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Daniel Wolpert on TED: Noise reduction and the Bayesian Brain

This has to be the best introduction to the Bayesian Brain hypothesis I have ever seen. I’m normally somewhat cautious about my endorsement of this view, but Daniel really draws you in. Beautiful talk, very understandable and yet not too dumbed-down[ READ MORE ]

Zombies on the Brain Redux: Return of the Baroness

Just a quick note. As most of you are probably aware, in the past week a bit of a furor has erupted on the interwebs regarding a certain UK Noblewoman’s concerns regarding our free time, and it’s impact on our brain. Susan Greenfield has written extensively, if without much depth, on the need to sound [ READ MORE ]

2010 in review

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads This blog is on fire!. Crunchy numbers A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 4,400 times in 2010. That’s about [ READ MORE ]

The Neural Basis of Multitasking (via dlPFC)

In a headline-grabbing recent study, the NHTSA revealed that talking on a cell phone–even with a hands free headset–is effectively the same as driving with a .08 blood alcohol reading, or legal intoxication.  Texting is even worse, but a poll released yesterday showed that a majority (52%) of the world's drivers often have their thumbs [ READ MORE ]

The Neural Case for Health Care Reform (via dlPFC)

The moral case for health reform was not the focus of President Obama's address to Congress Wednesday night. It did, however, form the core of the most eloquent and compelling section of the speech, which followed the invocation of the late Senator Ted Kennedy: That large-heartedness – that concern and regard for the plight of [ READ MORE ]

Snorkeling ’the shallows’: what’s the cognitive trade-off in internet behavior?

What's the nature of internet enabled cognition? Is the web making us smarter, or stoopid. Neuroconscience doesn't know, but he does have a few things to say about the whole debate. [ READ MORE ]

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