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The discipline of psychology emerged from the discipline of philosophy. In the late 19th century, the British philosopher John Stuart Mill argued that the human mind could be studied scientifically. This idea gained credence when European neurologists began using the clinicopathological method. This meant comparing the problems that a person had had during his or[…]

The April Theodore Talk, “Language Processing in the Brain Across Diverse Languages and Speakers”, will take place Sunday, April 26 at 2:30 p.m. Central Time (3:30 Eastern, 12:30 Pacific). ————- A staggering 7,000 languages are spoken and signed worldwide, and most people speak two or more. Yet, neuroscience research has largely focused on monolingual speakers of just a few[…]

Ken Lawrence’s Brainstorming group meets by Zoom each Sunday at 9PM Eastern Time to discuss how to build Mensa. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82908600785?pwd=Kzl4YUhFbklwSnpCTTl4TDdHN0Jsdz09 Meeting ID: 829 08600785 Passcode: 1234

Mensa of Northeastern New York is sponsoring another Spy Games. MISSION: HIDDEN SPIES Location: Mechanicville, New York Threat Level: CRITICAL Objective: Identify and apprehend deep-cover enemy operatives before their mission activates. Mechanicville doesn’t make headlines. A quaint little city with friendly people — not the kind of place you’d expect to become a battleground for[…]

The Miller’s Tale is one of Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. These tales were supposedly stories that a group of pilgrims told each other as they were on their way from London to Canterbury Cathedral, to visit the Shrine of St. Thomas Becket (also known as Thomas à Becket). Nevertheless, some of the tales told by[…]