The Axon Terminal

Ghent (; , ; , ) is a city and a municipality located in the Flemish region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of the East Flanders province. The city started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Lys and in the Middle Ages became one of the largest and richest cities of northern Europe. Today it is a busy city with a port and a university. The municipality comprises the city of Ghent proper and the surrounding towns of Afsnee, Desteldonk, Drongen, Gentbrugge, Ledeberg, Mariakerke, Mendonk, Oostakker, Sint-Amandsberg, Sint-Denijs-Westrem, Sint-Kruis-Wi...

I think we should propose "Cognitive Sciences [in Flemish]" as an offshoot

Skippy

6:06 PM

mmm I will start putting 5 cent coins in a jar

Steven Jeuris

@jonsca You know more than I do. ;p

Skippy

@StevenJeuris I know more than you do :p :p

Steven Jeuris

No idea where I'm heading after this phd.

Skippy

hm

jonsca

@StevenJeuris I can see everyone else's future, just not mine

Skippy

6:07 PM

why can't gypsie's have babies?

because they have crystal balls

Steven Jeuris

Who says you can't have babies with crystal balls?

I call bullocks!

Skippy

bullocks = balls

hahahahah

Steven Jeuris

Bullock

Bullock may refer to: * Bullock (in British English), a castrated male bovine animal of any age * Bullock (in North America), a young bull (an uncastrated male bovine animal) * Bullock (in Australia and New Zealand), an ox, an adult bovine animal used for draught (usually but not always a castrated male) * Bullock cart * Bullock wagon or ox-wagon * Bullock County, Alabama * Bullock Pen Lake * Bullock Creek * Bullock Park, a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland * Bullock Report (A Language for Life) (1975) * Bullock Report (Industrial democracy) (1977) * Bullock's, a defunct depart...

I call bullock on your definition of bullock!

But of course it should be "I call bullshit" ... don't know how much freedom English gives in changing expressions like that. :)

jonsca

flagged

j/k

Skippy

hm hard to argue with that huge post above my kangaroo ears

I was going to say exactly that

and bs doesn't help reproduction.. except in the seduction ;)

bullocks=bull=balls=bullshit=holy mother of god are you shitting me?!

the last one was my artistic interpretation

I just thought of a question for Coggy

Steven Jeuris

6:13 PM

"I call holy mother of god are you shitting me?!" doesn't really have the same ring to it.

jonsca

@Skippy I'm getting you a "What would Charles Sherrington do?" bracelet for times like that

Skippy

@jonsca hahahaha or what would Hitler do??? BA hahahahaha

@StevenJeuris if I write omfhmg.. now you should know what I mean..

jonsca

Paint!

Skippy

oh my holy f*** mother of god

with disproportionate people

hang on another question brb

Steven Jeuris

Yay!

Skippy

6:16 PM

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Q: Laughing at one's own jokes

I frequently laugh at my own jokes. I can be a great source of entertainment for myself. Is there any study on people laughing at their own jokes? What personality traits are associated with people who frequently laugh at their own jokes?

humour

jonsca

What's "humour"? ;)

Skippy

did Hitler like drawing as wellas painting.. throw me a bone

Ben Brocka

I avoid laughing in my recordings so I don't sound like I'm laughing at my own jokes

Oddly enough multiple people have told me they like when I laugh in my videos though

Skippy

hm

Steven Jeuris

@BenBrocka What videos?

Skippy

6:22 PM

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Q: The psychology of disproportioned people in artwork

Hitler liked to paint . In his work, the people were disproportionately large within any given scene. Given his extreme personality, I have often pondered about this. Perhaps an over exaggeration of people in his artwork reflected his own grandiosity about his position in the world. Is there so...

cognitive-psychology abnormal-psychology psychiatry

Ben Brocka

@StevenJeuris I record let's plays and game related videos on Youtube

Skippy

ok guys go answer some questions

schnell schnell

ok there's 6 people in this chat room. I expect at least 6 posts voted on and answers posted or questions asked by the time I get back.

Steven Jeuris

@BenBrocka link?

Skippy

omg I turned chat into a ghost town

Ben Brocka

@StevenJeuris Most recent video (some NSFW language...and title, heh)

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Here's the channel page: youtube.com/user/SirTapTap

Skippy

6:30 PM

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Q: Effects of alcohol on muscle memory

Muscle memory is a form of procedural memory, which is a form of implicit memory. Studies seem to have shown that alcohol has no significant effect on implicit memory. Unfortunately I can't access any of the referenced papers. From www.intropsych.com: Hashtroudi, Parker, DeLisi, Wyatt, and ...

procedural-memory alcohol

@StevenJeuris how did oyu conclude muscle memory is a form of procedural memory

the actions? or the actual muscle

muscle fibres have no memory

Steven Jeuris

@Skippy I think wikipedia.

