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A soft robot unfurls inside the skull.
“The novel gadget may lead to minimally invasive ways to investigate the brain and implant brain-computer interfaces, researchers say.” ~ learn more
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You can’t reach the brain through the ears.
“Why must every generation of humans spend their entire lives learning what the last generation already knew? Why can’t we reach the brain through the ears? The lives we could save, the years we could get back, the progress we […]
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Scientists target ‘biocomputing’ breakthrough with use of human brain cells.
Like the link above, this is also about organoids. A bit farther ‘out there’, these researchers want to turn the lumps of brain cells into fast and efficient computers. Given the revolution happening in artificial intelligence on silicon, this could […]
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How your breath affects your brain.
“The rhythm of respiration influences a wide range of behaviors, as well as cognition and emotion. Neuroscientists are piecing together how it all works.” ~ learn more
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A decades-long quest pairs an e-nose with a brain implant.
“For people who have lost their sense of smell, a neuroprosthetic could replace biology with technology. An e-nose sensor would detect odors, a processor would send signals to an implanted receiver, and an implanted electrode array would stimulate the olfactory […]
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The brain undergoes a great “rewiring” after age 40.
“In the fifth decade of life, our brains start to undergo a radical “rewiring” that results in diverse networks becoming more integrated and connected over the ensuing decades, with accompanying effects on cognition.“ | learn more
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The brain enters ‘low-power mode’ to blunt senses when you eat too little.
“A significant implication of the new findings is that much of what we know about how brains and neurons work may have been learned from brains that researchers unwittingly put into low-power mode. It is extremely common to restrict the […]
to your health
The science of fasting.
I plan to do a multi-day fast soon. Please reach out with any tips! “Intermittent Fasting or Caloric restriction unleashes a complicated set of useful cellular reactions… There are currently hundreds of clinical trials looking at the Fasting/Caloric restriction. Throughout […]
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Infrared mind control.
“Now, scientists at the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute at Stanford University have developed the first non-invasive technique for controlling targeted brain circuits in behaving animals from a distance.” | learn more
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Jolting the brain’s circuits with electricity.
“Brain stimulation is booming… This expanding field of research is slowly revealing truths of the brain: how it works, how it malfunctions, and how electrical impulses, precisely targeted and controlled, might be used to treat psychiatric and neurological disorders.” | learn more