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A Grave Gambit by Kerrigan Byrne
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Fiona remains one of my favorite characters, but the time that has passed since the last book has really affected my memory, so I had a bit of a hard time recapping the latest events. This new story, too, seemed a bit confusing to me, and even though everything eventually came full circle, I would have preferred to focus more on the main Arc—the one involving Jack the Ripper.

Fiona remains one of my favorite characters, but the time that has passed since the last book has really affected my memory, so I had a bit of a hard time recapping the latest events. This new story, too, seemed a bit confusing to me, and even though everything eventually came full circle, I would have preferred to focus more on the main Arc—the one involving Jack the Ripper.

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Sex, Lies, and Brain Scans: How fMRI Reveals What Really Goes on in Our Minds by Barbara J. Sahakian
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Short essay full of interesting information about the development of brain Imaging and brain scans. The most important parte, in my opinion, is not when will we be able to read some other person's mind, but how could we improve techniques and medication for people who had disease located in the brain: from Parkinson to depression the the fMRI could be so useful to improve what we already know and to change what is actually not working.

Breve saggio pieno di interessanti informazioni riguardanti le tecniche di imaging e di risonanza magnetica funzionale. La parte piú interessante per me, non é stata quella riguardante l'eventuale utilizzo di queste tecniche per conoscere quello che l'altro sta pensando, o se sta mentendo etc.etc. ma piuttosto quella riguardante l'utilizzo di questi strumenti per migliorare farmaci od operazioni chirurgiche su persone che hanno malattie localizzate nel cervello. Dal Parkinson alla depressione la fMRI potrebbe apportare modifiche fondamentali a quello che giá sappiamo e cambiare trattamenti che non stanno funzionando.

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