brain imaging
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The Next Generation Brain Atlas
Brainmaps.org is the neuroscience analog, giving us the most detailed and complete set of images of the inner universe.
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Interactive Wiring of Cortex and Thalamus
The part of the brain that supports conscious contents is the cortex and thalamus. Modha and Singh showed the long-distance link in this system as a mandala....
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Your Cortex is Flat
The cortex is a flat sheet, shown beautifully here by Van Essen et al (see the Van Essen Lab at the University of St. Louis). This is the six-layered sheet of cells and fibers that makes up our cortex, the "neo-cortex" (because...
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Scientific Integration + Media Synthesis = The Feeling Brain
Better communication in science and education can have vast ripple effects for advancing creativity, innovation, entrepreneurialism and humanity.
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Catch the Wavelets
If you are learning about wavelets for the first time, or if you need a good refresher, this is the site to visit first. After all, it’s #1 on Google.
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Breakthrough: A brain measure of consciousness?
Effective connectivity refers to a causal link between two or more brain areas, as if signal traffic can now flow over a highway system.
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A Conversation on the Neuroethics of Deep Brain Stimulation
In this webcast provided by the Dana Foundation, Drs. Philip Campbell, Joseph Fins, Jonathan Moreno and Helen Mayberg discussed the ethical considerations of using deep brain stimulation. The topics covered in this interesting ...
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Scientists find way to map brain’s complexity
From Reuters: Scientists say they have moved a step closer to developing a computer model of the brain after finding a way to map both the connections and functions of nerve cells in the brain together for the first time. In a ...
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Being rejected a real pain, brain images show
From CBC News: The pain of rejection is more than just a figure of speech: regions of the brain that respond to physical pain overlap with those that react to social rejection, a brain imaging study shows. The study used brain...
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The Midline of a Living Human Brain
fountain of long cell fibers explodes along the midline of the human brain. Computational neuroscientists study nervous systems in terms of their information processing capabilities. Standing at the junction of computer scien...