For lab members interested in memory and schema, Bartlett (1932) is original memory book that everyone cites – so probably a good plan that we read it too 🙂 Link to the works of Bartlett Link to an online version of…
Author: lwise
I am a cognitive scientist, psychologist, and online learning specialist with an interest in taekwon-do, web stuff, cycling, indoor soccer and sundry other things. My staff profile at Swinburne is at http://www.lilydale.swinburne.edu.au/staff/profiles/lwise.htm. My lab website is at http://mocapsuite.edublogs.org/. I have bursts of web activity, and then large lapses. And so it's been since Al Gore invented the internet.
The Increasing Problem With the Misinformed
The public is no longer uninformed. They are misinformed, and that requires an entirely different editorial focus. When writing for the uninformed, your focus is to report the news, which is what every newspaper is doing today. But when focusing…
Neuroscience Fiction – The New Yorker
The first and foremost reason why we shouldn’t simply disown neuroscience altogether is an obvious one: if we want to understand our minds, from which all of human nature springs, we must come to grips with the brain’s biology. The…
Society of mind (Minsky) on the web
Society of Mind book in html form This is the entire “Society of Mind” book by Marvin Minsky on the web! This is an awesome read (or series of awesome reads) that I recommend to everyone!
Anil Gupta: India’s hidden hotbeds of invention
Really thought-provoking talk about invention, creativity and attribution for people who are usually not noticed.
The man who studies the spread of ignorance
How do people or companies with vested interests spread ignorance and obfuscate knowledge? Georgina Kenyon finds there is a term which defines this phenomenon. Source: The man who studies the spread of ignorance (via Stephen Downes) Apparently there is whole area…
Norman’s VR company go to NASA
No wonder Norman is always too busy for lab group 🙂 He’s definitely onto bigger and better things! Earthlight – one giant leap for virtual reality
Are self-driving warships and ‘smart trucks’ the future?
Autonomous vehicles are on the rise, with the US military christening an experimental self-driving warship and a smart truck platooning trial ending successfully this week. Source: Are self-driving warships and ‘smart trucks’ the future?
Social Network Analysis of Game of Thrones
The article linked below is a good example of social network analysis in an accessible way for anyone who watches Game of Thrones (not so much if you don’t! but still might be good for students http://www.maa.org/sites/default/files/pdf/Mathhorizons/NetworkofThrones%20%281%29.pdf
Sydney University makes maths compulsory for 62 degrees
Note that the list below, for which 2-unit maths is required, includes psychology and medicine – hopefully this plan spreads, but there will be much lower enrollments, and it begs the question of who will be able to teach these maths-qualified students!…