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Sunday, April 25, 2021

Hoarders and Collectors

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Andy Warhol's collection of dental models   Pop artist Andy Warhol excelled in turning the everyday and the mundane into art. During th...
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Wednesday, March 31, 2021

Overinterpreting Computational Models of Decision-Making

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Bell (1985) Can a set of equations predict and quantify complex emotions resulting from financial decisions made in an uncertain environment...
Sunday, February 28, 2021

Overview of 'The Spike': an epic journey through failure, darkness, meaning, and spontaneity

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from Princeton University Press (March 9, 2021) THE SPIKE is a marvelously unique popular neuroscience book by Professor Mark Humphries , ...
Friday, January 29, 2021

Thoughts of Blue Brains and GABA Interneurons

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An unsuccessful plan to create a computer simulation of a human brain within 10 years. An exhaustive catalog of cell types comprising a ...
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Wednesday, December 30, 2020

How the Brain Works

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Every now and then, it's refreshing to remember how little we know about “how the brain works.” I put that phrase in quotes because the...
Monday, November 30, 2020

The Neurohumanities: a new interdisciplinary paradigm or just another neuroword?

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  The latest issue of Neuron has published five thematic “NeuroView” papers proposing that neuroscience can augment our understanding of cl...
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Friday, October 30, 2020

COVID-19, Predictive Coding, and Terror Management

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Pandemics have a way of bringing death into sharper focus in our everyday lives. As of this writing, 1,188,259 people around the world hav...