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Myth or Fact? A single number can soon quantify your level of consciousness.

June 6, 2016June 30, 2017 knowingneurons 0 Comments Asleep, Awake, Brain, Conscious, Consciousness, Giulio Tononi, Integrated Information Theory, Math, Mathematical, Phi, Sleep, State

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

How Do We Know? The Value of Scientific Models.

February 24, 2016July 10, 2017 Joel Frohlich 1 Comment 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

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? Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders Popular Articles

The Fugue of Life: Why Complexity Matters in Physiology and Neuroscience

February 3, 2016March 5, 2017 Joel Frohlich 5 Comments Autism, Criticality, Distribution, EEG, Epilepsy, Math, Modularity, Power law, Scale, Schizophrenia, Seizure, Self-organized criticality, Simplicity, SOC

People like simplicity. Each decade, corporate logos grow progressively minimalistic, pop songs use ever simpler melodies, and visual art embraces simpler compositions, as Monet gives way to Picasso and Picasso… Read more

Big Ideas Brain Basics Did You Know? Popular Articles

Scale Invariance: A Cautionary Tale Against Reductionism

July 29, 2015September 24, 2017 Joel Frohlich 15 Comments 80-20, Avalanche, Average, Blue Brain Project, Distribution, Fractal, Math, Mathematical, Model, Normal distribution, Power law, Reductionism, Scale Invariance, Self-organized criticality, SOC

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

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