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How does it all work together in the brain?Are there proposals of how multiple functional-connectional systems work together? Not just individual systems, but jointly. Eg of individual systems: basal...
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Is mental activity just neural activity?Imo an interesting counter is in terms of a reductio argument. Once we understand the action of brain cells we have to dig further down to understand the action...
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๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป? ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ผ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐ต๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐Today! Join presentation with Jaan Aru followed by discussion of the paper below in the Neuroscience & Philosophy SalonNov 22, 12:30pm (US...
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What explains the rich exchange of information here on Masto? It's really a great community.It's a deafening silence over at Bluesky... And the other place is not for many people for obvious...
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Non-determinism in classical (and quantum) physicsVery interesting talk by Nicolas Gisin suggesting that mathematical real numbers are really "random" (given they require infinite bits to be...
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Can we control an entire distributed circuit in the brain? If not now, when?Neurotechniques can do amazing things. One can target a population in region A to track specific projections to region B, and...
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Another one on neuroscience collegiality at Masto...When people engage with the science itself, people are often cut-throat on that X place. Kind of what I imagine being faculty at a place like MIT...
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Systems neuroscience in trouble??Some harsh words about just-so stories in systems neuroscience in general and network neuroscience in particular.I'm not sure about the proposed solutions, but...
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Is it possible to increase the preview in our instance? I'm not sure what determines how much gets shown but sometimes is just a few lines and then "show more".I mean, assuming other people feel he...
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๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ!Join us at Neuroscience & Philosophy Salon to hear and discuss the recent paper by Lauren Ross and Dani Bassett.Can we make progress on this front? Don't miss it!Feb 2 at...
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Multilevel brain explanations"Cognitive function requires the coordination of neural activity across many scales, from neurons and circuits to large-scale networks. As such, it is unlikely that an...
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๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒJoin the discussion tomorrow!Neuroscience & Philosophy Salon with @ProfLaurenRoss and @DaniSBassettFeb 2 at noon (eastern USA)...
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Missed "Mechanism and Neuroscience" by Lauren Ross and Dani Bassett ??Great discussion of these key questions in the Neuroscience & Philosophy Salon.Check out the link here!...
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Mind vs. brain: what are good introductory readings (high school) for the tendency to separate mind and brain. For example, one often hears statements like "the brain made me do it" etc. Of course the...
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๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฒ๐บ๐?Interacting/interdependent elements, nonlinearities, feedback, distributed organization, emergence, autonomy, plasticity?Good review of past...
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Here's the vision / Grand Plan for neuroscience my colleagues:https://www.nicolerust.com/grandplan#neuroscience
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The Blind SpotLet's understand science as a human experience. Started chapter 2, can't wait to read more!It's about science in general but quite relevant to #neuroscience
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Side story: When I did my PhD a zillion years ago (in computational neuroscience) there was this young professor, Evan Thompson, who let me audit his philosophy class. He was even open to writing a...
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TODAY: ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐?Check time difference given US spring time already. Today: 12pm US, eastern time Neuroscience & Philosophy Salon with Anneli Jefferson and...
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