perceptive neuroscience

Wadding by Maasai Warriors

noreply@blogger.com (vin krishna) — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 10:40:00 +0000

Three Men vs. Fifteen Hungry Lions - Human Planet, Grasslands, Preview - BBC One

man vs lion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fOtJi8dL_8

Interesting comments by viewers:

1.
Psychology at it's best.
You need to get the balance absolutely spot on.
Wading in too strongly would provoke the fight response from the lions. Too hesitant and the lions would see through you.
Another example
watch?v=9fOtJi8dL_8
zeroprobe2k6 vor 1 Woche

2.
Lions can sense fear,
If you act without fear, they would back off for a time,
untill they get over the mental shock of upright walking creatures walking towards them, and
realize that these walking things are very smaller than themselves and
then they would attack.
omerkhan678 vor 3 Wochen

3.
It's not really respect, just plain fear. Lions can't tell the difference between a long stick/bows and a rifle - replay that scene a couple of hundred years ago, and I bet you there would have been three skinny chaps on the menu that night aswell.
It's sad isn't it...Feckin poachers!
gaavie vor 4 Wochen

5.
However, the point of this program is to demonstrate how man uses his "know how" to and succeed in controlling or taming the habitat he dwells in. In this case going against his instinct!
queenshussars vor 1 Monat

6.
@koko4u2luv So what? Ur just being pedantic, which weapons they have makes no diffence. Fact is they have weapons, and the lions probably know from past experience that man is a superior predator, which is why they run. Trying to compare this to people beefin eachother is just silly, theres no analogy.
Shiftee88 vor 1 Monat

7.
@Shiftee88 I think your incorrect, animals smell fear it is certain they can sense it. If you have ever lived or worked with beasts big or small you should know this. In Humans I think its more to do with eye contact and body language. One "predatory" human will obviously prey on the weak (female, young, elderly, not so strong), however being bold and brave without showing your fear can counter this behaviour if used correctly.
queenshussars vor 1 Monat

8. that the lions have probably had past experience with man.
queenshussars vor 1 Monat

9.
@Shiftee88 Just how do you think we evolved, just how do you think our millennia old ancestors survived?
queenshussars vor 1 Monat

10.
Lion recognise patterns they have developed as they were growing up. They have never dealt with humans before and so to see them approaching in such an aggressive and straightforward manner, it would be instinctual for them to back off. Once something has become familiar, things become dangerous, thats why the hunters had to be very quick in there task on the kill. If a bold lion attacks and fends off these intruders, cubs will learn to do the same in the future.
VertigaDesignMEDIA vor 1 Monat

These people are Maasai People in the video
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maasai_people

Facing the Lion: By Maasai Warriors
http://www.maasai-association.org/lion.html

Of course scientists can communicate

noreply@blogger.com (vin krishna) — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 10:55:00 +0000

http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110126/full/469445a.html

The care and maintenance of your adviser

noreply@blogger.com (vin krishna) — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 10:54:00 +0000

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v469/n7331/full/nj7331-570a.html

Careers columnist competition

noreply@blogger.com (vin krishna) — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 10:54:00 +0000

http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/news/competition/index.html

I, algorithm: A new dawn for artificial intelligence

noreply@blogger.com (vin krishna) — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 10:51:00 +0000

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20927971.200-i-algorithm-a-new-dawn-for-artificial-intelligence.html?page=1

Think Different: How Perception Reveals Brain Differences

noreply@blogger.com (vin krishna) — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 10:29:00 +0000

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=think-different-jan-11

Meditation Correlated With Structural Changes In The Brain

noreply@blogger.com (vin krishna) — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 10:29:00 +0000

http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=mediation-correlated-with-structura-11-01-22

Stress, Anxiety Both Boon and Bane to Brain

noreply@blogger.com (vin krishna) — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 10:28:00 +0000

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110119102750.htm

How do I become a data scientist?

noreply@blogger.com (vin krishna) — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 10:26:00 +0000

http://www.quora.com/How-do-I-become-a-data-scientist

Incredible link :)

Deep Brain Stimulation May Help Hard-to-Control High Blood Pressure

noreply@blogger.com (vin krishna) — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 10:23:00 +0000

news link
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110124162615.htm
paper Link
http://www.neurology.org/content/76/4/405

interesting :)

3D exploration of the mouse brain

noreply@blogger.com (vin krishna) — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 10:16:00 +0000

Just had a look at following link. Quite an impressive work.

http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2011/02/start/this-is-the-brain-the-crowd-built

Comment: Sounds quite interesting .. probably that's where we will move soon in humans.