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Despite seeing it millions of times in pretty much every picture book, every novel, every newspaper and every email, Johns Hopkins University researchers have found people are essentially unaware of the most common version of the lowercase print g.
April 3, 2018 Tags: cognition, fonts, Johns Hopkins University, letter g, looptail g, Michael McCloskey, opentail g, reading
| Category: Psychology, Uncategorized
Johns Hopkins University cognitive scientists say the sharp contrasts in the memory profile of a patient with severe amnesia — her inability to remember facts about pursuits once vital to her life as an artist, musician and amateur aviator, while clearly remembering facts relevant to performing in these domains — suggest conventional wisdom about how the brain stores knowledge is incorrect.
June 22, 2016 Tags: Amnesia, Barbara Landau, brain, cognitive science, declarative knowledge, Johns Hopkins University, Lonni Sue Johnson, memory, Michael McCloskey
| Category: Natural Sciences, Psychology
In an effort to unlock the secrets of the brain and creativity, Johns Hopkins cognitive scientists Barbara Landau and Michael McCloskey are studying Lonni Sue Johnson, an artist who contracted viral encephalitis in 2007.
September 12, 2011 Tags: "Puzzles of the Brain: An Artist's Journey Through Amnesia", art, artist, Barbara Landau, creativity, imagination, Johns Hopkins Brain Science Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Lonni Sue Johnson, memory-impairing brain damage, Michael McCloskey, the creative brain, viral encephalitis, Walters Art Museum
| Category: Academic Disciplines, Homewood Campus News, Psychology