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Article Summary: Phantom Colours in a Colour Blind Synaesthete 5 Nov 2009 | 08:00 pm
For my COGS 310: Consciousness project, I’ve been researching synethesia. Synethesia is the experience of a sense cross-modally. A synesthete may perceive time in a spatial rather than numeric terms. ...
Using your mind 16 Oct 2009 | 04:28 pm
Here’s an interesting article I found about a cognitive neuroscientist who used his knowledge about the brain and thought in general to help him on the show, “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” I haven’...
PyBrain 14 Oct 2009 | 07:15 pm
I just stumbled on a great library for neural net architecture at PyBrain. I haven’t had a chance to really get my hands dirty, but just looking at the algorithms available, I really want to give it a...
Self-Organizing Maps in Python 6 Apr 2009 | 07:37 pm
In finding new ways to describe and emulate cognitive microstructure, self-organizing maps (SOM) offer insight into how the visual system might work in a connectionist model of the brain. For this ex...
What is Cognitive Science? A Field Guide for Cognitive Scientists and Students of Cognitive Scientists at Parties 18 Mar 2009 | 02:00 pm
Note: This is a repost of a previous entry. Of the many great experiences I had in Syria, some of my favourites were at family gatherings and parties. Of course, the sort of reunions that happen in t...
about 18 Mar 2009 | 12:25 pm
Hello! My name is Faris Chebib and I'd like to welcome you to hacking the neural.net. I am an undergraduate student studying Cognitive Science at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver. What is cogni...
