MEG Archives - Knowing Neurons

Joel Frohlich June 22, 2017June 20, 2022 antimatter, brain imaging, CERN, EEG, fMRI, glucose, I Robot, Isaac Asimov, MEG, Neuroimaging, PET, radioactive, radiotracer, Tom Wolfe

PET Imaging: The Real Positronic Brain?

In Isaac Asimov’s 1950 short story collection I, Robot, intelligent robots with positronic brains exist alongside humans. Unlike conventional computer hardware, the word positronic implies that electrical current is carried… Read More

Big Ideas

Joel Frohlich July 6, 2016June 30, 2017 CT, Electromagnetic Radiation, Electromagnetic Spectrum, Jet Propulsion Laboratories, JPL, Jupiter, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Magnetoencephalography, Magnetometer, MEG, Metallic hydrogen, MRI, NASA, Neuromagnetic, X-ray

Jupiter and Beyond! The Unsung Friendship between Neuroscience and Space Exploration

This weekend, I attended a special event at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratories in Pasadena, CA to celebrate the Juno spacecraft’s July 4th arrival at the planet Jupiter. Planetary scientists study… Read More

Artificial Intelligence Did You Know?Learning and Memory

Joel Frohlich December 9, 2015July 10, 2017 Associative memory, Fusiform face area, Hebb, Hebbian learning, Hopfield network, Inkblot, Magnetoencephalogram, MEG, MRI, pareidolia, Perception, Positive feedback, Rorschach

The Doors of Perception

“If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, Infinite.” – William Blake The friendly headlamps and grill of a car. A sly electrical… Read More