PNAS Archives - Knowing Neurons

Joel Frohlich October 26, 2016June 30, 2017 2016, Circuit, Cute, Cuteness, Dopamine, fMRI, Kringelbach, MRI, Nucleus accumbens, PNAS, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Reward, Reward pathway

The Mighty and the Weak: How Science Explains Cuteness

Cute things are usually vulnerable, fragile and weak. But cuteness itself is mighty indeed. Morten L. Kringelbach and his colleagues at the University of Oxford recently described cuteness as ‘one… Read More

Artificial Intelligence Did You Know?Neuroscience Technologies

Kate Fehlhaber August 19, 2015July 10, 2017 2015, AI, Artificial Intelligence, Computing machinery and intelligence, Eugene Goostman, Geman, Human, Imitation Game, Intelligence, Machine, PNAS, Turing Test, Visual Turing Test

The Turing Test: Is that Human or Machine?

I propose to consider the following question, ‘Can machines think?’ Thus begins Alan Turing’s paper “Computing machinery and intelligence.” It’s 1950 England, and the world’s first computer is being used… Read More

Learning and Memory Neuro News Neuroscience Technologies

Jillian L. Shaw February 4, 2015March 5, 2017 2014, Brain mapping, EEG, Episodic, Gamma, Inferior temporal lobe, intracranial EEG, Johns Hopkins, Map, Memory, PNAS, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Theta, Ventrolateral prefrontal cortex, Yaffe

Intracranial EEG and Mental Time Travel

A familiar progression of chords blares out of your speakers as the red lights of the surrounding traffic fade into the memory of a dark stage illuminated by pulsing neon lights.… Read More

Aging Learning and Memory Neuro News

Kate Fehlhaber January 21, 2015March 5, 2017 2014, Aging, Alzheimer’s disease, Dendrite, glutamate, Glutamatergic, Hippocampus, Long-term potentiation, LTP, Memory, Morrison, Neuroplasticity, Pereira, PNAS, Prefrontal Cortex, Riluzole, Spine

Keeping Memories Fresh by Keeping Glutamate In Check

We are another year older, perhaps a little wiser, and probably more forgetful. Indeed, making memories is quite a process in the brain: specific synaptic connections are strengthened and new… 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

Learning and Memory Neuro News

JuanVelasquez December 31, 2012March 5, 2017 2012, D'Ardenne, DLPFC, Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex, fMRI, functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, PFC, PNAS, Prefrontal Cortex, Resolutions, Reward, Role of prefrontal cortex and the midbrain dopamine system in working memory updating, SN, Substantia Nigra, TMS, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Ventral Tegmental Area, VTA, Working memory

2013: Making and Breaking Resolutions

Tomorrow, it will be 2013! And while it may seem that the world around us has not changed, calendars and clocks remind us that it’s time to kick old habits,… Read More