Showing posts with label Brain Research. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brain Research. Show all posts
Thursday, July 24, 2025

Cyborg Brain in a Box

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Are we moving slightly closer to the sapient AI entities of science fiction? "A new type of computer that combines regular silicon-base...
Thursday, June 26, 2025

Rewriting Memories

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Well, sort of. A neuroscientist experiments with "zapping" brains to obliterate or at least modify negative memories: Neuroscien...
Thursday, May 29, 2025

The Power of Stories

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The blog of fantasy author Deborah J. Ross, "In Troubled Times," includes a post on the healing function of stories: How Stories...
Thursday, March 13, 2025

Brain Cell Computers

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Human brain cells are being used in experimental "biological computers": Biological Computer Made of Human Brain Cells A compa...
Thursday, July 18, 2024

Octopuses Rewire Brains

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Sounds like a 1950s SF horror movie, doesn't it? Don't worry, they rewire their brains -- not ours -- in response to temperature flu...
Thursday, July 11, 2024

Stories as a Survival Strategy

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A project at John Hopkins University explores how stories enhance learning and memory: How the Brain Processes Stories They've even ...
Thursday, June 01, 2023

Brain-Computer Interface

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Elon Musk's Neuralink Corporation is developing an implant intended to treat severe brain disorders and enable paralyzed patients to co...
Thursday, December 30, 2021

Games Cyborg Brains Play

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Researchers at Cortical Labs have designed "cyborg brains," composed of living human brain cells atop a microelectrode array in a ...
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Thursday, November 18, 2021

Bird Brains

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Research published in the journal SCIENCE in 2020 raises the possibility that crows have mental abilities formerly thought of as restricted ...
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Thursday, November 05, 2020

The Tyranny of Now

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The November/December issue of SKEPTICAL INQUIRER contains an article by psychologist Stuart Vyse titled "COVID-19 and the Tyranny of N...
Thursday, July 02, 2020

Creating Enhanced Brains?

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Here's an article about a neuroscience experiment involving "ARHGAP11B, a gene found only in humans," which "is known for...
Thursday, November 16, 2017

The Domesticated Brain

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Another article about self-domestication: The Incredible Shrinking Brain This article gives an overview of a book called THE DOMESTICATE...
Thursday, March 09, 2017

Brain-to-Computer Communication

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A research project at Stanford University enables paralyzed people to type on computers by moving a cursor with their thoughts: Brain-Comp...
Thursday, July 14, 2016

Insect Consciousness?

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A honeybee scientist, Andrew Barron, and a philosopher, Colin Klein, have collaborated on a study that suggests insects may have consciousne...
Thursday, April 28, 2016

The Value of Boredom

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A recent scientific study agrees with Neil Gaiman that boredom stimulates creativity: Boredom, the Ultimate Creativity Hack As Gaiman pu...
Thursday, April 21, 2016

Latest Cyborg Leap Forward

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Medical researchers at Ohio State University have invented a device called NeuroLife, which enables a quadriplegic to move his hand: Brain...
Thursday, March 03, 2016

Memory Hacking

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More brain news: It may someday be possible to erase or modify memories or even implant false memories: Memory Hacking In the short term...
Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Genetic Mechanism By Which Love Conquers All

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Looking for an article posted online because I had browsed it in a waiting room in a paper copy of DISCOVER magazine, I got stuck reading th...
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