2024-07-09

@alfiekohn

There is value to be appreciated here but I wish to draw a finer point. Academic discussion is unproductive when positions are taken/defended for their own sake. Instead, we need to explore perspectives and interests in order to articulate shared ground, consensus, and a way forward together.

I'll go further and say, as one of your fans, that the above is good advice for more progressive types like ourselves who are ready to work hard to gainfully challenge traditional views.

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The Transmitterthetransmitter
2024-07-08

Benjamin Scott, assistant professor of psychological and brain sciences at Boston University, explains why computational and systems neuroscience needs new ideas from other areas—developmental biology in particular.

By Ben Scott

thetransmitter.org/systems-neu

2024-07-05

@ekmiller

I would help understanding parts of this paper.
But I can recognize a clever design and a well-written abstract when I see one.

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2024-07-05

Decoding load or selection in visuospatial working memory?
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10
#neuroscience

2024-07-02

Find a mirror, measure your eye-Q?

Paper:
Tsukahara, J. S., Harrison, T. L., Engle, R. W. (2016). The relationship between baseline pupil size and intelligence. Cognitive Psychology, 91, 109-123. doi: 10.1016/j.cogpsych.2016.10.001. Epub 2016 Nov 7. PMID: 27821254.

Story:
“Pupil size is a marker of intelligence”
getpocket.com/explore/item/pup

2024-06-30

@wonderofscience

Perhaps the bacterium was pushed from start to finish.

And the white blood cell? The chase was not consciously motivated, the catch was not consciously satisfying, and the episode went unremembered.

2024-06-29

@MolemanPeter @wikicliff

Wonderful. Congratulations!

2024-06-28

@wikicliff @MolemanPeter

I really like the quote Peter posted.

I think Richard Dawkins would say there is a larger discussion point here. It doesn't matter what we call the egg-laying species. And it doesn't matter whether some other species eventually gave rise to what we refer to as the "chicken." Dawkins simply asks this: Is the egg the (selfish) genome's way of perpetuating itself?

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2024-06-28

Common and distinct neural mechanisms of attention
doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2024.01
#neuroscience

2024-06-28

@ekmiller

A plug for top-down:
Right from the get-go, Awh and colleagues (2012) framed "selection history" as a third factor, but surely that history would only reflect in the rules we induce and develop and (endogenously) deploy.

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2024-06-27

@NicoleCRust

Samantha.

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Laura Helmuthlaurahelmuth
2024-06-24

If you're seeing the Bouba vs. Kiki meme, here's where that comes from scientificamerican.com/podcast

2024-06-24

@laurahelmuth

For a time, I favoured the idea that the effect must tie to the articulatory configurations/movements of the oral apparatus during speech sound expression, but if I'm not mistaken that possibility has been ruled out.

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2024-06-24

sciencedirect.com/science/arti Exploring the transformative potential of out-of-body experiences: A pathway to enhanced empathy (Weiler, et al, 2024) #ketamine #psychedelic #obe #outofbodyexperience #emergencephenomena #empathy #egodeath #egodissolution #psychedelics #NeuroScience

2024-06-21

@NicoleCRust

Cool paper and cute connection for you…

We've known for a while that sensory systems establish in turn, scaffolding the set-up of later systems.

Recently, Dooley & Blumberg (2018) reported that primary motor cortex in rat neonates behaves like a somatosensory area before developing motor functions. On Days 8-10, motor cortex responds to spastic TWITCHES, but only during sleep. Then on Day 12, a shift occurs… rats begin responding to twitches while awake, less so during sleep.

2024-06-21

@NicoleCRust

Cool!
A quick question: In your readings, did you get a sense of whether one or the other (ipsilateral or contralateral control) was phylogenetically first to appear?

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2024-06-21

Final 🎉fact check of the day: one side of your brain can control the same side of your body.

You may have heard that the motor cortex on side of your brain controls the opposite side of your body; it’s true. But for years researchers have also known that those signals show up on the same side as well.

They’ve even created a therapy around it - a noninvasive brain machine interface called Ipsihand. Following stroke damage, it helps people learn how to tap those same side signals and use them to move. It works via an EEG that reads brain signals and moves a robotic arm cuff to help the user to ‘get it’ through training.

neurolutions.com/ipsihand/

And with that, I declare that my one month fact checking (a book) slog is complete! To everyone who was here for the journey, thanks make helping me make it just a bit more fun. ❤️

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