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Oct 28, 2018
How BrainNet Enabled 3 People to Directly Transmit Thoughts
Posted by Alexandros El in categories: internet, neuroscience, space
For a remarkably social species, we’re not particularly effective communicators.
Finding the right words to clearly, efficient transmit our thoughts to another consciousness—even something as simple as driving directions—can be a challenge, especially in-the-moment and under pressure.
What if we could do away with words altogether? What if, rather than relying on an intermediary, we could directly transmit our thoughts through a digital, internet-like space into another mind?
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Oct 28, 2018
Bioquark Inc. — Life Of A Fighter Podcast — Ira Pastor
Posted by Ira S. Pastor in categories: aging, bioengineering, biotech/medical, DNA, futurism, genetics, health, innovation, life extension, neuroscience
Oct 27, 2018
Zero Gravity Causes Worrisome Changes In Astronauts’ Brains
Posted by Michael Lance in categories: neuroscience, space
Sandeep Datta says the brain composes behavior from pre-existing “syllables.”
Illustration by Chiara Zarmati/Salzman Art
Oct 26, 2018
The ‘Best Illusion of the Year’ Will Make You Mistrust Your Brain
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: neuroscience
Every year, various members of the illusion community—which is made up of scientists, neurologists, researchers, and even artists—get together to decide which of their recently created mind-melters deserves the honor of Best Illusion of the Year. This year, Japan’s Kokichi Sugihara claimed the top prize with a deceptively simple illusion that plays with how our mind perceives 3D objects.
This isn’t the first time Kokichi Sugihara, a mathematician at Meiji University in Japan, has won the Best Illusion of the Year honor. Nor is it the first time his fantastic illusions have shown up on Gizmodo. Triply Ambiguous Object, his latest award-winning creation, appears to be a simple 3D structure, with a tiny flag mounted on one of its many corners.
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Oct 26, 2018
The Best 3 Plants for Keeping Your Brain Young, According to Science
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: health, neuroscience, science
Oct 25, 2018
Regenerage — Spinal Cord Regeneration — Venga la Alegria — TV Azteca — Bioquark Inc.
Posted by Ira S. Pastor in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, chemistry, disruptive technology, DNA, futurism, genetics, health, nanotechnology, neuroscience
Wonderful to see the continuing progress of Mr. Omar Flores, with the support of his lovely wife, actress Mayra Sierra, today on the Venga la Alegria (VLA) show on TV Azteca (http://www.aztecauno.com/vengalaalegria) — The importance of an integrated approach to curing spinal cord injury including family, physical therapists, and the medical team at Regenerage (https://regenerage.clinic/)
Wonderful to see the continuing progress of Mr. Omar Flores, with the support of his lovely wife, actress Mayra Sierra, today on the Venga la Alegria (VLA) show on TV Azteca (Oct 25, 2018
These Brain-Enhancing Drugs Claim to Make You More Creative
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience
Oct 25, 2018
Mind’s quality control center found in long-ignored brain area
Posted by Xavier Rosseel in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience
The cerebellum can’t get no respect. Located inconveniently on the underside of the brain and initially thought to be limited to controlling movement, the cerebellum has long been treated like an afterthought by researchers studying higher brain functions.
But researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis say overlooking the cerebellum is a mistake. Their findings, published Oct. 25 in Neuron, suggest that the cerebellum has a hand in every aspect of higher brain functions — not just movement, but attention, thinking, planning and decision-making.
“The biggest surprise to me was the discovery that 80 percent of the cerebellum is devoted to the smart stuff,” said senior author Nico Dosenbach, MD, PhD, an assistant professor of neurology, of occupational therapy and of pediatrics. “Everyone thought the cerebellum was about movement. If your cerebellum is damaged, you can’t move smoothly — your hand jerks around when you try to reach for something. Our research strongly suggests that just as the cerebellum serves as a quality check on movement, it also checks your thoughts as well — smoothing them out, correcting them, perfecting things.”
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