The Spike

Dopamine, and the art of feedback

Time to torch the textbooks

When cortex is useless, what do we learn?

Brains might compute, but not digitally.

And other consequences of rewarding quantity, not quality

His new autobiography will make you laugh, cry, and appreciate the underdogs of the brain

No, it’s not a metaphor

And end dumb arguments about metaphors

We need to get past the essentialist mindset about coding

Distrusting biological metaphors

You don’t need a neuroscience background, and it might even help if you don’t. You do, however, need research experience.

Celebrating 20 years since Watts & Strogatz

Why your brain makes bad decisions sometimes

What to consider when you’re considering