Brain waves and rappers

They did an EEG on Zico, a rapper from South Korea. First - for entertainment purposes - they made him compose a rap about the homunculus and the sensory and motor cortices. That was neat! I learned about those last semester.

Then they did the experiment. They recorded the electric activity in his brain when looking at images. I suspect that these images cause standardized, "normal" patterns of electric activity. That was the pre-test. Then, they had him recite something. I don't know if it was just random stuff, or relevant to the test, or what. The researcher in me wants to know what they gave him to read, but anyway... They did a post-test of the same image thing. Results showed more electric activity in the post-test, which is a "better performance."

BUT listen here, there could have just been more activity simply because it was a second exposure to the test that was administered so soon after the first. And did he know he'd take it a second time, or did they "blind" him? Does recitation of random words, which is a visual-motor-language activity, really help with a visual images test? My research methods teacher would laugh at this experiment. Despite all that, it holds entertainment value because Zico is a celebrity and actually a pretty awesome guy imo. He had dreadlocks once and I love his voice and his raps.

Songs that never fail to make me happy~

These songs lift my spirits when I'm down. ^_^

Don't Cry (areia remix) by Park Bom

Love Song by Big Bang

Stupid Liar by Big Bang

Gritar by Leamitie

Geisterfahrer by Tokio Hotel (no youtube vid for this one)

Puedes Contar Conmigo bu La Oreja De Van Gogh

White Love by Seungri (which sounds remarkably similar to Puedes Contar Conmigo so maybe that's why I like it)

Perdoname by La Oreja De Van Gogh

Brand New Reason by Fleet

Undeniably a 5-year old

I watched this and saw a little 5-year old girl making faces and watching herself in some monitor. This is what we all do when we try the mac photobooth application for the first time. Screw the issues and psychology, this is normal 5-year old being cute and silly - at least in this particular clip. She doesn't answer the questions because what 5-year old answers questions like that? And she doesn't pay attention because what 5-year old pays attention? She's so cute! She still would be, even without the makeup.