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Scientists have recorded the activity of a dying human brain for the first time. A patient was being monitored with an EEG for seizures when they had a heart attack and died. About 15 minutes of brain... View More
First-ever recording of dying human brain reveals dreaming-like activity
“My whole life flashed before my eyes” is a phrase we often hear regarding near-death experiences – and there just might be some truth to it. Scientists have recorded the activity of a dying human bra...
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Neuroscience Mystery: How Do Tiny Brains Enable Complex Behavior?
Cassell argues in his recent book that an algorithm model is best suited to understanding the insect mind — and that of many animals.
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Neurons learn by predicting future activity - Nature Machine Intelligence
In artificial neural networks, a typical neuron generally performs a simple summation of inputs. Using computational and electrophysiological data, the authors show that a single neuron predicts its f...
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How a hyperactive cell in the brain might trigger Alzheimer’s disease
Microglia are amoeba-like cells that scour the brain for injuries and invaders. But sometimes the usually helpful cells go into overdrive and damage the brain, researchers say.
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Scientists Express Horror at Elon Musk’s Neuralink Brain Chip
Researchers and scientists recently expressed their horror at Musk’s goal to connect human brains to computer chips just as Neuralink enters human trials.
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A map of the brain can tell what you’re reading about | Research UC Berkeley
Too busy or lazy to read Melville’s Moby Dick or Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina? That’s OK. Whether you read the classics, or listen to them instead, the same cognitive and emotional parts of the brain are l...
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Why do we forget? New theory proposes ‘forgetting’ is actually a form of learning
The scientists behind the new theory suggest that rather than being a bug, forgetting may be a functional feature of the brain, allowing it to interact dynamically with the environment to enhance deci...
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We move along the surface of a doughnut
Data from a neural network of grid cells show that the collective neural activity is shaped like the surface of a doughnut.
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Thousands of coma patients may be conscious but we’re ignoring them, says pioneering neuroscientist
It’s usually assumed that a person in a vegetative state has no awareness of the world around them. Dr Adrian Owen, who pioneered groundbreaking research that has proven otherwise, explains why we nee...
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Petri Dish of brain cells taught to play Pong faster than Artificial Intelligence
Scientists at biotechnology startup Cortical Labs taught a Petri Dish of brain cells taught to play Pong faster than Artificial Intelligence.
