What’s spiking in the neuro blogosphere
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2 min readMar 17, 2017
- You can’t actually locate specific memories in the brain and bring them back by zapping with electricity — sorry, Ben Carson. (Wired)
- “Express just a little bit of gratitude the next time you stub your toe” because pain perception is vital to survival. (NeuWrite San Diego)
- Apparently the Dalai Lama urged neuroscientists to find ways to produce the brain benefits of meditation without actually needing to meditate — now results in mice show that it might be possible. (Nautilus)
- New atlases chart brain growth in monkeys over time. (Spectrum)
- VX, the neurotoxin culprit in the recent North Korean assassination, is a molecular-level disruptor that leads to massive brain activation. (BrainFacts Blog)
- The brain’s control centers focus on relevant information and throw the rest out to combat sensory overload. (UCSD Neurosciences)
- You can learn to echolocate and the key may be how you use your attention. (BPS Research Digest)
- Maybe, with better methods, neuroscientists can understand a microprocessor, but what we really need is a better metaphor for the brain. (PLOS Neuro Community)
- Brain training can affect memory and attention, but the research literature is inconsistent. (Forging Connections)
- Christopher Madan, PhD has been putting together weekly research paper digests, and the latest is on brain stimulation.
- It’s Brain Awareness Week and Knowing Neurons has compiled pretty much all the brain facts you will ever need.
