Latest:

Knowing Neurons

A creative neuroscience education website by young neuroscientists

Technology

Symbolic illustration of optogenetics with a strand of DNA coming out of someone's cartoon brain and being examined by a magnifying glass. Designed by Alexa Erdogan.
Big Ideas Learning and Memory Movement Neuroscience Technologies 

Optogenetics: An Illuminating Tool with A Bright Future

Jeff Olney 0 Comments , , , , , , , , ,
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… Read more
Artificial Intelligence Big Ideas Learning and Memory Neuro SciFi Philosophy 

The Ultimate Thought Experiment Part II: 2001: A Space Odyssey

Joel Frohlich 0 Comments , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
In our previous post, we considered the Philip K. Dick novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? in the context of a thought experiment: a thinking tool used by scientists… Read more
Brain Basics Did You Know? Neuro News SfN 2014 

Getting Technical: Methods in Neuroscience

Anita 4 Comments , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
It is an exciting time for neuroscience. The BRAIN Initiative (Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies) is in the spotlight as a part of the new Presidential focus and recently… Read more
Skip to toolbar