better doing
How your brain decides without you.
You may already know, but cannot be reminded too often, that your brain’s priority is not truth, but rather narrative consistency. | learn more
Tag: brain
under the microscope
Leg exercise has impact on brain and nervous system health.
Don’t skip leg day! “‘Our study supports the notion that people who are unable to do load-bearing exercises—such as patients who are bed-ridden, or even astronauts on extended travel—not only lose muscle mass, but their body chemistry is altered at […]
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Brain cells fire more slowly with sleep deprivation.
When you’re up all night, the slowness you feel runs deep – all the way down to the brain cells involve in perception. | learn more
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Scientist inject information into monkey brains.
Neurologists at the University of Rochester have introduced information directly into monkeys’ premotor cortex via electrodes. They taught them to play a game with these signals. Neat stuff! | learn more
better doing
Alexander Graham Bell’s secret to productivity.
This is an interesting article. It describes tying types of work to specific locations to reinforce neural pathways in your brain. It explains why people sometimes have trouble working out at home (i.e. in their living room). | learn more
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Researchers decode brain scans to watch what people are seeing.
Now we’re talking! “Purdue Engineering researchers have developed a system that can show what people are seeing in real-world videos, decoded from their fMRI brain scans — an advanced new form of “mind-reading” technology that could lead to new insights […]
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Scientists can read a bird’s brain and predict its next song.
With neural network software, researchers at UC San Diego built a brain-to-tweet interface that predicted what a bird will sing 30 milliseconds before the bird actually sings. This may be an early step on the long march to human brain-machine […]
big ideas
The brain-machine interface now exists.
You may recall Elon Musk’s new venture to create a BMI that’s directly connected to your brain. The team at CNTRL-Labs thinks that’s a bit more than the market will bare, so instead they’ve figured out how to read your […]
better doing
Brain biases that hold people back in life.
Pro poker player Liv Boeree discusses cognitive biases that great poker players avoid at the table, and goes on to discuss real-world implications of the biases. | learn more
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How the brain helps keep the body young.
This article explores the relationship between Neural Stem Cells and the aging process. The cells die slowly over time. When researchers killed these cells in animal models, they essentially jump-started the aging process. | learn more