"If you take it for granted that nobody can listen in on your innermost thoughts, I regret to inform you that your brain may not be private much longer. Luckily, the brain is lawyering up." Colorado passed legislation to prevent companies from selling your brainwaves. But is it enough to stop the likes of Meta and Apple?

Story by Sigal Samuel re: #neurorights #neurotech #neuroethics #neuroscience #neurology #neurotechnology #ethics #technology

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/24078512/brain-tech-privacy-rights-neurorights-colorado-yuste

I'm happy to present the last paper from my thesis!

Lisa Li and I set out to build a model of fly walking which is based on 3D kinematics data, handles perturbations, and includes sensorimotor delays. (This was supervised by Bing Brunton and @tuthill )

We set up a new modeling framework, generated fly walking with kinematics matched to real data, a simple metric for quantifying similarity of trajectories, and found constraints on delays for robust walking!

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.04.18.589965v1

#neuroscience #drosophila #walking #preprint

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Call for paper contributions! Donate your preprint/ paper/ repository to the Neuroscience Reprohack on 7 and 8 May in Amsterdam.
Authors will get a free reproducibility check and feedback on their efforts. Participants will get to learn from your work and hands-on experience with reviewing other peoples' code.
Check https://www.reprohack.org/event/29/ for more event details and how to submit your work

#Neuroscience #ReproducibleResearch

eNeuro is looking for an editor in chief.

https://www.sfn.org/publications/eneuro/eNeuro-Editor-in-Chief-Search

Made me ask: what is the job of an editor in chief, and what kind of qualifications should an applicant have? And what kind of job is it – full time job, or part time? Paid or not? A practising scientist or a dedicated specialist? The ad doesn't specify much beyond the obvious.

#SfN #neuroscience #academia

eNeuro Editor-in-Chief Search

^www.sfn.org

Queen’s Reading Room neuroscience study finds reading helps mental wellbeing

As little as five minutes of reading can reduce stress by nearly 20%.

#reading #stress #neuroscience #MentalHealth
#bookstodon
https://howtobe247.com/queens-reading-room-study-finds-reading-helps-wellbeing/

Queen’s Reading Room study finds reading helps wellbeing

Discover the mental health benefits of reading with new neuroscience insights from The Queen's Reading Room study.

^{Suswati Basu (How To Be Books)}

Memories are made by breaking DNA — and fixing it
Nerve cells form long-term memories with the help of an inflammatory response, study in mice finds
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00930-y
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39849126

When a long-term memory forms, some brain cells experience a rush of electrical activity so strong that it snaps their DNA. Then, an inflammatory response kicks in, repairing this damage and helping to cement the memory, a study in mice shows.

#memory #neuroscience #brain #CellBiology

Memories are made by breaking DNA — and fixing it

Nerve cells form long-term memories with the help of an inflammatory response, study in mice finds.

^{Kozlov, Max}