Neuroscience research has come a hell of a long way since the days of scalpels and electrodes. While some research teams are exploring the molecular machinery that churns at the hearts of nerve cells, others are working to assemble wiring diagrams for whole regions of the human brain. Just as biological science never looked the [...]
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Three Big Doubts About Brain-Mapping Efforts
April 14th, 2013 
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Podcast 5 – Our Interview With David Eagleman
February 6th, 2013 The Connectome 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 [...]
Posted in Featured, Podcasts Tags: consciousness, functional networks, memory, neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, psychology, senses, synesthesia, vision 1 Comment »
The Top 5 Neuroscience Breakthroughs of 2012
December 21st, 2012 The Connectome 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 [...]
Posted in Feature Stories, Featured Tags: consciousness, neuroanatomy, neurochemistry, neurons, neurophysiology, technology, technosophy 10 Comments »
Science Fights Back With Open Access
November 16th, 2012 The Connectome A major paradigm shift is taking the science world by storm. Open source is taking over. For more than a century, scientists have depended on peer-reviewed journals to keep them up to date on the latest research. But as many of these journals have raised their subscription fees to bank-breaking levels, and locked life-saving research [...]
Posted in Brain News, Featured Tags: connectomics, imaging, learning, neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, technology 1 Comment »
Q&A: Can We Preserve Our Brains After Death?
November 2nd, 2012 The Connectome As promised, here’s the first-ever official Connectome Q&A! We’ve been getting lots of incoming questions on our Facebook and Twitter pages – some of them on the technical side; others of the more “general interest” variety. Most of these questions require pretty involved answers – and it’s important to me that each of them gets [...]
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Brain Scans and Bold Plans: Our Interview with Matt Wall
October 28th, 2012 The Connectome Sometimes, a conversation takes you to places you never would’ve expected. Matt Wall and I struck up a chat about brain-scanning technology early this year, and he mentioned that he’d like to do an interview for The Connectome. Since he’s got 5+ years of published brain research under his belt, I jumped at the chance. [...]
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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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Lying Eyes
July 12th, 2012 The Connectome Despite what you may have heard, you can’t tell if a person’s lying by watching their eyes. If you’re surprised, you’re not alone – I thought that theory made a lot of sense until I read this new study. As it turns out, the eye idea just doesn’t line up with the evidence. As far [...]
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Sexy Neuroscience III
June 24th, 2012 The Connectome Female orgasm is a topic shrouded in mystery – not just for sexually awkward boyfriends, but for biologists too. We know, for example, that lots of animals have clitorises, yet a surprising number of female mammals don’t seem to experience orgasms at all. This has led researchers to some new discoveries and debates – and [...]
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