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Sep 17, 2008

Crowdfunding for science

I and my colleague Giuseppe Riva have just published a letter in Science , where we propose crowd-funding - a form of crowdsourcing applied to finance - as a possible strategy to cope with the lack of investments in research. The full text of the article is available here:  gaggioli_riva_science08.pdf Video (Italian only)  

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Sep 09, 2008

Modulating presence and impulsiveness by external stimulation of the brain

Modulating presence and impulsiveness by external stimulation of the brain Behav Brain Funct. 2008 Aug 4;4(1):33 Authors: Beeli G, Casutt G, Baumgartner T, Jancke L ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: "The feeling of being there" is one possible way to describe the phenomenon of feeling present in a virtual environment and to act as if this environment is real. One brain area, which is hypothesized...

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Sep 09, 2008

Assessing craving in young adult smokers using virtual reality

Assessing craving in young adult smokers using virtual reality. Am J Addict. 2008 Sep-Oct;17(5):436-40 Authors: Traylor AC, Bordnick PS, Carter BL Cigarette smokers, when confronted with...

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Sep 09, 2008

Effects of mindful and non-mindful exercises on people with depression

Sep 09, 2008

"Thinking about Not-Thinking": Neural Correlates of Conceptual Processing during Zen Meditation

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