2) |
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Logic of Illogic: K Words |
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158 | (1) |
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Genius Tester #9 The Psychology of Getting Suckered |
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159 | (1) |
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Psy-OP: Pick a Number, any Number |
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159 | (1) |
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160 | (1) |
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Stretching Phantom Limb Cramps |
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161 | (1) |
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162 | (1) |
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162 | (1) |
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Game Theory Make Brain Big: Diner's Dilemma |
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163 | (2) |
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Logic of Illogic: Fruit Bag |
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165 | (1) |
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Abnormal Psych: Phineas Gage |
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166 | (2) |
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Is Laughter the Best Medicine? |
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168 | (1) |
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168 | (2) |
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Fruit Vs. Veggie Personality Smackdown |
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170 | (1) |
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Deflecting Incoming Bloopers |
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171 | (1) |
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172 | (1) |
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Algebraic Eight-Ball: Men, What's Your Sex Appeal? |
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172 | (2) |
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174 | (1) |
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Abnormal Psych: Ahad Israfil |
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174 | (1) |
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The Burden of Conventional Thinking |
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174 | (2) |
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Game Theory Make Brain Big: Peace/War |
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176 | (1) |
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Time Travel: Science, Not Science Fiction |
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177 | (1) |
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Active Forgetting: The Mental Boxes of Suppression and Repression |
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178 | (1) |
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Genius Tester #10 Time Travel |
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179 | (3) |
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182 | (1) |
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182 | (1) |
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Do Crosswords Keep the Brain Young? |
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183 | (1) |
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184 | (1) |
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Genius Tester #11 The Monty Hall Problem |
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185 | (1) |
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186 | (1) |
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Biological Basis of Rose-Colored Glasses |
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186 | (1) |
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Genius Tester #12 Dementia Quiz |
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187 | (1) |
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The Function of Daydreams |
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188 | (3) |
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Mean Stuff in the Name of Science: Little Albert |
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188 | (2) |
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The Collective Unconscious |
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190 | (3) |
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Algebraic Eight-Ball: The Karmometer-Would Your Karma Survive An Intended Prank? |
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193 | (1) |
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Brainwashing The Easy Way |
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194 | (2) |
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196 | (1) |
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Logic of Illogic: The End is Near |
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197 | (1) |
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198 | (1) |
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198 | (1) |
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Music, Commerce, and Murder |
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199 | (2) |
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Algebraic Eight-Ball: Will Your Holiday Cheer Survive Holiday Dinner? |
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201 | (1) |
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Game Theory Make Brain Big: Cake-Cutting Problem |
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201 | (1) |
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202 | (3) |
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Christmas Carols From the Psych Couch |
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205 | (1) |
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Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Badder |
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205 | (1) |
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205 | (1) |
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Genius Tester #13 Gender Bias |
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206 | (2) |
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How to Really Spot A Liar |
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208 | (2) |
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Red Beats Blue at the Olympics |
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210 | (2) |
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Neurological Support For the Use of Shoe Smell in Controlling Epileptic Seizure |
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212 | (3) |
| Puzzle Answers |
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215 | (18) |
| References |
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233 | (34) |
| Acknowledgments |
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