Skippy

@StevenJeuris do I have your permission to edit the question to make it scientifically accurate?

Steven Jeuris

Yup, first sentence @ wikipedia haha. :)

Euh .. sure, I can always roll back if I disagree.

Skippy

muscle has no memory.. it is the learnt skills that we utilie our muscels for that is laid within memory the supplementary motor cortex and the motor cortex

Steven Jeuris

We are actually still interested in doing a similar study .. that's why I asked the question. :)

Skippy

6:34 PM

actually.. I could just answer it as it is

Steven Jeuris

An answer would be even better of course.

Skippy

ok brb

who was that masked kangaroo I hear you ask

@BenBrocka subscribed to yr channel ;)

Ben Brocka

@Skippy Thanks!

Skippy

@StevenJeuris omg do I have to cite how alcohol is metabolised and muscle

it's physiology and pharmacology

I know what I'm saying is true.. it's finding the bloody links that takes the time hfmog

@BenBrocka pleasure

Steven Jeuris

@BenBrocka So I finally can put a voice to that text, awesome. :)

Once I recorded my Laevo video for CHI I'll post it here, so you can also imagine mine. :)

Skippy

6:42 PM

@StevenJeuris do you mind me being frank in my answer?

Steven Jeuris

@Skippy Nope.

Skippy

I think this is why it has not been answered

ok.. peace love and dandilions

brb

Steven Jeuris

That and it was Oct 18 '12, when we had barely any users. ;p

Ben Brocka

@StevenJeuris More people know my voice than me at this point, heh

4,500 subscribers somehow

Steven Jeuris

@Skippy, answering this question would currently help me out more though. :) stackoverflow.com/q/18341654/590790

Skippy

6:50 PM

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A: Effects of alcohol on muscle memory

the effects of alcohol on muscle memory specifically Firstly: muscles have no memory per se. The brain is the place that processes and stores memory. A discussion about the physiology of muscle is outside the scope of this site. Second fact: Alcohol is absorbed equally throughout the body. It p...

jonsca

"muscle memory" is a proper expression

Skippy

hahahahaha good luck on that one @StevenJeuris

@jonsca show me

Damien

good tmorrow morning...

Skippy

Hi @Damien what r u doing up so early

Damien

I have been up for an hour

Skippy

6:52 PM

@StevenJeuris let me know if you want references for the answer.. it is what I learnt at uni

@Damien I went to bed early, got woken up and been up since

guys feedback about the answer I posted ^^^ above.. this is stuff I learnt at uni.. so do I HAVE to go diggin up references

Damien

the example i used in my recent question explains part of it and the other part is that I just edited and emailed my final PhD draft to my superviors

jonsca

You're just taking it too literally, it refers to what you were speaking of, but I believe sits more in the cerebellum than the motor cortex

so it's not memory of the muscles, it's simply a specific type of procedural memory

Skippy

@jonsca the question is unclear.. but was mutliply upvoted..

@Damien what r u referring to?

Damien

my recent question (posted several hours ago)

Steven Jeuris

@jonsca As is mentioned on the wikipedia page indeed.

Skippy

6:57 PM

oh ok

Steven Jeuris

@Skippy, if you want to contradict the wikipedia page, you better also add why. :)

Damien

oh wait, sorry all - just saw you're in the midst of a conversation... sorry to interrupt.

jonsca

@Skippy It's not unclear at all. They are normally referred to as "motor memories" but I have heard muscle physiologists (my former advisor included) say "muscle memory"

It's a bit colloquial, but it's acceptable

Skippy

@Damien not at all

Ok guys, my bad.. didn't see tha wikipedia link

will reply later

it's 5am .. so I deleted it and will undelte later

jonsca

@Skippy No, it's okay, I understand where you were coming from

I haven't found anything to back up my cerebellar involvement, though

Skippy

7:00 PM

hm my bad.. do I have to write lines or have a detention or something? what's the protocol for being naughty here? I have been looking at too many questions on reinforcing behaviour ;)

jonsca

@Skippy Electric shock via the keyboard. We're installing a system like the one in the beginning of Ghostbusters

Skippy

@jonsca oooh now you've got my attention.. I'd prefer like the ghost in the library from ghost busters, it would totally freak me out

@Damien this is why you are awake I get it now

Damien

and just submitted my PhD final draft

3

Steven Jeuris

@Skippy Thanks, and no problem. ;p

jonsca

@Damien Congrats!

Skippy

7:03 PM

@Damien kudos congrats.. u wanna catch up and get drunk? lol

@StevenJeuris thanks I did nothing!! hahhahahahahahahaha

Damien

full submission in a week or two

jonsca

I'm assuming there's a defense as well?

