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Why do some people believe that the gods of ancient cultures were ancient aliens?
The History Channel has a very popular tv series called Ancient Aliens. It's also known as the Ancient Astronauts theory on Wikipedia.
What motivates or drives some people to believe in ancient aliens?...
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How many regions of interest defined in Harvard-Oxford Atlas?
The description of the Harvard-Oxford Atlas says "48 cortical and 21 subcortical".
But their manual only defines 62 regions in the appendix: https://cma.mgh.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/...
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What is the current position of science on "energy healing" techniques?
I have quite a lot experience with energy healing, since I've learned and practiced a technique for years on myself and on others, too. I do it because I always felt its good effects directly on my ...
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Can someone explain a Social Psychological or Philosophical concept of Determinism?
I've heard the term, determinism used on more than a few Psychology and Philosophy-based podcasts. Dr. Robert Sapolsky and Dr. Cory Clark have mentioned it. Is it the concept that biology and DNA ...
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Guidance Needed for Building a Bayesian Ideal Observer Model for Stimulus Prediction?
I read papers with Ideal Observer implementation, including :
Peters, R. M., et al. (2015). Tactile orientation perception: an ideal observer analysis of human psychophysical performance in relation ...
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Hello! Is it possible that in some cases, CBT could be a little bit authoritarian or directive somehow? [closed]
May I ask you all a question, please? Is it possible that, maybe in some cases, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) could be a little bit authoritarian or directive? I mean, it somehow can impose on ...
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Reference request for experiment in which alcohol was given in form of orange juices
I got to know about an experiment in which respondents were given alcohol in form of orange juices and respondents didn't feel any compulsion to drink again and be normal and fine.
In other words, ...
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Where EXACTLY do Meta-Physical and Physical Meet? [duplicate]
You had a thought and as a result you jumped from the seat. A meta-Physical Thought became Real, Physical.
I asked this question originally in "SE Philosophy" but I think this is more ...
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Are the barriers to independent living for those with intellectural and developmental disabilities primarily societal or biological?
For many people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, living independently (that is, being able to perform basic ADLs, etc.) can feel like an impossible pipe dream. These people are ...
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How does being born shortly after the loss of a sibling affect identity formation in childhood?
I'm exploring how a child born shortly after a sibling's death ("subsequent children") might experience disrupted identity development.
While I've only just started my academic study of ...
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Name of cognitive bias involving vagueness
We know that perception, memory, and general sense-making is constructive. And, in general, our brain likes to see 'things' and likes simplicity, meaning that we'll characterize and make sense of our ...
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How is it possible 1-year-olds perceive but don't distinguish colors?
Both articles and visualizations found on the web are in agreement that by 6 months, children's color perception is very close to that of adults (see image by Katrina Furth). Yet, the ability to name ...
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2 Dimensions vs 3 Dimensions
Two blank A4 pieces of paper.
In one draw a simple 2-D rectangle.
Draw a 3-D non rectangle shape to the other.
Which parts of the brain light up when viewing those two papers?
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How do people become addicted to videogames and why? [closed]
Small background before discussing the question:
I'm a young 15 y/o individual currently in high school, and I've been playing videogames since the age of 3, also studying to become a game dev in the ...
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We always talk about Descartes, but wasn't Kant right about the thought generation mechanisms?
As we all know, Descartes bring an interesting perspective to this subject. But when we look into recent neurobiology articles, we can see that Kant was right. We have a priori and a posteriori ...
