Internationally celebrated nature writer Candace Savage presents the Corvid family-- surprisingly bright, brassy, and colorful birds--in a remarkable collection of full-color, close-up photographs by some of the world's best wildlife photographers. Birds have long been viewed as the archetypal featherbrains--beautiful but dumb. But according to naturalist Candace Savage, "bird brain," as a pejorative expression, should be rendered obsolete by new research on the family of corvids: crows and their close relations.The ancients who regarded these remarkable birds as oracles, bringers of wisdom, or agents of vengeance were on the right track, for corvids appear to have powers of abstraction, memory, and creativity that put them on a par with many mammals, even higher primates. Bird Brains presents these bright, brassy, and surprisingly colorful birds in a remarkable collection of full-color, close-up photographs by some two dozen of the world's best wildlife photographers.Savage's lively, authoritative text describes the life and behavior of sixteen representative corvid species that inhabit North America and Europe. Drawing on recent research, she describes birds that recognize each other as individuals, call one another by "name," remember and relocate thousands of hidden food caches, engage in true teamwork and purposeful play, and generally exhibit an extraordinary degree of sophistication.Author: Candace SavageISBN-10: 1771644257ISBN-13: 9781771644259Publisher: Greystone BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/24/2018Pages: 152Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.40lbsSize: 9.90h x 9.70w x 0.50d
The minutes tick by steadily, unchanging, and yet the days pass faster as you get older. A new paper explains how we perceive time.
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Reducing the excitation-inhibition ratio by diminishing excitability of pyramidal neurons or increasing excitability of PV neurons led mice to spend more time engaged in social encounters. Researchers believe the excitation-inhibition balance may play a key role in autism and normal social behavior.
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After a word is explicitly taught, students need MULTIPLE exposures of the word in order to "own" it. These encounters should be intentional, spread out and reviewed frequently. The best way to provide ownership of a word is by learning words in relation to other words. Our brain loves patterns, so it likes to organize our mental dictionary by building connections among words that are learned. Our brain creates networks of words that have similar features like the ones listed below: phonological semantic morphological orthographic visual emotional So, how do you help the brain create word networks? Listed below are five ways to effectively practice vocabulary that facilitates word connections. 1. Multiple Meanings Does the vocabulary word you are teaching have multiple meanings? If so--point that out! Did you know out of the 5,000 or so most common words in English, many of them have multiple meanings. Therefore, lots of opportunities will present themselves to dialogue about the multiple meanings. Example: hit, jam, check, frame, etc. A simple word map (pictured below) helps students see the multiple meanings a word can have. 2. Classify Words into Categories As I mentioned before, our brains crave organization and patterning. As we learn words, our brains are creating pathways to connect new words with known words. Every word in your mental dictionary is connected to other words, ideas or images. Help students truly understand a vocabulary term by facilitating connections. Some great classification activities include the following: Open sorts--give students a group of words and have them group the words how they see fit. Identification of categories--show students a group of words that go together and have them determine a category label. 3. Analyze Semantic Features Semantic feature analysis is a strategy to compare characteristics of words. Many words have some in-common properties and identifying these properties helps students create those ever important word networks! When we help students connect one word to an already known word, we deepen their understanding of the term. Semantic feature analysis can be done with a simple chart as pictured below: Check out Semantic Feature Analysis from Reading Rockets. This article takes a deeper dive into analyzing characteristics of words, and you can even download a free semantic feature analysis grid!! 4. Use Antonyms Antonyms are words of opposite meanings. Identifying antonyms of vocabulary terms deepens a student's understanding of the word. This is one more way to teach words in relation to other words. 5. Use Synonyms Synonyms are words with the same meanings. Identifying synonyms for vocabulary terms helps students create relationships in meaning among the words. There is often a shade of meaning that distinguishes one synonym from another---making one word a better choice than another. Again--the point is that you are facilitating the creation of "word networks" for students. AND....our brains LOVE word networks! If you are looking for more strategies on vocabulary instruction, check out Reading 101: A Guide to Teaching Reading and Writing from Reading Rockets. This article has tons of great tips and instructional strategies!
