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Joel Frohlich March 16, 2016March 5, 2017 A New Kind of Science, cellular automata, Game of Life, Graph Theory, John Conway, Microtubules, Model, Quantum computer, Roger Penrose, Self-organized criticality, SOC, Stephan Wolfram, Stuart Hammeroff, The Emperor's New Mind

Gliders, Blinkers, and Pulsars: Complexity and the Game of Life

Previously on Knowing Neurons, we considered self-organized criticality (SOC) and network science (AKA graph theory) as two possible sources of complex behavior in the brain and other physiological systems. As… Read More

Big Ideas Brain Basics Did You Know?Neuroscience Technologies Philosophy Popular Articles

Joel Frohlich February 24, 2016July 10, 2017 Action Potential, DNA, EEG, Hodgkin and Huxley, inverse-source localization, Math, Mathematical, mathematics, Model, modeling, NASA, planet, planet ix, theoretical, theory, Theory of mind, Truth, watson and crick

How Do We Know? The Value of Scientific Models.

Last month, astronomers announced the prediction of a new giant planet in our solar system dubbed Planet IX, a genuine ninth planet with ten times the mass of Earth. The… Read More

Big Ideas Brain Basics Did You Know?Popular Articles

Joel Frohlich July 29, 2015September 24, 2017 80-20, Avalanche, Average, Blue Brain Project, Distribution, Fractal, Math, Mathematical, Model, Normal distribution, Power law, Reductionism, Scale Invariance, Self-organized criticality, SOC

Scale Invariance: A Cautionary Tale Against Reductionism

How long is the coast of Britain? It doesn’t matter how good your geography is — the answer depends on the size of your measuring stick. The coast of Britain… Read More

Songbird, Zebra Finch, Knowing Neurons, Michael Condro, Sing, Learn, Memory, Neuroscience, Brain,

Brain Development Did You Know?Learning and Memory

knowingneurons August 7, 2013March 5, 2017 Animal, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Babble, Cntnap2, FoxP2, Genes and vocal learning, Learning and Memory, Model, Neurogenetics, Sing, Song Nuclei, Songbird, Speak, Speech, Vocal Learning, Zebra Finch

What Can Songbirds Teach Us About Ourselves?

In my last post, “Vocal Practice is for the Birds” examined one similarity between human and songbird procedural learning: the necessity for practice before performance. Zebra finches sing a series… Read More

Learning and Memory Neuro News Sensation and Perception

Kate Fehlhaber January 7, 2013March 5, 2017 2012, Correct, Error, Karaoke, Learning, Model, PNAS, Sober, Songbird, Vocal, Vocal learning is constrained by the statistics of sensorimotor experience

“Free Bird:” How to Stay on Key

If you’ve ever done Karaoke, then you know how horribly some people sing, especially when the background music is too loud for them to hear themselves. The ability to adjust… Read More

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Jooyeun Lee December 26, 2012March 5, 2017 BBP, Blue Brain Project, connectivity, connectome, cortical column, Model, morphology, Neuron, random, supercomputer

Chance Connections

Before virtual brains could see and perform motor tasks as Kate described in the last post, large-scale brain models were being developed in order to identify the synaptic connections between… Read More

Movement Neuro News Sensation and Perception

Kate Fehlhaber December 24, 2012March 5, 2017 2012, A Large-Scale Model of the Functioning Brain, Computer, Eliasmith, Model, Science, Spaun

Towards A Better Brain Model

One of the fundamental goals of cognitive and systems neuroscience is to create a computer program that can simulate the activity of the human brain, from single neurons, through network… Read More