Innate Interpretations: Poetry and the Brain
Written by James Cole “It is a test [that] genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.” T.S. Eliot A couple years ago I found myself in perhaps one of… Leer más
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This Is Your Brain on Twitter: The Neuroscience of Social Media
Written by Carolyn Amir How has the internet changed your life? How has social media? For many, social media represents a way to stay in touch with old friends, organize… Leer más
La retención de vocabulario en adultos que aprenden idiomas
Artículo original: Vocabulary Retention in Adult Language Learners Aurore Bargat Traducido por Reyna Ediss ¿Qué podemos aprender e implementar de la neurociencia para apoyar la retención de vocabulario a largo… Leer más
¿Por qué nos hace sentir tanto la música?
Artículo original: Why Does Music Make Us Feel So Much? Amy Thomas Traducido por Dalí Jiménez Ya sea que la estemos escuchando a través los pequeños audífonos del iPhone en… Leer más
How Political Bias Changes Our Understanding of Data
Data literacy is the ability to understand the results and process of collecting, analyzing, interpreting, and reporting data. This skill is becoming increasingly relevant with internet-driven improvements to data accessibility… Leer más
Psychedelic Journal Club: The Risk of Flashbacks
A commentary on the article “Flashback phenomena after administration of LSD and psilocybin in controlled studies with healthy participants,” by Felix Müller et al., published in Psychopharmacology. Following psychedelics’ explosive… Leer más
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,… Leer más
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.… Leer más
Cerebral Organoids Reveal New Angles for Understanding the Human Brain
When you think of researchers growing “mini-brains,” you might picture a mad scientist out of a sci-fi or horror movie. But the reality looks quite different. Cerebral organoids, often colloquially… Leer más
Do animals feel empathy?
From a dad hugging his daughter who lost a sports game to a husband trying to alleviate his wife’s distress by listening to her, humans have the capacity to adopt… Leer más
La Optogenética: Una Herramienta Iluminadora con un Futuro Brillante
Artículo original: Optogenetics: An Illuminating Tool with a Bright Future , Jeff Olney Traducido por Valia Gregory Casi todo lo que hacemos requiere del cerebro de alguna manera. ¿Comer una… Leer más
La Educación en Neurociencias en la Época del COVID-19: Una Entrevista con la Dra. Megan Peters Sobre la Academia Neuromatch
Artículo original: Neuroscience Education in the Time of COVID-19: An Interview with Dr. Megan Peters about Neuromatch Academy, Sean Noah Traducido por Daniela Semerjian En marzo del 2020, mi investigación… Leer más
La Ingeniería Inversa del Cerebro
Artículo original: Reverse Engineering the Brain , Joel Frohlich Traducido por Delaney Ivey ~~~ ¿Podemos aprender todo sobre el cerebro estudiando las células cerebrales individuales? Comenzó con una simple ecuación.… Leer más
The Free Energy Principle: What might be the next biggest revolution in science
"Paraphrasing Einstein, everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler." Take everything you know, everything you believe, and everything about life and existence. What does it all… Leer más
50 Shades of Green – How Language Shapes our Color Perception
While writing this article, I am lying in the grass, which is as green as the caipirinha I am drinking under the blue sky. This sounds great, doesn’t it? I’m… Leer más
Communicating Science: An Interview with Scientist and Author Dr. Dean Buonomano
We are told today that science and technology are progressing at an unprecedented rate, that researchers continue to shovel coal into the runaway train of scientific advancement, not seeing the… Leer más
The Promise of Service Dogs in Autism
I was in my junior year of college at Ohio State University when my roommate roped me into joining an organization called 4 Paws for Ability, a group that trains… Leer más
How Floating in Darkness Takes the Body off the Mind
What happens when your mind disconnects from all outside sensations? First, you undress, put in earplugs, and step into a floatation tank, the water warmed to the temperature of your… Leer más
Cosquilleo en el estómago: La conexión con el cerebro
Picture this: You are encountering some dilemma. You call your friend, and they advise you to go with your “gut feelings”. These are perceived to be some sort of miraculous… Leer más
Vocabulary Retention In Adult Language Learners
What can we learn and implement from neuroscience to support long-term vocabulary retention in adult language learners? Brain and Language Neuroscience focuses on how different regions of the brain work… Leer más
Dialogues in Music Therapy and Social Neuroscience: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Clinical Progress
In his book “Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain”, the neurologist Oliver Sacks stated that music can “calm us, animate us, comfort us, thrill us, or serve to organize… Leer más
Empathy: Building Social Interactions By Linking Our Emotional Lives
As social beings, humans have the ability to adapt their behavior to fit their social context. Whether we are meeting new classmates, conducting a job interview or helping a friend… Leer más
The Blood Brain Barrier – Is it Really All it’s Described to Be?
