Beyond resisting the destruction & degeneration of the brain there looms also the possibility of regeneration & perhaps even augmentation. The "Smart Drug Movement" implies that this is possible -- and possible now. Here I review the subject of "Smart Dru
"Tagging works because it strikes a balance between the individual and social. It serves the individual motive of remembering, and forms a ad-hoc social groups around it."
With this Web page, we are opening some aspects of hakia R&D to the view of our users. We undertook highly specific research tasks solely dedicated to the advancement of the core-competency in Web search. The main challenge is to make science work in a co
(ISBN 0 9627418 7 6) Sceptics about nootropics ("smart drugs") are unwitting victims of the so-called Panglossian paradigm of evolution. They believe that our cognitive architecture has been so fine-honed by natural selection that any tinkering with su
If life were longer I might want to play with this kind of thing. I wonder if in my son's lifetime intelligent tutoring systems will be able to go to university?
This volume provides a thorough and up-to-date synthesis of the expansive and highly influential literature on the cognitive neuroscience of addiction from the last 30 years. Bringing together contributions from leading authorities in the field, it places emphasis on the most commonly investigated drugs of abuse.
E. Usher, and F. Pajares. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 34 (1):
89-101(January 2009)The purpose of this study was to develop and validate items with which to assess A. Bandura’s (1997) theorized sources of self-efficacy among middle school mathematics students. Results from Phase 1 (N=1111) were used to develop and refine items for su....
R. Shafran, and W. Mansell. Clinical Psychology Review, 21 (6):
879-906(August 2001)Clinical experience suggests that perfectionism can impede the successful treatment of psychological disorders. This review examines the concept of perfectionism, critically evaluates its assessment, reviews the association between existing measures of....