More than any year before, 2012 was the year neuroscience exploded into pop culture. From mind-controlled robot hands to cyborg animals to TV specials to triumphant books, brain breakthroughs were tearing up the airwaves and the internets. From all the thrilling neurological adventures we covered over the past year, we’ve collected five stories we want [...]
Archive for December, 2012
The Top 5 Neuroscience Breakthroughs of 2012
December 21st, 2012 
The Connectome 
Posted in Feature Stories, Featured 
Tags: consciousness, neuroanatomy, neurochemistry, neurons, neurophysiology, technology, technosophy 
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Deciphering Sleep: Our Interview with David Rye
December 17th, 2012 The Connectome Why do we need to sleep? In all of human biology, few questions are more persistent – or more mythologized – than this one. Almost as puzzling as sleep itself are sleep disorders like narcolepsy and insomnia, which make us wonder why some of us need so much more sleep than others do. David Rye, [...]
Posted in Feature Stories, Featured Tags: biochemistry, biology, consciousness, dreams, neurochemistry, neuropharmacology, sleep 1 Comment »