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We now know that many of us are part Neanderthal, with our genes carrying traces of past encounters between our early ancestors. Now, a team of European researchers has grown blobs of brain tissue from human stem cells that contain Neanderthal DNA.
Social competition and establishing dominance are a part of the culture of many species, from humans to mice. That's why the results of a recent study...
Hearing footsteps? Noticing a phantom perfume? Do you think you might share your home with a ghost? Perhaps you do! Don't just pack your bags and move away, take a little time to get to know your spectral roommate better.
Did you see a ghost in a picture? Maybe it was really matrixing. Find out how your brain works and how it can deceive you on ghost hunts.
At first, this animated short seems rather pleasant: A kiwi encounters a golden nugget, and upon consuming it, feels a glorious sense of bliss. But as the bird continues to chase that first high, things quickly turn dark.
From Alan Turing to Susan Sontag, by way of a lost cat, a fierce Victorian lady-journalist, and some very odd creative habits.
A new study delves into the 40,000-year-old encounters between modern humans and an extinct human species.
Title: Underwater: When Encephalitis, Brain Injury and Epilepsy Change Everything By: Chris Maxwell Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 160 Vendor: True Potential Publishing Publication Date: 2020 Dimensions: 9 X 6 X 0.33 (inches) Weight: 8 ounces ISBN: 1943852529 ISBN-13: 9781943852529 Stock No: WW852523
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This guide reveals how writers can utilize cognitive storytelling strategies to craft stories that ignite readers' brains and captivate them through each plot element. Imagine knowing what the brain craves from every tale it encounters, what fuels the success of any great story, and what keeps readers transfixed. Wired for Story reveals these cognitive secrets--and it's a game-changer for anyone who has ever set pen to paper. The vast majority of writing advice focuses on \"writing well\" as if it were the same as telling a great story. This is exactly where many aspiring writers fail--they strive for beautiful metaphors, authentic dialogue, and interesting characters, losing sight of the one thing that every engaging story must do: ignite the brain's hardwired desire to learn what happens next. When writers tap into the evolutionary purpose of story and electrify our curiosity, it triggers a delicious dopamine rush that tells us to pay attention. Without it, even the most perfect prose won't hold anyone's interest. Backed by recent breakthroughs in neuroscience as well as examples from novels, screenplays, and short stories, Wired for Story offers a revolutionary look at story as the brain experiences it. Each chapter zeroes in on an aspect of the brain, its corresponding revelation about story, and the way to apply it to your storytelling right now.
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Both commonly dubbed as ‘emotionless robots’ or ‘logical masterminds’ with no clue on how to navigate the social sphere or figure out romantic encounters, the INTJ and INTP in Myers and Briggs' typology are among one of the most difficult pairs (and brains) to pick apart. Since they’re both Intuitive Thinkers (NT), it’s quite common to mistype as the other.
The idea of dog socialization is to introduce your puppy to what the ever-changing world has to offer, in order for him to survive, thrive and adapt to new environments and circumstances. Just like humans, when your dog experiences something new, his brain is stimulated Continue Reading →
Too often, Western encounters with the Islamic world commence with stereotypes and end with a renewed distance. Drawing from decades of experience studying the Muslim world, Lawrence Rosen challenges these narrow understandings. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, Rosen shows the wide-ranging significance of Muslim art, culture, and law around the world. Exploring political, economic, and social encounters within and with the Muslim world across the eras, he considers a wide range of contexts - from fifteenth-century mosaics in Central Asia that reveal a complex understanding of mathematics, to the political choices available to the youth of modern-day Morocco and Cairo. With in-depth analyses of art, law, and religion, and how they informed one another, Rosen develops a vibrant, nuanced portrait of the Islamic world. Drawing linkages across time, regions, and cultures, this is a significant anthropological study of the Islamic world from a seasoned scholar. Worked examples or Exercises
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