On episode 5 of the Connectome podcast, Ben chats with David Eagleman, author of the international bestseller Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain. Eagleman’s lab mainly studies the ways our brains encode sensory perceptions – but as you’ll hear, he’s also fascinated by questions on the nature of consciousness, synesthesia, meaning and representation, and [...]
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Podcast 5 – Our Interview With David Eagleman
February 6th, 2013 
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Podcast 4 – Our Interview With Scott Emmons
September 15th, 2012 The Connectome On episode 4 of the Connectome podcast, Ben chats with Scott W. Emmons, Ph.D., a professor of neuroscience and genetics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Emmons talks with us about his cutting-edge connectomics research, which may help us understand how neural circuits “decide” on a particular behavior. Click here to subscribe in [...]
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The Lurking Lizard
September 7th, 2012 The Connectome He has haunted us for more than fifty years – this strange scientist, with his theory of primal reptiles embedded in each of us. And for years I wondered, Could this bizarre hypothesis be true? Might it explain the ancient instincts – so contrary to my intentions – which I felt arising from the depths [...]
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Brains and Brilliance
August 1st, 2012 The Connectome Where in the brain, exactly, is intelligence? Is a high I.Q. just a result of a flawed test – or do high-I.Q. brains have specific, measurable differences from others? Answers await, Intrepid Reader – but first we have to make sure we’re asking the right questions. Let’s start with the big news: a study just published [...]
Posted in Brain News, Featured Tags: anxiety, connectomics, depression, drugs, functional networks, intelligence, learning, neurophysiology 4 Comments »
The Intelligence Network
April 10th, 2012 The Connectome Intelligence isn’t a single process – but it still depends on the coordinated activity of some specific brain areas, a new study reports. In one of the most sweeping surveys in neuroscience history, researchers put patients with various types of brain damage through a battery of cognitive tests, and pinpointed the neural correlates of “general [...]
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The Brain Grid
March 30th, 2012 The Connectome Connections in the brain aren’t all tangled up – they’re organized into a grid of tightly-knit bundles, says a new study. By applying mathematical analysis to the latest imaging technology, scientists have discovered that connective pathways are knit into a three-dimensional geometric pattern. When scientists first set out to map the connections in a brain, [...]
Posted in Brain News, Featured Tags: biology, connectomics, consciousness, functional networks, neuroanatomy, neurons, structural networks, technology 1 Comment »Saving Faces
January 11th, 2012 The Connectome A brain area that’s specialized to recognize faces has a unique structure in each of our brains – and mapping that area’s connectivity patterns can tell us how each of our brains use it, says a new study. The fusiform gyrus in the temporal lobe plays a part in our recognition of words, numbers, faces, [...]
Posted in Brain News Tags: connectomics, functional networks, MRI, neurophysiology, senses, structural networks, vision 1 Comment »Surprising Synchrony
October 27th, 2011 The Connectome Our corpus callosum is a bundle of fibers that allows our brains’ left and right hemispheres to communicate – but even in people born without these connections, the hemispheres are still somehow able to synchronize their activity, reports a new study. The brains of people born with a condition called agenesis of the corpus callosum (AgCC) [...]
Posted in Brain News Tags: fMRI, functional networks, neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, structural networks No Comments »Hypnotized Eyes
October 25th, 2011 The Connectome A state of hypnosis creates detectable changes in a person’s eye movement patterns, says a new study. The “glazed” look of a person who’s been hypnotized can be linked to measurable, quantifiable changes in the patterns of that person’s reflexive eye movements – changes that non-hypnotized people aren’t able to replicate. The exact nature – and even [...]
Posted in Brain News Tags: functional networks, neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, psychology, senses, vision No Comments »The Roots of Consciousness
October 17th, 2011 The Connectome The origins of subjective consciousness probably lie in an introspective brain network common to most mammals, says a new study. When we “zone out” and let our minds wander, a functional (as opposed to structural) brain network known as the default mode network (DMN) becomes active. The DMN links our frontal lobe – an area associated with planning [...]
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