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2021: the review of the year in neuroscience
2021: the review of the year in neuroscience
Welcome back my friends, to the show that never ends
Mark Humphries
Dec 21, 2021
Maps of a Growing Brain Show That Genes Do Less Than We Thought
Maps of a Growing Brain Show That Genes Do Less Than We Thought
The worm turns against genetic determinism
Mark Humphries
Oct 20, 2021
Why I Wrote a Book About Spikes
Why I Wrote a Book About Spikes
It’s how your brain works, after all
Mark Humphries
Mar 16, 2021
Now We Can Record One Million Neurons At The Same Time
Now We Can Record One Million Neurons At The Same Time
A Dialogue
Mark Humphries
Mar 8, 2021
The Spike: An Epic Journey Through the Brain in 2.1 Seconds
The Spike: An Epic Journey Through the Brain in 2.1 Seconds
My new book about your life in spikes
Mark Humphries
Feb 23, 2021
The Core Computational Principles of a Neuron
The Core Computational Principles of a Neuron
Five important principles: neurons are binary, they integrate information from other neurons, learns to survive and make mistakes
Viacheslav Osaulenko
Jan 7, 2021
2020: A Moderately Bemused Review of the Year in Neuroscience
2020: A Moderately Bemused Review of the Year in Neuroscience
That Was The Year That Was
Mark Humphries
Dec 21, 2020
Warning! Unsupervised Neuroscience Ahead
Warning! Unsupervised Neuroscience Ahead
The unruly offspring of machine learning and neuroscience
Mark Humphries
Nov 16, 2020
Seventy Teams of Scientists Analysed the Same Brain Data, and It Went Badly
Seventy Teams of Scientists Analysed the Same Brain Data, and It Went Badly
What the latest fMRI “crisis” means for the rest of science
Mark Humphries
Jul 1, 2020
5 Lessons I Learned From My Neuroscience Degree
5 Lessons I Learned From My Neuroscience Degree
A call to celebrate with reflection in the absence of convocation.
Isaac Wu
Jun 11, 2020
We Don’t Know How You Make a Decision
We Don’t Know How You Make a Decision
A new study shows we cannot tell how you’re using the evidence before you
Mark Humphries
May 21, 2020
The Neuroscientist, A Field Guide
The Neuroscientist, A Field Guide
How to spot a neuroscientist in the wild
Mark Humphries
Apr 13, 2020
2019: a lightly bamboozled review of the year in neuroscience
2019: a lightly bamboozled review of the year in neuroscience
I think we all need a little lie down
Mark Humphries
Dec 19, 2019
Why Model the Brain?
Why Model the Brain?
An Actual Scientific Case for Brain Simulations
Mark Humphries
Jul 30, 2019
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