Rat Brain Cerebral Cortex is Set Up Like…A Mini-Internet
“The cerebral cortex is like a mini-Internet,” said Larry Swanson, professor at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Source – USC…
Neuroscience
Number 32
Simply log in and purchase ($2.99) to rent Number 32 for 30 days. Number 32 is a visual and poetic documentary that explores the internal…
Win a Brain-Controlled Drone?
Subscribe to the Raw Science Newsletter at www.rawscience.tv for a chance to win! The kit has an EEG headset and requires focus in order to fly…
Is consciousness a state of matter?
Can a theoretical physicist investigate consciousness? For decades the few serious academics who tried were fatted to ridicule and marginalization. However, the times are…
We asked a neuroscientist: The future of brain implants: what’s next?
Gary Marcus of NYU discusses the future of brain implants discusses on Lunch Break. Photo: Getty. One technology, Deep brain stimulators, has the…
Neuro-prosthesis allows paralyzed man to regain use of his hand
Columbus Ohio, 23-year-old Ian Burkhart from Dublin Ohio became the first quadriplegic to move his hand with his own thoughts after a ground-breaking…
A Neuroscientist’s Radical Theory of How Networks Become Conscious
Christof Koch has a radical new theory of how networks become conscious. Panpsychism! http://www.wired.com/2013/11/christof-koch-panpsychism-consciousness/
Bringing Light – Bert Klasey, Chris Baron, & James Allen Smith
In the painstaking process of removing brain tumors, neurosurgeons are constantly challenged by the inability to distinguish healthy tissue from tumor in the operating…
Scientists Create Wiring Diagram of Mouse Brain
Scientists from the Allen Institute for Brain Science have created a 1.8 petabyte wiring diagram of a mouse brain. http://www.sciencespacerobots.com/scientists-create-wiring-diagram-of-a-mouse-brain-40220142