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Performing with and without an audience
My feeling is that as far as creativity is concerned, isolation is required. … The presence of others can only inhibit this process, since creation is embarrassing. – Isaac Asimov (source) Be it far from me to fall for a … Continue reading
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Tagged behavioural studies, functional magnetic resonance imaging, performance art, publish or perish, stage fright
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The neuroscience of how you enter your fantasy-realms
If you grew up reading Harry Potter (or Lord of the Rings, as the case may be), chances are you’d have liked to move to the world of Hogwarts (or Middle Earth), and spent time play-acting scenes in your head … Continue reading
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Tagged action network, anterior medial prefrontal cortex, fantasy fiction, functional magnetic resonance imaging, literature, mentalizing network
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Problems associated with studying the brain
Paul Broca announced in 1861 that the region of the brain now named after him was the “seat of speech”. Through a seminal study, researchers Nancy Kanwisher and Evelina Fedorenko from MIT announced on October 11, 2012, that Broca’s area … Continue reading
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