The ACC and Google

Reverse mathematics and the ACC

The Success of Google Search, the Failure of Google Health and the Future of Google Plus

What makes an e-commerce company successful? In 2011 24% of venture capital in the US went into Internet companies adding up to a total of $6.9 billion (PwC & NVCA, 2011), with such high stakes the question of e-commerce success is more topical than ever. Google, one of the biggest ecommerce companies in the world, despite huge successful products like Google Search, has also seen failures. In ...

Pain in the ACC?

Lieberman and Eisenberger (1) claim that the “dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) is selective for pain.” This surprising conclusion contradicts a large body of evidence showing robust dACC responses to nonpainful conditions. Electrophysiological and optogenetic studies have identified neuronal populations activated during foraging behavior, attention, emotion, reward expectancy, skeletomot...

the relationship between learners critical thinking ability and their performance in the reading sections of the tofel and ielts test

the study reflected in this thesis aims at finding out relationships between critical thinking (ct), and the reading sections of tofel and ielts tests. the study tries to find any relationships between the ct ability of students and their performance on reading tests of tofel and academic ielts. however, no research has ever been conducted to investigate the relationship between ct and the read...

The excitement of Google Scholar, the worry of Google Print

In late 2004 Google announced two major projects, the unveiling of Google Scholar and a major expansion of the Google Print digitization program. Both projects have generated discussion within the library and research communities, and Google Print has received significant media attention.This commentary describes exciting educational possibilities stimulated by Google Scholar, and argues for ca...