0000-0002-8715-2896 Neurogenesis is a complex biological process by which neurons are generated from neural stem cells and progenitor cells. Indeed, the discovery of a dynamic neurogenesis in the adult brain (in both humans and animals)Category Archives: brain
When neurogenesis goes wrong…
0000-0002-8715-2896 Neurogenesis is a complex biological process by which neurons are generated from neural stem cells and progenitor cells. Indeed, the discovery of a dynamic neurogenesis in the adult brain (in both humans and animals)Posted by in Basic Neuroscience, brain, cognitive neuroscience, featured, hippocampus, Memory & Learning
Reconstructing faces from brain waves
Researchers attached electrodes to neurons in monkeys, showed them pictures of faces, and then reconstructed the faces reading brain waves.
After decades of work, scientists at Caltech may have finally cracked our brain’s facial recognition code. Using brain scans and direct neuron recording from macaque monkeys, the team found specialized “face patches” that respond to specific combinations of facial features.
Like dials on a music mixer, each patch is fine-tuned to a particular set of visual information, which then channel together in different combinations to form a holistic representation of every distinctive face.
There are so many ways this could be used irresponsibly, but to be honest, tech-enhanced photographic memory sounds kind of awesome.
Posted by in brain, face, statistics
Oldest Homo sapiens a “nothingburger”? Plus US health care policy approaches The End
0000-0002-8715-2896 Oldest Homo sapiens a “nothingburger”? Plus top journos blast secrecy on health care law Posted June 16, 2017 by Tabitha M. Powledge in Uncategorized post-info AddThis Sharing Buttons above OLDEST HOMO SAPIENS? It’sPosted by in ACA, affordable care act, africa, ancient DNA, Astronomy, brain, climate change, congress, dna, Donald Trump, Evolution, featured, genetics, health care, Human Evolution, human paleontology, media criticism, medical journalism, morocco, North Africa, Obamacare, On Science Blogs, paleontology, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Politics, Research, Science Journalism, Trumpcare, united states, US Senate
Six things we learned from that massive new study of intelligence genes
0000-0002-8715-2896 Six things we learned from that massive new study of intelligence genes Posted May 26, 2017 by Tabitha M. Powledge in Uncategorized post-info AddThis Sharing Buttons above Genes help shape intelligence, period. That’sPosted by in brain, Cognition, cognitive ability, dna, Evolution, featured, feautured, genetics, Genomics, health care, Human Evolution, intelligence, IQ tests, On Science Blogs, psychology, Research
How Americans View Impact of the March for Science plus more news about ancient humanity: Homo naledi (cont’d) and the Hobbit
0000-0002-8715-2896 Breaking news about the March for Science plus more news about ancient humanity: Homo naledi (cont’d) and the Hobbit Posted May 12, 2017 by Tabitha M. Powledge in Uncategorized post-info AddThis Sharing ButtonsNews about ancient humanity: Humans in California 130,000 years ago? Homo naledi find is much younger than expected
0000-0002-8715-2896 News about ancient humanity: Humans in California 130,000 years ago? Homo naledi find is much younger than expected Posted May 5, 2017 by Tabitha M. Powledge in Uncategorized post-info AddThis Sharing Buttons abovePosted by in africa, ancient DNA, archaeology, brain, California, climate change denial, Denisovan, dna, elephants, Evolution, featured, fossils, genetics, Homo erectus, Homo sapiens, Human Evolution, human fossils, human origins, human paleontology, Neandertal, Neanderthal, On Science Blogs, paleontology, Research, united states, women
Mapping words to parts of the brain
Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, researchers monitored brain activity in seven people while the subjects listened to two hours of stories from the Moth Radio Hour. The researchers then used that data to map words to parts of the brain. An interactive viewer by Alexander Huth lets you see what words lit up parts of the brain for one of the subjects.
Colors represent semantic categories such as numeric, social, and violent. Just click on a part of the brain to see which words most associated with an area (or a voxel they’re called). Pan, zoom, and rotate for various angles. [via @wattenberg]
Posted by in brain, Visualization, words
Science heroes of Flint’s lead water crisis
“LEAD MAKES THE MIND GIVE WAY” Old news, from a doc in Rome–in the second century BC, quoted by William Finnegan in the New Yorker. Finnegan’s is a fine angry summary of thousands of yearsPosted by in brain, citizen science, featured, Flint MI, genetic engineering, health care, lead, On Science Blogs, Politics, Research, united states, water, water supply
Is the government telling women not to drink? How many microbes in the human body?
The headlines called it “incredibly condescending” (Alexandra Petri, ComPost), “unrealistic” (Jia Tolentino, Jezebel), and “bonkers” (Olga Khazan and Julie Beck, The Atlantic.) The post from the aptly named Brandy Zadrozny at The Daily Beast) wasPosted by in alcohol, archaea, Bacteria, brain, CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, contraception, drinking, FASD, featured, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, fungi, health care, media criticism, medically unexplained symptoms, microbes, Microbiology, On Science Blogs, Palaeomerycidae, Politics, psychology, Research, united states, women
Science for the People: Good Thinking
This week, Science for the People is trying to better understand our human brain, it’s quirky ways and unexpected processes, so we can use it better in daily life. We’ll speak with Guy Harrison, author of Good Thinking: What You Need to Know to be Smarter, Safer, Wealthier, and Wiser, about how to cope with our brain’s built-in pitfalls. And we’ll speak to Ben Lillie about The Story Collider, a podcast that blends science and storytelling to show how science touches everyone, scientist and layperson alike.
Science for the People is now part of the Skepchick Network.
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*Josh provides research help to Science for the People and is, therefore, completely biased.
Filed under: Follies of the Human Condition Tagged: Ben Lillie, Brain, Guy Harrison, Podcast, science for the people, The Story Collider
