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Learning and Memory Neuroscience Technologies

How Brain Stimulation Can Boost Memory If Paired with Learning

June 6, 2018June 6, 2018 Tessa Abagis 2 Comments ADHD, Attention, brain stimulation, Cognitive Enhancement, Learning, Memory, tDCS, Working memory

n 47 CE, Scribonius Largus, court physician to the Roman emperor Claudius, described in his Compositiones a method for treating chronic migraines: place torpedo fish on the scalps of patients… Read more

Brain Basics Consciousness Neuro primer

Neuro Primer: Attention

May 31, 2018June 27, 2018 Sean Noah 2 Comments Attention, Brain, Brain Basics, Consciousness, Focus, Perception, Vision

magine suffering through a 2pm class on a sweltering day in early June. Summer’s almost arrived, and it’s hard not to let your mind wander away from the dull information… Read more

Big Ideas Culture Neuro News

Want to Feel Unique? Believe in the Reptile People

May 29, 2018May 29, 2018 Roland Imhoff 0 Comments Behavior, conspiracy theories, Culture, Experiment, new world order, Psychology, reptilian, Research

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… Read more

Big Ideas Brain Books Consciousness Philosophy

The Strange Order of Things: Book Review

May 16, 2018May 17, 2018 Gabrielle Torre 0 Comments Antonio Damasio, Bacteria, Consciousness, Culture, Emotion, Evolution, homeostasis, reason, valence

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… Read more

Aging

Out with the Old, in with the New – Can Neuron Transplantation Stop Brain Aging?

May 2, 2018May 2, 2018 Sophie Fessl 0 Comments Aging, cell replacement, cell transplantation, head transplantation, identity, organoid, Plasticity, Self

his past November, neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero connected a dead person’s head to a different corpse – a procedure he claimed to be a “successful head transplant.” His assertion was attacked by… Read more

Brain Basics Sensation and Perception

Tick, Tock: Your Brain’s Inner Clock

April 25, 2018April 25, 2018 Jenn Tribble 0 Comments circadian rhythm, David Eagleman, Dopamine, Einstein, emotional state, five senses, Perception, Sensation, stress, temporal pattern, Time

ime: one syllable, four letters, but one of the nebulous constructs of our world. Many bright scholars and philosophers have attempted to understand time as a primary sense, including Albert… Read more

organs on chips illustration by Alexa Erdogan

Neuroscience Technologies

Organs-on-chips: Growing Miniature Human Organs

April 19, 2018April 18, 2018 Li Jiun Chen 0 Comments Blood-brain barrier, cell culture, Engineering, in vitro, MEMS devices, miniature organs, organs-on-chips, technologies

id you know that it is now possible to study human organs inside micro-chips? Organ-on-a-chip or lab-on-a-chip is a cell culture chip that stimulates activities and physiological responses of human tissue(s) or… Read more

Artificial Intelligence Big Ideas

Machine Yearning: The Rise of Thoughtful Machines

April 11, 2018April 11, 2018 Sean Noah 1 Comment Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Neural Networks, Hidden Layers, Introspection, Machine Learning, 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… Read more

Brain Stimulation: Learning Method of the 21st Century

Learning and Memory Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders Sensation and Perception

Brain Stimulation: A Learning Method for the 21st Century

April 4, 2018April 2, 2018 Amin Kamaleddin 1 Comment Brain, brain stimulation, Consciousness, Decision-making, Free Will, Learning, neuroprosthetics, premotor cortex, stroke

hat is happening in the brain when you decide to reach your hand and grasp a cup of coffee early in the morning? First, the posterior parietal cortex of your… Read more

Did You Know? Language Sensation and Perception

Language: Your Connection to Others

March 28, 2018March 28, 2018 Kayleen Schreiber 1 Comment Brain, Broca's area, Cortex, ECoG, electrocorticography, Fact, Hebbian learning, Karl Wernicke, language, Neuroscience, Pāṇini, Paul Broca, Speech, Wernicke's area

magine what it would be like if you couldn’t communicate with others. Language is a critical aspect of our lives, and it may be one of the oldest academic pursuits… Read more

Big Ideas Neuroscience Technologies

Remote control of the brain is coming: how will we use it?

March 21, 2018March 21, 2018 Catriona Houston 1 Comment Brain-computer interface, nanoparticles, Optogenetics

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 that… Read more

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Announcing the Knowing Neurons Patreon

March 15, 2018March 13, 2018 knowingneurons 0 Comments patreon

e’re excited to announce that Knowing Neurons is now on Patreon! If you enjoy the neuroscience articles and illustrations that we create, please consider becoming a Patron to help support the… Read more

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