Caitlin Aamodt, Author at Knowing Neurons

Understanding Noonan Syndrome

December 12, 2018December 12, 2018 Caitlin Aamodt 0 Comments Brain, bullying, Cell signaling, Charles McDowell, G-protein signaling, Genetics, intellectual disability, kinase, Learning, Long-term potentiation, LTP, Meme, Memory, neurodevelopmental disorer, Neuroscience, noonan syndrome, Novartis, phosphatase, Prison, PTPN11, Ras, Rasopathy

This past November the mug shot of Charles McDowell went viral after viewers noticed that the man in the photo had an unusual phenotype- specifically a larger than average neck.… Read more

Evolution of Cognition Language Neuro News

Study Sheds New Light on FOXP2 in the Evolution of Language

November 16, 2018April 18, 2019 Caitlin Aamodt 1 Comment Evolution, FoxP2, Genetics, Human, language

Language is a uniquely human trait, and how it evolved is one of the greatest unanswered questions in neuroscience. Spoken and written language facilitate much of what makes up human… Read more

Brain Basics Neuro Primer

Neuro Primer: Cerebral Organoids

June 27, 2018April 18, 2019 Caitlin Aamodt 3 Comments Biology, Brains in a dish, Cell, Cell cultures, Cell signaling, Cells, Chimeras, Microcephaly, Nature, Neuroscience, Organoids, Rodent, Rodents, Sentience, Zika, Zika virus

t may sound like something Dr. Frankenstein himself would be envious of, but scientists can now create miniature “brain” organoids in a dish.… Read more

Big Ideas Did You Know? Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

The Law of Attraction, the Placebo Effect, and the Immune-Brain Connection

March 1, 2018April 18, 2019 Caitlin Aamodt 0 Comments Addiction, Alzheimer's, Alzheimer’s disease, Autism, depression, Drugs, Immune System, Law of Attraction, Parkinson's, Parkinson's Disease, placebo, Placebo effect, Social experiment, Surgery, Synapses, Treatment

iomedical researchers call it “the most replicated experiment in the history of science.” Simply put, the placebo effect is a phenomenon where people who believe they are being treated for… Read more

Did You Know? Learning and Memory Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders Philosophy

Can Neuroscience Explain the Mandela Effect?

February 1, 2017April 18, 2019 Caitlin Aamodt 15 Comments Alternative, Bear, Berenstain, Berenstein, Caitlin Aamodt, Cat, Confabulation, Effect, Engram, Fact, Facts, False, fMRI, functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Hippocampus, Kayleen Schreiber, Kazaam, Mandela, Memory, Parallel, Prefrontal Cortex, Reality, Reconsolidation, Schema, Schrodinger, Sinbad, Universe

Would you trust a memory if it felt as real as all your others? And other people confirmed they remember it, too? What if the memory turned out to be… Read more

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