What’s spiking in the neuro blogosphere

• A fascinating and disturbing deep dive into the story of patient H.M., the most famous case in neuroscience. (New York Times Magazine)
• From Purkinje cells to Phineas Gage, this intro has the basics of the brain covered. (Over the Brainbow)
• The brain’s own thermostat keeps your head cool. (Harvard Neuro Blog)
• Is it back to the drawing board for adult neurogenesis? (Discover)
• Ducklings can tell ‘same’ and ‘different’ apart, demonstrating abstract thinking beyond the mammalian realm. (Deric’s MindBlog)
• The evidence points to breaks, rather than cramming, as being effective for studying and learning. (NeuWrite San Diego)
• Neural spiking costs energy, but what’s the upper limit for the brain? Adam Calhoun does the math. (Neuroecology)
• The brain has “this mystique around it, in which people seem very reluctant to contemplate that it’s in any way flawed or imperfect. And it is,” says Dean Burnett. (Smithsonian)