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Apr 30, 2011
Thinking Outside the Column: New Insights Into Brain Structure Reveal New Facets of Information Processing in Nervous System
From ScienceDaily: “For more than 50 years, a dominating assumption in brain research was that nerve cells in the cortex of the brain are organised in the form of microscopically small columns. Subsequently, it became a textbook standard that connections are created predominantly between nerve cells within these columns. In a review article for the journal Frontiers in Neuroscience, Clemens... read more
Apr 29, 2011
The structure of musical preferences: A five-factor model
From the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: “Music is a cross-cultural universal, a ubiquitous activity found in every known human culture. Individuals demonstrate manifestly different preferences in music, and yet relatively little is known about the underlying structure of those preferences. Here, we introduce a model of musical preferences based on listeners’ affective reactions... read more