Damien

not in Australia... it is submitted, examiners look at it, give their judgement and critiques and then I finish and bind it and becme a doctor of philosophy

jonsca

Interesting. I think that's the portion Americans (and Canadians) most dread, well, glad you are free of it

Skippy

who downvoted mt question? I'm coming after oyu with my putchfork hahahaha

putchfork hahahahaha

bloody bastard, anyone else interested in the correlation between Hitler's "artwork" and his psyche?

Damien

7:08 PM

rightio then....

Ben Brocka

The Hitler Correlations sounds like it could be a documentary on online comparisons to Hitler

Skippy

huh.. oh I'm too energetic for you?

it's hard to know if he was just evil, psychotic, or both

Damien

@jonsca I have done the PhD in just over 2 years... as a part time student with a fulltime job... my supervisor said, and I quote "You work like a ballistic missile on steroids"... I get wha he says, but the mental imagery is chilling.

jonsca

@Damien Wow, mad props to you!

Damien

@and got 3 papers published... 4th submitted, 5th outlined, 6th-9th planned... oh, I am a glutton for punishment..

Okay, I am writing one more question for the time being...

Not really sure how to answer any questions anymore with the back and forth discussions/arguments - will read and reflect on those discussions before I start up again.

Skippy

7:23 PM

got to go to bed night/morning all

Damien

There, final question for a while posted.... I will start answering/posting questions as soon as I can reflect and understand the discussions about them of late.

@Skippy have a good rest

Ben Brocka

Why do I always sneeze in pairs? the eternal question

Steven Jeuris

7:40 PM

@BenBrocka It's symmetry (as the rest of your body) but then since it's impossible to do it simultaneously, spread over time?

Damien

see you all sometime later

Josh Gitlin

Laevo installing @StevenJeuris

Steven Jeuris

@JoshGitlin Laevo is installing me? That's a weird 'what if my creations made me' reversed universe right there.

jonsca

7:55 PM

In Soviet Russia, Laevo installs you!

Josh Gitlin

lmao

@StevenJeuris I see you're harvesting gmail credentials ;-)

Steven Jeuris

@JoshGitlin Best if you read through the manual.

Why oh why do people never read the manual. :) I should have made a video already.

whathecode.wordpress.com/laevo

@JoshGitlin Yeah ... but I store them encrypted so no worries. ;p

Josh Gitlin

Then you'd be asking why I didn't watch the video ;-)

@StevenJeuris The installer finished and it asked me if I wanted to launch and after I did it asked for gmail credentials :-p

Steven Jeuris

"When first running Laevo, you have the option of entering your Gmail login and password. In case you don’t have Gmail, just click Cancel. Laevo uses this information to retrieve unread emails from your inbox and adding them as to-do items. In case you entered a wrong username and password, the dialog box will pop up again. (Don’t forget to create a new password in case you are using 2 step verification!)"

Skippy

I still dont understand why this question is downvoted cogsci.stackexchange.com/questions/4344/…

I suspect it is a question for Coggy, as to the mention of Hitler.. unless people arenot aware of his art.. any suggestions?

Josh Gitlin

8:03 PM

@StevenJeuris Crashed :-p

Trying to edit the new activity I created

We should make a Laevo chat room

Steven Jeuris

@JoshGitlin K

Josh Gitlin

@Skippy I wasn't aware of his art. Seems like a well framed question to me even if the answer is just "No, it's artistic license" so +1

Steven Jeuris

Laevo

Temporary room to discuss Laevo features and bug reports

Damien

9:28 PM

I will be absent from posting questions and answers for a while (will resume as soon as I review and reflect on what is acceptable and not) - there has been a lot of discussion on this in meta and in some comments and here, a lot to take in - so, I will review, reflect and model what is needed (as soon as I get time)

Damien

10:10 PM

upon reflection, I have deleted my question cogsci.stackexchange.com/questions/4346/… as it already seems to be misinterpreted as being directed at people... so it is deleted to stop any further drama.

Steven Jeuris

@Damien Should I delete that comment to prevent even more elaborate intricate drama?

Perhaps CogSci should become a soap.

@Damien Don't forget you can help shape what is acceptable and not.

Damien

best bet is to just leave the question as being deleted. I will post again sometime soon

I have tried to help shape things, but I really don't feel I have been of any use.

Steven Jeuris

10:25 PM

@Damien I'm sorry to hear that. I'm actually certain you have, given your question/answer rate, but if you want I'll contact you later to see whether there are points where you feel your contribution was underappreciated and see what we can do about it?

Just quite busy at the moment.

Josh Gitlin

@Damien Are you talking about the deleted question specifically? Because if you're talking about your contributions as a whole I'd say you're definitely a valued member!

Bio Perception Questions

11:53 PM

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Building off of this question: Why does freshly cut grass smell like a watermelon?, is it usually the case that things that we perceive as having similar smells are, in fact, the same chemical hitting our noses (as in the case of cis-3-hexanal in watermelon/cut grass), or is it often a cognitive ...

biochemistry sensation perception olfactory

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