Posts Tagged ‘neurosci’

Scientists Trace Memories of Things That Never Happened – NYTimes.com

Monday, July 29th, 2013

RT @ilonummi: Scientists Trace Memories of Things That Never Happened – http://bit.ly/1e4YgK3 http://bit.ly/1e4YhgZ

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/26/science/false-memory-planted-in-a-mouse-brain-study-shows.html

Behind the scenes of a brain-mapping moon shot : Nature News & Comment

Friday, March 8th, 2013

http://www.nature.com/news/behind-the-scenes-of-a-brain-mapping-moon-shot-1.12543

Thoughts on O’Shea’s The Brain: A Very Short Introduction

Sunday, December 23rd, 2012

Good discussion of lots of technical stuff, including regions of the brain, how nerves work, & artificial neural nets
http://www.amazon.com/Brain-Very-Short-Introduction/dp/B002KE9BPO/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1352690693&sr=1-1&keywords=The+Brain%3A+A+Very+Short+Introduction+%28Unabridged%29

Football, dogfighting, and brain damage : The New Yorker

Thursday, July 19th, 2012

Rather scary discussion of the buildup of tau protein in
ex-footballers. Tau usually marks the second
stage of Alzheimers, while the buildup of beta-amyloid marks the first.
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/10/19/091019fa_fact_gladwell?currentPage=all

A Countdown to a Digital Simulation of Every Last Neuron in the Human Brain: Scientific American

Saturday, July 14th, 2012

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=human-brain-project-digital-simulation-neuron

The Limits of Intelligence: Scientific American

Monday, April 16th, 2012

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-limits-of-intelligence
log (brain mass) = .75 * log(body mass)

Article: A human brain dissection – in pictures

Friday, March 30th, 2012

A human brain dissection – in pictures
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/gallery/2012/mar/28/human-brain-dissection-in-pictures

The split brain: A tale of two halves : Nature News & Comment

Saturday, March 24th, 2012

http://www.nature.com/news/the-split-brain-a-tale-of-two-halves-1.10213