Delicious LiveJournal Links for 9-6-2008

• Whatever you do, don't blink!
  Dr Who Cosplay at its best
  (tags: fandom cosplay DrWho)
• For the Brain, Remembering Is Like Reliving - NYTimes.com
  Scientists have for the first time recorded individual brain cells in the act of summoning a spontaneous memory, revealing not only where a remembered experience is registered but also, in part, how the brain is able to recreate it.
  
  The recordings, taken from the brains of epilepsy patients being prepared for surgery, demonstrate that these spontaneous memories reside in some of the same neurons that fired most furiously when the recalled event had been experienced. Researchers had long theorized as much but until now had only indirect evidence.
  
  Experts said the study had all but closed the case: For the brain, remembering is a lot like doing (at least in the short term, as the research says nothing about more distant memories).
  (tags: science brains memory)
• Music tastes link to personality
  "One of the most surprising things is the similarities between fans of classical music and heavy metal. They're both creative and at ease but not outgoing.
  
  "The general public has held a stereotype of heavy metal fans being suicidally depressed and of being a danger to themselves and society in general. But they are quite delicate things."
  (tags: sociology psychology personality music)