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Hey #neuroscience folks, for some reason my university thought it was a wise idea to be put me in charge as director of our neuroscience institute for a little while. Those of you working in the trenches at all levels (e.g. students, RAs, postdocs, faculty) I'd like to hear from you.
What are specific things that a department/institute can do to either inject more joy in the work or make the process of research easier?
Pushing the limits of MRI brain imaging - Nature Methods
A new generation of increasingly powerful magnets is dramatically extending the resolution, speed and analytical capabilities of magnetic resonance imaging for brain research.Nature
For our next #NeuroESC #JournalClub I will read this paper from @jessetm :
get the PDF at: drive.google.com/file/d/1qmfye…
Anyone else interested? We could all pledge to read it and then discuss it here afterwards (Next Friday) 👀
#Neuroscience #VTE #FlexibleDecisions #SpatialCognition #mPFC #NavigationStrategies
Flexible decision-making is related to strategy learning, vicarious trial and error, and medial prefrontal rhythms during spatial set-shifting
Peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing basic neuroscience research in the areas of neuronal plasticity, learning and memorylearnmem.cshlp.org
A very interesting paper arguing that thinking is independent of language! Important implications for philosophy, but also if language is merely a communication tool and not the foundation of intelligence, what does this mean for the likes of chatGPT and friends?
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/…
Language and thought are not the same thing: evidence from neuroimaging and neurological patients - PMC
Is thought possible without language? Individuals with global aphasia, who have almost no ability to understand or produce language, provide a powerful opportunity to find out. Astonishingly, despite their near-total loss of language, these ...pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Moving beyond Drosophila – Jumping ants as a model species in research on gene regulation.
Olfaction is essential for complex social behavior in insects. To discriminate complex social cues, ants evolved an expanded number of odorant receptors (Or) genes strategically located in the antennae. Mutations in the obligate odorant co-receptorMyrmecological News Blog
Good Morning!
There is an interesting #job opportunity in the #neuroscience research group at my institute in Kiel, Germany! #Postdoc position with the opportunity to reach lecture qualification (Habilitation). Have a look and feel free to share to anyone excited about memory!
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tab -> Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in (m/w/d) mit Zielrichtung Habilitation am Physiologischen Institut der Medizinische Fakultät
Some people can visualize things perfectly in their mind’s eye, while others can’t.
Here’s how your brain visualizes scenarios that you’re not actually looking at with your eyes, and why it can be so helpful to improve this skill:
theconversation.com/what-is-me…
#science #neuroscience @psychology
What is mental imagery? Brain researchers explain the pictures in your mind and why they’re useful
Here’s how your brain visualizes scenarios that you’re not actually looking at with your eyes.The Conversation
I’m a neuroscientist who taught rats to drive − their joy suggests how anticipating fun can enrich human life #science #neuroscience #animals
- Kelly Lambert Professor of Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Richmond
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I’m a neuroscientist who taught rats to drive − their joy suggests how anticipating fun can enrich human life
Equipped with a rodent version of a Cybertruck, these driving rats reveal that positive experiences may sculpt the brain just as powerfully as stressful onesThe Conversation
The Issue #47 of #ComplexityThoughts is out!
#Neuroscience dominates this issue, enjoy!
manlius.substack.com/p/complex…
Complexity Thoughts: Issue #47
Unraveling complexity: building knowledge, one paper at a timeComplexity Thoughts
Study #neuroscience in the heart of #London! 💂♂️👩🔬💻
Join our PhD programme and immerse yourself in world-class research and vibrant city life.
Learn more and apply by 11 Nov:
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Anyone can learn #echolocation in just 10 weeks — And it remodels your brain scientificamerican.com/article… Now imagine what encoding a truly visual live camera view into sound may do to your brain, letting you hear zebra crossings and all things visual... #neuroscience
"Human echolocation repurposes parts of the brain's visual cortex for sound, even in sighted people."
Anyone Can Learn Echolocation in Just 10 Weeks—And It Remodels Your Brain
Human echolocation repurposes parts of the brain’s visual cortex for sound, even in sighted peopleSimon Makin (Scientific American)
@mike I was annoyed at first but then realised that web of science is in charge of giving an #ImpactFactor to journals, and so I guess it actually makes sense since the #eLife model goes against the principle of impact factor... Right?
This is how I usually read. I rarely read word-by-word.
theguardian.com/science/2024/o…
#Literacy #Reading #Neuroscience #SpeedReading #LanguageProcessing #Linguistics
Human brain can process certain sentences in ‘blink of an eye’, says study
Researchers say findings differ from previous theories that words are understood one by oneNicola Davis (The Guardian)