Spanish Translation also available here: La Barrera Hematoencefálica – ¿Realmente funciona como su nombre indica? ~~~ One of the mantras in neuroscience is that the blood brain barrier (BBB) protects… Leer más
Invisible Modulators of Fear: How the Gut Microbiome Alters Fear Extinction
Learning to avoid a threat as well as knowing when something is no longer dangerous is crucial for an organism’s survival. Being able to shake off fearful memories after a… Leer más
The Nocebo Effect
Most of us have heard of the placebo effect – the phenomenon in which patients experience improvements in health simply due to their belief in the efficacy of a medical… Leer más
The AMI Procedure- Gateway to a Cyborg Future
Advances in bioengineering and robotics have delivered incredible devices capable of partially restoring functionality to those who suffer from movement related disabilities. However, this technology is not perfect. Patients still… Leer más
Studying Alzheimer’s Disease Using Open Data
Open data sharing efforts can advance research by analyzing existing data for new trends and fostering collaborations across institutions and countries, which are especially useful for complex diseases such as… Leer más
Evidence-Based Solutions to the Mass Incarceration Crisis: Neuroscience and Cash Bail
Mass incarceration is a public health crisis with particular relevance to the neuroscience community. Much of our work as neuroscientists revolves around the criminal justice system, including mental illness, adolescent… Leer más
Focused Ultrasound: A Stimulating New Strategy To Treat Severe Brain Damage
A year into my doctoral training at UCLA, I escape the noisy hustle and bustle of Ronald Reagan Hospital at midday, into a clean and quiet room in the Intensive… Leer más
Neuroscience Education in the Time of COVID-19: An Interview with Dr. Megan Peters about Neuromatch Academy
In March 2020, my research stopped. The cognitive neuroscience lab where I work was shuttered because our research involves collecting behavioral and neuroimaging data from human participants – something impermissible… Leer más
Can Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Delay Cognitive Decline?
Mental abilities change throughout life, first as a result of brain maturation and later with the ageing of brain cells and their billions of complex interconnections. As we age, our… Leer más
Could a computer game help to tackle intrusive memories from traumatic events?
Nowadays, experiencing shocking and dangerous situations in which you think yours or someone else’s life is in danger is not rare. People who are exposed to, or have witnessed life-threatening… Leer más
Optogenetics: An Illuminating Tool with A Bright Future
Nearly everything we do requires our brain in some way. Eating a bagel? That uses your brain. Reading this article? That’s using your brain, too. All those questionable decisions you… Leer más
Understanding Visual Illusions Can Make Us More Empathetic
Philosophers and neuroscientists agree that if there is an objective reality, human beings can’t perceive it: philosophers refer to objective reality as a perception independent of any conscious awareness. Neuroscientists… Leer más
Book Review and Author Interview: The Case Against Reality by Donald Hoffman
A full interview with Donald Hoffman follows this book review Does the moon still exist when you’re not looking at it? In a provocative new book titled The Case Against… Leer más
Brain, Healthy Fats, and the Importance of Fitting Into Your Genes
Our brains are extremely rich in fat. Indeed, about two thirds of the human brain is composed of fat, 35% of which consists of essential polyunsaturated fatty acids. What are… Leer más
How Pain in Newborns Can Have Lifelong Consequences
You probably don’t remember anything from when you were an infant. However, chances are that you experienced some pain immediately after you were born. You might have needed an IV… Leer más
The Neuroscience of Motivation and How to Improve It
Motivation can be a hard thing to come by. Whether at home, at school or at work, most of us have been in a situation where we know exactly what… Leer más
What Is Consciousness? [Podcast Collaboration]
What exactly do we consider “consciousness”? How much do we know about it already and how much more do we have to learn? Joel Frohlich of Knowing Neurons recently spoke… Leer más
Are Foods Addictive or Just Delicious?
We are surrounded by an abundance of delicious food. Throughout the developed world, cooking shows saturate our televisions and streaming video feeds advertise greasy burgers and decadent chocolates. Our addiction… Leer más
Music for the Mind: How Music Nurtures Cognitive Development
Imagine listening to your favorite song, how it makes you feel, and the flood of memories the sounds bring with them. Music is well known for its ability to evoke… Leer más
Is Winter Good for Your Neurons?
It is that time of the year again. Whilst the Southern Hemisphere is coping with the sweltering heat of the summer, cold is sweeping across the rest of the globe,… Leer más
Video: Can Neuroscience Explain the Mandela Effect?
Last year, our post “Can Neuroscience Explain the Mandela Effect?” by Caitlin Aamodt soaked up attention like a sponge and was resyndicated widely across the web, landing on pages such… Leer más
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… Leer más
Measuring Consciousness in Bits
Consciousness is an ambiguous concept. It can mean a lot of different things, depending on the context. For example, I can say that I am conscious of something, as in,… Leer más
[Podcast] Uploading the Human Brain
n a brand new episode of the Knowing Neurons podcast, we explore the concept of “mind uploading”. How would something like a mind upload really work?… Leer más
Want to Feel Unique? Believe in the Reptile People
he internet is full of wild-eyed insinuation. Seemingly accidental events are not actually accidental. A few powerful people have hatched plots to bring about certain outcomes, usually with the goal… Leer más
The Strange Order of Things: Book Review
ow do emotions construct human culture? Is culture uniquely human at all? Hard questions, but some tackled nonetheless by renowned neuroscientist Antonio Damasio in his latest book, The Strange… Leer más
Machine Yearning: The Rise of Thoughtful Machines
n the mid twentieth century, artificial intelligence researchers invented a new type of computational system that could detect patterns in images – a daunting task for previous technology. Because this… Leer más
Remote control of the brain is coming: how will we use it?
ontrolling the minds of others from a distance has long been a favourite science fiction theme – but recent advances in genetics and neuroscience suggest that we might soon have… Leer más
