Space – Knowing Neurons

Psychedelic Journal Club: How Do Psychedelics Work? Part 2

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

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

Psychedelic Journal Club: A Whole New Worldview

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

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

Big Ideas Learning and Memory Movement Space Neuroscience

How Weightlessness Changes Our Brains

September 5, 2018September 8, 2018 Alexa Erdogan 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

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

Cognitive Astrobiology

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

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

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

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

Did You Know? Learning and Memory Movement Sensation and Perception

Forming Memories, One Neuron at a Time

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

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