“Ting. Tingle, tingle, tremble toes,
she’s a good fisherman,
catches hens, puts ‘em inna pens
wire blier, limber lock,
three geese inna flock
one flew east, one flew west,
one flew over the cuckoo’s nest
O-U-T spells out
goose swoops down and plucks you out”
-page 239
June 30, 2008
June 27, 2008
Cuckoo’s nest
June 16, 2008
Tell sex from brain
A recent study has confirmed the previous discovery that lesbian or gay has a biological foundation: "The scans showed the right side of the brain in heterosexual men was typically 2% larger than the left. Lesbians showed a similar asymmetry, with the right hand side of the brain 1% larger than the left. Scans on homosexual men and heterosexual women revealed both sides of the brain were the same size."……"They found heterosexual women and gay men shared brain circuitry linking a region called the amygdala, which plays a key role in emotional responses, to other parts of the brain."
This old topic once interested me some time ago with a small blog….who knows the behavior could not be mimic by A.I. ? And "The Voight-Kampff empathy test is not far away from the sort of thing that cognitive neuroscientists are actually doing today" (Chris Frith)…
Science fictions and movies
After a night discussion with DD, I found I was never indulged in any science fiction and movie, but the list below from a vote by scientists UK might be a good start:
Top sci-fi authors
1 Isaac Asimov
2 John Wyndham
3 Fred Hoyle
4 Philip K Dick
5 HG Wells
Top five sci-fi films
1 Blade Runner (1982)
2 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
3 Star Wars (1977 ) / The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
4 Alien (1979)
5 Solaris (1972)
Here is another long list: http://home.austarnet.com.au/petersykes/topscifi/lists_film.html
A good news site : http://www.guardian.co.uk/science
June 5, 2008
Left or Right
The anatomical asymmetries of brain have been found in many animals bescides human, even honeybee. It seems the evolution prefer asymmetries for brain and heart, which are the most important organs in the body. Thare are some spliting brain cases, which are to help seisure patients, and as a side-effect, if those patients are right-handed, they are able to write words displayed to the left side of the brain, but not words displayed to the right, it ’s reasonable bacause the left side of the brain controls speaking, reading and writing in most people. And There is another case who is left-handed, when her brain was splited, she can write words displayed to the right side of her brain, but not words displayed to the left, which means the right hemisphere might control writing in left-handed people.
And interesting, when human is older than 25, the langusage center becomes blurred, with both hemisphere function rather than one domination.
June 3, 2008
Moving
清晨沐着阳光走在古老的街上，面包和咖啡的香味飘在清爽的空气中，鸟儿在硕大的树荫间飞来飞去，车流开始繁忙起来，我匆匆地大步走着，朝着一个特定的方向。。。烤着斜阳，穿行在人流中，我仍旧飞快地走着，朝着一个特定的方向。。。飘着美女花裳，玲珑殿堂，车流繁忙游在人流间，更多是轻快的笑语欢声。。。今天已经是搬来新居第三天了，我改变了原来的日程，早起晚睡，工作更紧凑，也节约了不少时间。。。可以调素琴，阅金经，陪DD散步，看小鸟啄食。。。
改变总会让人心动，因为可以怀旧，看看过去，生些感慨。。。今天与大学同学联系上，准备为重就业而准备考试，伊的女儿已经八岁了，我上次见到还是在国内呢。。。可是我觉得自己变化实在是太小了。。。呜呼。。。
