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Somewhere in Germany, a group of 40 genetically identical females are being constantly watched. Implanted with radio-frequency identification transponders (RFID) since 4 weeks old, they are allowed to roam free in a rich, 5-storey mansion, with 20 antennas monitoring and recording their whereabouts. 3 months later their brains will be examined for traces of emerging […]
Freund, J., Brandmaier, A., Lewejohann, L., Kirste, I., Kritzler, M., Kruger, A., Sachser, N., Lindenberger, U. & Kempermann, G. (2013). Emergence of Individuality in Genetically Identical Mice, Science, 340 (6133) 756-759. DOI: 10.1126/science.1235294
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A pastiche of a post, putting together ideas and research on inner voices:
-How to document the conversations we carry on with ourselves most everyday (in the West at least)
-The importance of inner voices for rebuilding our notion of …
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From EyeWire :On Monday, EyeWire HQ challenged you to battle with the @RPrentki Challenge. Rachel, AKA @rprentki and the tour de force behind EyeWire’s Omni Room (and summoner of Grim Reaper), invited all EyeWirers to take on her expert mapping skills. There were two ways to win: Outscore Rachel (most points scored receives double …The post RPrentki Challenge: Results are In! appeared first on EyeWire.
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Esta entrada es continuación de la entrada del 9 de mayo de 2013.
Otra evidencia de soporte
Estudios clínicos y del desarrollo
Pineda cita que Stroganova et al. (1999) mostraron que la estimulación visual bloquea el ritmo del tipo alfa aun en bebés de 7 a 12 meses, lo que sugiere una similitud funcional entre los ritmos del bebé y del adulto. A medida que los individuos envejecen, las
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An anti-cocaine vaccine has been successfully tested in primates, bringing it a step closer to human clinical trials.
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Do you support unions, a minimum wage, dislike business and hate child labor and then tell all of your friends on your iPhone?
People rationalize moral standards when it comes to their own lives, say economists writing in Science. It's easy to lament child labor and exploitation of the work force but if you are not willing to pay $2,000 for a phone, you are part of the problem and Tweeting about social issues on that phone helps precisely no one but corporate shareholders.
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'Pestilence', widespread outbreaks of deadly contagious disease, are known throughout history. In popular translations of the Christian Bible, Pestilence is one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Today we call them pandemics but they are nothing like plagues of old, when up to 33% of a population was eradicated, like during the Black Death of the 14th century.
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Sci is at Neurotic Physiology today for Friday Weird Science, talking about boobs. And bras. Do bras really help prevent sagging? Or is braless better? And what does it mean when the science saying so hasn’t been published yet? Head over and check it out.
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Using advanced underwater imaging techniques, one of the most detailed analysis ever of the archaeological remains of the lost medieval town of Dunwich - 'Britain's Atlantis' - have been revealed.
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The Carmona necropolis in Spain is a collection of funeral structures built between 200 B.C. and 200 A.D. One of them is known as the Elephant's Tomb because a statue in the shape of an elephant was found in the interior of the structure.
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Hopefully You Will Get SmarterDespite the wide use of sentences beginning with a word ending in -ly and despite the acceptance of such usage by people who know how language is used in the real world: despite these facts there are still some people who throw up their hands in horror at such "abuse" of language. Having been taught no doubt by repeaters of that Latin-based snobbery which was once peddled as English grammar, such people insist that -ly words are adverbs and as such they […]
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Right and Left Insula Cortex Highlighted in TealBiomarker research in brain disorders including schizophrenia and mood disorders is an important pathway to early identification and prevention.In a previous post, I reviewed a summary of current biomarker research in schizophrenia. This summary suggested that accelerated brain gray matter volume decline during childhood and adolescence is a candidate biomarker in schizophrenia.In this post, I will look at a similar imaging biomarker study
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We all know about
people’s personalities, and anyone with a dog or a cat will also tell you about
their temperaments. More surprising, though, is how many others, from octopuses
to frogs and even spiders have them. So why behave according to a personality,
when flexibility could allow smarter choices?
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A comment on my recent post about Backdoor Creationism calls into question the premise that the US Constitution demands separation of church and state, and therefore religious beliefs cannot be taught in public schools. The comment reads: The first amendment states that the federal government can neither (sic) or prohibit the exercise of religion. “separation [...]
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In case you missed them - 10 of the best psychology links from the past week:
1. Love this - "Neuroscience may be sexier than psychology right now, and it certainly has a lot more money and celebrity. But they really cannot get along without each other." Alison Gopnik in the Wall Street Journal.
2. New Scientist has started a new column written by people with "mysterious neurological conditions". The first is by Heather Sellers who has a severe form of prosopagnosia (AKA face […]
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Defects of mitochondrial function have been identified in several neurodegenerative diseases. These include abnormalities induced by mutations of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) those caused by mutation of nuclear genes encoding mitochondrial proteins, and in some cases, exposure to mitochondrial toxins.MtDNA mutation are associated with a variety of progressive encephalomyopathies inn which there is evidence of neurodegeneration. These include Kearns-Sayre syndrome myopathy, encephalopathy,
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McFarland R, Taylor RW & Turnbull DM (2010). A neurological perspective on mitochondrial disease., Lancet neurology, 9 (8) 829-40. PMID: 20650404
Venna N (2004). Mitochondrial neurological diseases: a clinician's perspective., Neurology India, 52 (3) 305-6. PMID: 15472416
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As we come to the end of the semester, I tried to find an article that encompassed everything that we learned over the semester and I found it quite difficult. The article that I settled on involves an issue of ethics, which is extremely relevant to the second half of the semester. This article struggles with the ethical issue …
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I'm sure many of you saw the news going around a few weeks ago. Bras make breasts sag!! The French debate the bra! Etc etc. Of course, I immediately wanted to blog it! I mean, bras! Boobs! That's Friday Weird Science material! And so I set out looking for the study. Until I realized...there was [...]
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As the semester comes to a close [I refuse to admit that this class is ending], I’m taking this opportunity to talk broadly about where this class has taken me in the world of psych-neuro and what I’m taking from it. Obviously, if I were to regale all of you with accounts of each and …
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On Monday, May 13, at 7pm, I’ll be moderating a panel at The New York Academy of Sciences. If you are in the area, please attend! Here a description of the event: Social and Emotional Learning: Preparing Our Children to Excel Monday, May 13, 2013 | 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM The New York Academy [...]
