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[Neuroscience] Identification of a population of sleep-active cerebral cortex neurons

nas.edu 22-Jul-2008

§Department of Molecular Neuroscience and Integrative Physiology, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920-8640, Japan Edited by Sacha B. Nelson, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, and accepted by the Editorial Board May 23, 2008...

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psychologytoday.com

All Stereotypes Are True? Since When?

psychologytoday.com 21-Jul-2008

Stereotypes are pervasive. Humans tend to see the world in terms of categories. We see a chair, a table, a couch, and we group these items together. The category "furniture" makes our life a bit easier, a bit more effortless...

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Swimming Pool Installation In 21st Century Museum Of Art Of Kanazawa.

crookedbrains.net 19-Jul-2008

Swimming Pool Installation In 21st Century Museum Of Art Of Kanazawa.This is swimming pool art installation in 21st Century Museum of Art of Kanazawa by artist Leandro Erlich which opened its doors in September 2004 as one of...

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mainichi.jp

Heavy rain lashes Kinki, Hokuriku districts as lightning strikes cause power cuts

mainichi.jp 08-Jul-2008

Heavy rain lashed the Kinki and Hokuriku districts early on Tuesday, causing widespread flooding, while lightning cut power to some 10,000 homes in Wakayama Prefecture. Damage including flooding and power cuts occurred in Nara,...

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Kanazawa Day 2: 円ビニル envy

wordpress.com 06-Jul-2008 1 related

Forgive the oyaji gag, but it had to be done. I was confused by the guy in the Phonograph museum who kept going on about SP and what I misheard as "MP"., but was in fact 円ビ; short for "en bi(niru)" or "round vinyl" and the old...

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Kanazawa Day 1: The agony and the ecstasy

wordpress.com 06-Jul-2008

Headed to Kanazawa for the Japan Association For Asian Englishes (JAFAE) conference at Kanazawa Gakuin University. Although I missed the keynote speech in the morning, the afternoon sessions were good, especially those that...

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Impossible Experiments

psychologytoday.com 01-Jul-2008 1 related

What psychology experiment would you love to carry out if neither ethics nor practical reality stood in your way? For the August issue of Psychology Today, I asked several PT bloggers this question and printed four responses....

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japantoday.com

Entertainment › Pop group Biyuden holds farewell concert

japantoday.com 30-Jun-2008

Monday 30th June, 11:47 AM JST TOKYO — The female singing trio Biyuden on Sunday held their farewell concert in Tokyo after 3 years and 9 months together. Biyuden was formed by ex-Morning Musume member Rika Ishikawa, 23,...

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GPS versus maps versus direct experience

liftlab.com 27-Jun-2008

In Wayfinding with a Mobile GPS System, Ishikawa et al. examined the effectiveness of GPS navigation in comparison to paper maps and direct experience. The results show the following patterns: “Based on information received...

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