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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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Trends in Cognitive Sciences: Table of Contents May 2011
The May issue of Trends in Cognitive Sciences is available online. Volume 15, Issue 5, pp. 185-240 Letters Letters Response Opinion Review Feature Review ____________________________________________________________
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Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting: 2011
41st Annual Meeting Nov. 12-16, 2011, in Washington, DC. Click here for the conference website ____________________________________________________________________________________________ The Society for Neuroscience annual mee...
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Toward a Science of Consciousness 2011: Final Announcement
Toward a Science of Consciousness Brain, Mind and Reality Stockholm, Sweden, May 3-7, 2011 Sponsored by the Center for Consciousness Studies The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona and Perfjell Foundation www.consciousness.a...
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Addiction and Brain Circuits
From Brain Briefings: Humans have always struggled with addictions to mind-altering substances. Yet, only in the past few decades have neuroscientists begun to understand precisely how these substances affect the brain — and ...
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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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Language and the Brain: What Makes Us Human
From Brain Briefings: No other species on the planet uses language or writing — a mystery that remains unsolved even after thousands of years of research. Now neuroscientists are taking advantage of powerful new ways to peer ...
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Mind vs. Machine
By Brian Christian of Atlantic Magazine: In the race to build computers that can think like humans, the proving ground is the Turing Test—an annual battle between the world’s most advanced artificial-intelligence programs ...
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Using light to probe the brain’s self-repair after a stroke
Anne McIlroy of The Globe and Mail has written a nice article on how researchers are using optogenetics to study how the brain repairs itself after a stroke. Click here to read the article. Click here for videos on optogenetics.
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Trends in Cognitive Sciences: Table of Contents April 2011
The April issue of Trends in Cognitive Sciences is available online. Volume 15, Issue 4, pp. 141-184 Update – Forum: Science & Society Opinion Review ___________________________________________________________________...