Lauren Wagner, Author at Knowing Neurons

Lauren Wagner February 7, 2023February 8, 2023 brainwave entrainment, Consciousness, electroencephalography, fNRIS, FUS, Genetics, hybrid, mind-body dualism, Motor cortex, neural transceivers, noninvasive imaging, sensory input, spatial resolution, TMS

The Neuroscience of Avatar – could we really download our brains into a new body?

By Lauren Wagner Thirteen years after the first Avatar movie came out in 2009, director James Cameron invites viewers to journey back to the faraway, lush exo-moon of Pandora with… Read More

Events

Lauren Wagner December 15, 2022November 11, 2023

Knowing Neurons Celebrates 10 Years

This fall, Knowing Neurons celebrates our ten-year anniversary! We’ve come a long way since our organization was first founded in 2012 by a group of five neuroscience PhD students from… Read More

Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders Sensation and Perception

Lauren Wagner August 18, 2022December 30, 2022 Asperger, Autism, Intelligence, Kanner, neurodivergent, overstimulation, Psychiatry, scientific discovery, Sensory, symptoms

A Tale of Two Autisms

By Lauren Wagner The Neuroscience of Autism, edited by Rajesh Kana, is the most recently published textbook on the history, characterization, and neuroscience of autism spectrum disorder. Lauren Wagner walks… Read More

Science Policy

Yuki Hebner May 10, 2021February 3, 2023 Chemical Substances, FDA, Government, Legislation, Policymaking, Regulation, Science Communication, Science Policy, Tear Gas

The Wild Wild West of Tear Gas Regulation

Last summer, images of tear gas-laden protestors engulfed the news cycle amidst clashes with local police. When Paula Rogish attended a protest in May of 2020 in front of Austin… Read More