Space Archives - Knowing Neurons

Sean Noah January 27, 2022January 27, 2022 Pharmacology, Psychedelics, Space, World View

Psychedelic Journal Club: How Do Psychedelics Work? Part 2

A commentary on the article “Models of psychedelic drug action: modulation of cortical- subcortical circuits” by Manoj Doss et al., published in Brain. Even though the “psychedelic renaissance” is underway,… Read More

Big Ideas Cognition Consciousness Psychedelics

Sean Noah January 13, 2022 Metaphysical Beliefs, Psychedelics, Space, World View

Psychedelic Journal Club: A Whole New Worldview

A commentary on the article “Psychedelics alter metaphysical beliefs,” by Christopher Timmermann et al., published in Scientific Reports.… Read More

Space Neuroscience Big Ideas Learning and Memory Movement

Alexa Erdogan September 5, 2018September 8, 2018 Analog Spaceflight, Astronaut, Cerebellum, Frontal lobe, Gray matter, Head-Down Tilt Bed Rest, ISS, Mars, Microgravity, Motor cortex, MRI, Musculoskeletal, Neurodegeneration, Neuroplasticity, Preconditioning, Semantic memory, Somatosensory, Space, Space neuroscience, Space Shuttle, Spaceflight, Weightlessness

How Weightlessness Changes Our Brains

Astronauts are no strangers to the harsh and wild conditions of outer space. From ionizing radiation to microgravity, these space explorers are exposed to a myriad of stressors that play… Read More

Big Ideas Neuro SciFi

DanielToker January 3, 2018December 29, 2017 Astrobiology, Cognitive, Cognitive Astrobiology, Diana Reiss, ET, Evolution, Extraterrestrial Intelligence, Intelligence, Jellyfish, NASA, Psychology, SETI, Space, Spaceflight

Cognitive Astrobiology

[dropcap]S[/dropcap]o here’s a cool combination of fields: neuroscience and astrobiology. Let’s call it “cognitive astrobiology.”… Read More

52 Brain Facts Learning and Memory

knowingneurons May 23, 2016June 30, 2017 Closet, Cortex, Forget, Hippocampus, Learning, Memory, Remember, Space

Myth or Fact? Forgetting is a ‘technical snag’ in the brain.

Did You Know?Learning and Memory Movement Sensation and Perception

Ryan Jones April 10, 2013March 5, 2017 Amnesia, Dostrovsky, Epilepsy, Hippocampus, Memory, Mouse, Neurons, O'Keefe, Place Cell, Place Field, Schnitzer, Space, Stanford, University College London

Forming Memories, One Neuron at a Time

On Monday, Knowing Neurons highlighted a recent research article that described a new miniature microscope that was small enough to sit on a mouse’s head and light enough to allow… Read More