Brain activity Archives - Knowing Neurons

Sean Noah March 7, 2021October 27, 2022 Brain activity, Computational, Electricity, neural network, Retina, Spike, Synaptic function

Book Review: The Spike

Recently I asked one of my faculty advisors if he would ever write a popular science book. He’s a bestselling author in his own right, having written a textbook that… Read More

Brain Development Culture

Jack-Morgan Mizell August 23, 2018August 23, 2018 Adolescence, Adolescent, Adults, Aging, Anterior insula, Brain, Brain activity, Brain vulnerability, Cognitive neuroscience, Consequences, Decision-making, Development, Experience, Harvard, Insula, neurobiology, Neurodevelopment, Neuroscience, Sensory systems, Spindle neuron, Striatum, Teenagers, Teens, Von Economo neuron, WHO, World Health Organization

What Were You Thinking!?: Teenagers show different processing of positive and negative consequences across adolescence

Anyone who has spent time around teenagers knows they don’t always consider the full consequences of their actions. Just consider the dozens of YouTube videos involving falling dressers or fireworks… Read More

Brain Basics Did You Know?Neuroscience Technologies

Joel Frohlich January 28, 2015June 5, 2023 Alpha rhythm, Biomarker, Brain activity, Brainwaves, EEG, Electroencephalogram, fMRI, Functional MRI, gamma rhythm, Imaging, MRI, Time

Surfing Brainwaves with EEG: A Classic Tool for Recording Temporal Brain Dynamics

Pictures are powerful tools for illustrating quantitative data and capturing public interest. Each year, NASA releases many beautiful images of Martian dunes and distant nebulae which help win public funding.… Read More