Hands Make Us Human

Can Viruses Make Us Human ?

HIS QUESTION WILL SEEM preposterous to most. Viruses are molecular genetic parasites and are mostly recognized for their ability to induce disease in their host. Their effect on host evolution has long been thought to be like that of a predator on its prey, eliminating the host with weakened defenses. How can we propose any constructive role for viruses? Many viruses, however, can infect their ...

Did Meditating make us Human ?

Did Meditating make us Human? Matt J. Rossano Abstract This paper proposes that campfire rituals of focused attention created Baldwiniantype selection pressure for enhanced working memory capacity among our Homo sapiens ancestors. This model is grounded in five propositions including: that the emergence of symbolism occurred late in the archaeological record, that this emergence was caused by a...

Many hands make light work.

Hands, tables and groups make rehabilitation awesome!

Technology has helped improve rehabilitation programs by providing patients with engaging alternatives to otherwise monotonous and repetitive exercises. In recent years, therapists have looked towards multi-touch technologies to further enhance patient rehabilitation programs. So far, the focus has mainly been on single-user interaction, largely ignoring many of the benefits patients receive fr...

Can Physics Make Us Free?

A thoroughly physical view on reality and our common sense view on agency and free will seem to be in a direct conflict with each other: if everything that happens is determined by prior physical events, so too are all our actions and conscious decisions; you have no choice but to do what you are destined to do. Although this way of thinking has intuitive appeal, and a long history, it has rece...