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Michael Gazzaniga - The Gifford Lectures
Our own Michael Gazzaniga was recently honored with the opportunity to give the prestigious Gifford Lectures--joining the ranks of renowned thinkers ranging from William James and John Dewey to Hannah Arendt and Carl Sagan. Fortunately, his series of talks have been posted on-line.
The Will to Power--Is "Free Will" All in Your Head?: Scientific American
Neurosurgeons evoke an intention to act during brain surgery
Oxytocin: Starting with the basics : Neurotopia
So the question basically came down to this: What are the effects of oxytocin in female vs males, in particular the effects on sexual and bonding behavior, and how does this influence the autonomy of people (eg, are we really the tools of our hormones). The short answer: yes and no.
A Molecule of Motivation, Dopamine Excels at Its Task - NYTimes.com
In the communal imagination, dopamine is about rewards, and feeling good, and wanting to feel good again, and if you don’t watch out, you’ll be hooked, a slave to the pleasure lines cruising through your brain.
Neuroscience: Small, furry … and smart
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.
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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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The Young and the Neuro
The hard sciences are interpenetrating the social sciences. This isn’t dehumanizing. It shines attention on the things poets have traditionally cared about: the power of human attachments. It may even help policy wonks someday see people as they really are. (Brooks - NYTimes.com)
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social cognitive neuroscience
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Matthew Lieberman of U.C.L.A
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Neuroskeptic: How Brain Cells Avoid Getting All Tied Up
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.
Will ‘Rubi the Robot’ Be the Ultimate Teacher’s Aide?: Machine Learning and the Transformation of Education
The Dana Foundation - Q&A with TERRENCE J. SEJNOWSKI, Ph.D.
Dopamine Release at Individual Presynaptic Terminals Visualized with FFNs (Video Protocol)
To observe neurotransmitter uptake and release from individual presynaptic terminals directly, we designed fluorescent false neurotransmitters as substrates for the synaptic vesicle monoamine transporter.
Philosophy and Neuroscience videos
Here are several other videos the readers of the blog might find of interest:
Disorderly genius: How chaos drives the brain
In reality, your brain operates on the edge of chaos. Though much of the time it runs in an orderly and stable way, every now and again it suddenly and unpredictably lurches into a blizzard of noise. | 29 June 2009 - New Scientist
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In reality, your brain operates on the edge of chaos. Though much of the time it runs in an orderly and stable way, every now and again it suddenly and unpredictably lurches into a blizzard of noise
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"self-organised criticality"
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Untangling the Brain
Modern neuroscience rests on the assumption that our thoughts, feelings, perceptions, and behaviors emerge from electrical and chemical communication between brain cells: that whenever we recognize a face, read the newspaper, throw a ball, engage in a conversation, or recall a moment in childhood, a pattern of activity in our neurons makes such feats possible. It's a tenet of modern biology that sparks fascination--and disbelief. How can a tangle of cells produce the complexity and subtlety of a mind? | Harvard Magazine May-June 2009
Unlocking the Mysteries of The Artistic Mind
It might seem bizarre that science is using art to learn about the mind—looking for hard facts in the most ethereal of places. But great artists turn out to be the world's first neuroscientists. (Psychology Today)
Evolutionary Origins of Your Right and Left Brain
The division of labor by the two cerebral hemispheres—once thought to be uniquely human—predates us by half a billion years. Speech, right-handedness, facial recognition and the processing of spatial relations can be traced to brain asymmetries in early vertebrates (Scientific American)
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