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Neuroscience: Small, furry … and smart - 0 views

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neuroscientists using genetic engineering to generate cognitively enhanced animals in a bid to understand memory and learning.
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Much of the work involves making an adult brain behave more like a younger, more flexible version of itself by increasing the organ's plasticity.
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Tsien created Doogie by overexpressing a subunit of the NMDA receptor called NR2B. This kept the receptors open for longer, strengthening the synaptic link and making it easier for disparate events to be linked together.
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Rudy Garns on 14 Oct 09

Tsien, based at Princeton University in New Jersey at the time, named his creation Doogie after the teenage genius in the television programme Doogie Howser, MD. The work was one of the earliest examples of neuroscientists using genetic engineering to generate cognitively enhanced animals in a bid to understand memory and learning.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Tsien, based at Princeton University in New Jersey at the time, named his creation Doogie after the teenage genius in the television programme Doogie Howser, MD. The work was one of the earliest examples of neuroscientists using genetic engineering to generate cognitively enhanced animals in a bid to understand memory and learning.</div>

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Java Neural Network Framework Neuroph - 0 views

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Stages of Brain Development - 0 views

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From a single fertilised egg of about 0.14 millimetres in diameter, to an adult human being, the neurophysiology of development of the brain and nervous system is nothing short of remarkable. We are born with around 100 billion neurons, and the development of the brain continues long after birth, with dendrites of some neurons in the neocortex continuing to grow well into old age

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">From a single fertilised egg of about 0.14 millimetres in diameter, to an adult human being, the neurophysiology of development of the brain and nervous system is nothing short of remarkable. We are born with around 100 billion neurons, and the development of the brain continues long after birth, with dendrites of some neurons in the neocortex continuing to grow well into old age</div>

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Researchers Identify Critical Gene For Brain Development, Mental Retardation - 0 views

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establishing the neural wiring necessary to function normally depends on the ability of neurons to make finger-like projections of their membrane called filopodia.
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brain protein srGAP2 can also impose cell shape by directly bending membranes, forming filopodia as a mean to control the migration and branching of neurons during brain development
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Rudy Garns on 12 Oct 09

In laying down the neural circuitry of the developing brain, billions of neurons must first migrate to their correct destinations and then form complex synaptic connections with their new neighbors.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">In laying down the neural circuitry of the developing brain, billions of neurons must first migrate to their correct destinations and then form complex synaptic connections with their new neighbors.</div>

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Neuroskeptic: How Brain Cells Avoid Getting All Tied Up - 0 views

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During the development of the brain, young neurones need to form connections with other cells. But equally important, they need to avoid making connections with themselves.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">During the development of the brain, young neurones need to form connections with other cells. But equally important, they need to avoid making connections with themselves.</div>

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Evidence Points To Conscious 'Metacognition' In Some Nonhuman Animals - 0 views

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there is growing evidence that animals share functional parallels with human conscious metacognition -- that is, they may share humans' ability to reflect upon, monitor or regulate their states of mind.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">there is growing evidence that animals share functional parallels with human conscious metacognition -- that is, they may share humans' ability to reflect upon, monitor or regulate their states of mind.</div>

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Intranasal Administration of Oxytocin Increases Envy and Schadenfreude (Gloating) - 0 views

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Envy and schadenfreude (gloating over the other's misfortune) are social emotions widely agreed to be a symptom of the human social tendency to compare one's payoffs with those of others. Given the important social components of envy and gloating, we speculated that oxytocin may have a modulating effect on the intensity of these emotions.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Envy and schadenfreude (gloating over the other's misfortune) are social emotions widely agreed to be a symptom of the human social tendency to compare one's payoffs with those of others. Given the important social components of envy and gloating, we speculated that oxytocin may have a modulating effect on the intensity of these emotions.</div>

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Multitasking May Not Mean Higher Productivity : NPR - 0 views

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A new study says so-called "heavy multitaskers" have trouble tuning out distractions and switching tasks compared with those who multitask less. And there's evidence that multitasking may weaken cognitive ability. Stanford University professor Clifford Nass explains the work.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A new study says so-called "heavy multitaskers" have trouble tuning out distractions and switching tasks compared with those who multitask less. And there's evidence that multitasking may weaken cognitive ability. Stanford University professor Clifford Nass explains the work.</div>

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Athen Collaboration: Accounts: Registration - 0 views

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Good example of an accessible form

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Henry Markam (the Project Director of the Blue Brain project) Interview - 0 views

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The Origin of the Mind - 0 views

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The first step in figuring out how the human mind arose is determining what distinguishes our mental processes from those of other creatures

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The first step in figuring out how the human mind arose is determining what distinguishes our mental processes from those of other creatures</div>

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Neurolaw | Channel N - 0 views

