Month: May 2018

At Death’s Door, A Once-Healthy Man Fights Back

As JD Walk fought an unexpected battle against lung cancer, his family, his friends, and pro bodybuilder Brandan Fokken came together to help him find his way back to health. Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., is a co-founder of the Institute for the Future of Human Potential, where […]

Published on May 14, 2018

Robust, Transient Neural Dynamics during Conscious Perception

While neuroscientific research on perceptual awareness has traditionally focused on the spatial and temporal localizations of neural activity underlying conscious processing, recent development suggests that the dynamic characteristics of spatiotemporally distributed neural activity contain important clues about the neural computational mechanisms underlying conscious processing. Here, we summarize recent progress. Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. […]

Published on May 13, 2018

During disasters, active Twitter users likely to spread falsehoods

During disasters, active Twitter users are likely to spread falsehoods. That’s according to new research that examined false tweets from Hurricane Sandy and the Boston Marathon bombing. Researchers found that 86 to 91 percent of active Twitter users spread misinformation, and that nearly as many did nothing to correct it. Read Full Article (External Site) […]

Published on May 12, 2018