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WEBInfographics. Our custom-made scientific illustrations, infographics, and images are free to use and share with appropriate credit. Be sure to check out our other infographic series: 52 Brain Facts, Weird Animal Brains, and A Close up Look! We have infographics in Spanish, German, and Turkish too! Here are some of our most requested infographics!
How Binaural Beats Affect Your Brain – and How They Don’t
WEBDec 21, 2017 · Another way binaural beats may influence your brain waves is through phase synchronization. It has been suggested, but not thoroughly tested, that auditory beats increase the synchronization of the phase of brain waves in different brain regions. One study tested the effect of binaural beats on EEG rhythms in epilepsy patients.
Can Neuroscience Explain the Mandela Effect? - Knowing Neurons
WEBFeb 1, 2017 · There are probably several main reasons for the Mandela effect. The first is that a large number of general associations increase the probability that a false memory could emerge. Twin films with similar concepts being released at around the same time were common in the ’90s.
The emergence of a hive mind: Should we worry? - Knowing …
WEBJanuary 31, 2018 DanielToker. [dropcap]T [/dropcap]he term “hive mind” refers to the apparent intelligence that emerges at the group level in some social species, particularly insects like honeybees and ants. An individual honeybee might not be very bright (although that’s debatable), but the honeybee colony as a collective might be very ...
This Is Your Brain on Twitter: The Neuroscience of Social Media
WEBJun 15, 2022 · Carolyn Amir is a Neuroscience PhD student at UCLA in Dr. Carrie Bearden's lab. Her current research focuses on using neuroimaging and genetics approaches to study the human brain and behavior in psychiatric and developmental disorders. Before coming to UCLA, Carolyn worked at the National Institutes of Health where she studied human pain, medication use and expectancy.
Hubel and Wiesel & the Neural Basis of Visual Perception
WEBOct 29, 2014 · Snap! Crackle! Pop! Those are the sounds that Professors David Hubel and Torsten Wiesel heard in the early 1950s when they recorded from neurons in the visual cortex of a cat, as they moved a bright line across its retina. During their recordings, they noticed a few interesting things: (1) the neurons fired only when the line was in a particular place on the retina, (2) the activity of these ...
Inhibitory Neurons: Keeping the Brain’s Traffic in Check
WEBNov 5, 2014 · When activated, inhibitory neurons release the neurotransmitter GABA, which is known to hyperpolarize the postsynaptic neurons, i.e. it makes the membrane potential more negative, making it harder for the neuron to reach the threshold to fire an action potential, thereby causing ‘ inhibition ’. Most often, inhibitory neurons are also called ...
What is Angelman Syndrome? - Knowing Neurons
WEBNov 5, 2018 · Earlier this year, in a philosophical post, we considered whether children with a genetic disorder called Angelman syndrome are happy.Angelman syndrome is a rare disorder that many of our readers have never heard of, and one that our co-editor-in-chief Joel Frohlich has spent much time researching as a neuroscience grad student and postdoc.. In this infographic, neuroscientist Rajamani Selvam ...
The Neuroscience of Motivation and How to Improve It
WEBSep 4, 2019 · The earliest experiments linking dopamine to motivation trace their roots back to the early 1950s when scientist Dr. James Olds discovered that electrical stimulation of the middle of the brain caused rats to repeat a given reward-seeking behavior [1]. The idea that this effect could be mediated by dopamine was later formalized by Dr. Roy Wise, whose experiments demonstrated that low levels of ...
What can the trolley problem tell us about the brain?
WEBJun 27, 2023 · This sacrificial dilemma is known as the trolley problem, a thought experiment dreamed up by philosopher Philippa Foot in 1967.Perhaps most widely known as a meme today, the trolley problem and its variations (Thomson, 1985) have been used to great effect for decades by philosophers and scientists studying moral judgment and decision-making. The charm of these thought experiments for ...