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An overview of neuroethics and neurolaw that covers a lot of ground, from Phineas Gage to comas. Ways that the brain controls behaviour, issues of responsibility and accountability in the legal system, decision making, recidivism and rehabilitation, predicting violence, the hype and reality of fMRI lie detectors and the implicit association test (IAT), and more. Mentions a clinical trial that's testing neurofeedback for controlling cravings.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">An overview of neuroethics and neurolaw that covers a lot of ground, from Phineas Gage to comas. Ways that the brain controls behaviour, issues of responsibility and accountability in the legal system, decision making, recidivism and rehabilitation, predicting violence, the hype and reality of fMRI lie detectors and the implicit association test (IAT), and more. Mentions a clinical trial that's testing neurofeedback for controlling cravings.</div>

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Brain activity associated with honest and dishonest decisions. - 0 views

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What makes people behave honestly when confronted with opportunities for dishonest gain? Research on the interplay between controlled and automatic processes in decision making suggests 2 hypotheses: According to the "Will" hypothesis, honesty results from the active resistance of temptation, comparable to the controlled cognitive processes that enable the delay of reward. According to the "Grace" hypothesis, honesty results from the absence of temptation, consistent with research emphasizing the determination of behavior by the presence or absence of automatic processes. (Deric Bownds' MindBlog) Abstract: http://is.gd/2mKtF

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">What makes people behave honestly when confronted with opportunities for dishonest gain? Research on the interplay between controlled and automatic processes in decision making suggests 2 hypotheses: According to the "Will" hypothesis, honesty results from the active resistance of temptation, comparable to the controlled cognitive processes that enable the delay of reward. According to the "Grace" hypothesis, honesty results from the absence of temptation, consistent with research emphasizing the determination of behavior by the presence or absence of automatic processes. (Deric Bownds' MindBlog) Abstract: <a href="http://is.gd/2mKtF" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://is.gd/2mKtF</a></div>

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Human facial expressions aren't universal - 0 views

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Facial expressions, Charles Darwin argued in The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, are a universal window into emotion. But new research challenges that notion, showing that east Asian people struggle to recognise facial expressions that western Caucasians attribute to fear and disgust. By focusing on eyes and brows, Asians miss subtle cues conveyed via the mouth. (13 August 2009 - New Scientist)

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Facial expressions, Charles Darwin argued in The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, are a universal window into emotion. But new research challenges that notion, showing that east Asian people struggle to recognise facial expressions that western Caucasians attribute to fear and disgust. By focusing on eyes and brows, Asians miss subtle cues conveyed via the mouth. (13 August 2009 - New Scientist)</div>

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Antonio Damasio: This Time With Feeling - 0 views

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The Mind Project - 0 views

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More Evidence That Intelligence Is Largely Inherited: Researchers Find That Genes Determine... - 0 views

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In a study published recently in the Journal of Neuroscience, UCLA neurology professor Paul Thompson and colleagues used a new type of brain-imaging scanner to show that intelligence is strongly influenced by the quality of the brain's axons, or wiring that sends signals throughout the brain. The faster the signaling, the faster the brain processes information. And since the integrity of the brain's wiring is influenced by genes, the genes we inherit play a far greater role in intelligence than was previously thought.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">In a study published recently in the Journal of Neuroscience, UCLA neurology professor Paul Thompson and colleagues used a new type of brain-imaging scanner to show that intelligence is strongly influenced by the quality of the brain's axons, or wiring that sends signals throughout the brain. The faster the signaling, the faster the brain processes information. And since the integrity of the brain's wiring is influenced by genes, the genes we inherit play a far greater role in intelligence than was previously thought.</div>

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Rehab, neuroscience, and religion - 0 views

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Jim Schnabel offers a brief essay in NatureNews on neuroscientists who are suggesting that is effectiveness of drug intervention programs is related to their strengthening of executive frontal lobe functions. (Deric Bownds' MindBlog)

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Jim Schnabel offers a brief essay in NatureNews on neuroscientists who are suggesting that is effectiveness of drug intervention programs is related to their strengthening of executive frontal lobe functions. (Deric Bownds' MindBlog)</div>

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Neuroscientists Map Intelligence In The Brain - 0 views

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Neuroscientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have conducted the most comprehensive brain mapping to date of the cognitive abilities measured by the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS), the most widely used intelligence test in the world. The results offer new insight into how the various factors that comprise an "intelligence quotient" (IQ) score depend on particular regions of the brain.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Neuroscientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have conducted the most comprehensive brain mapping to date of the cognitive abilities measured by the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS), the most widely used intelligence test in the world. The results offer new insight into how the various factors that comprise an "intelligence quotient" (IQ) score depend on particular regions of the brain.</div>

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Clean and Virtuous: When Physical Purity Becomes Moral Purity - 0 views

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How embodied metaphors, rooted in our physical understanding of abstract concepts, shape our view of the world. (Scientific American)

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">How embodied metaphors, rooted in our physical understanding of abstract concepts, shape our view of the world. (Scientific American)</div>

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