That's right; The B&B Blogger is left.  Left-handed, that is.  What's the big deal?  Dunno.  Never seemed to be one to the Blogger.  However, handedness is turning out to be one of the most difficult brain functions for neuroscientists to understand.  That is, the more that handedness is studied, the less and less about it that is certain. Let's get into this handedness thing with the B&B Blogger providing answers to some of your burning questions - you know, the kind of deep, scientific questions about handedness that keep you up at night... Are left-handers truly wacko? Historically,...

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TiER1 Performance Solutions announced today that it was awarded contracts with L-3 Communications Corporation, Link Simulation and Training (L-3 Link) to support computational cognitive modeling and human performance data mining and extraction analysis research programs at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL).  For one project, TiER1 will assist L-3 Link in the design and implementation of a computational cognitive model of situational reasoning as part of the synthetic teammate project. The goal of the synthetic teammate program is to build a language capable synthetic teammate that can effectively...

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...Just a few blocks down the road. In April, TiER1 will have a new home in the RiverCenter in Covington. We are outgrowing our current space, so we need something a little bigger. We are really excited about our new space! And don't worry - we will probably have a party. To learn more about our move, check out this article from the Courier.

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After a nine-month incarceration institutionalization hiatus, The Brain & Behavior Blogger is back!  And, here's something he learned while he was "gone:"  If you have trouble sleeping, just chill out (!), Baby... The more elderly among you might remember the classic caricature of a "treatment" for a killer hang-over.  It  would usually be a guy with a painful look on his face holding an ice pack to the top of his throbbing head.  Turns out, the guy had it all wrong.  He should have put the ice pack on his head before he tried to go to sleep, not after a night of, at best, fitful rest. ...

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