DOPE “…A chemical that makes people seek… food, sex, information. Learning is dopaminergic—we can’t help but want more information.” (Susan … More
Tag: Neuro
New Reads
July 2015 Went on an unceremonious, unprovoked book hoarding spree at the Harvard Bookstore: Marcus du Sautoy (TED Talk), Symmetry: A … More
Read
Font Face Designer Daniel Britton has visually translated “recreating the feeling of reading with Dyslexia” looks like. His work is lovely. … More
Body Works
good for the bod & great for the brain. I’m thinking about exercise as a daily exhale. The way you … More
Nao
Paper + Robots = Friends I’ve been following the robotics company, Aldebaran Robotics, for awhile, and I would really love … More
String Theory
“It’s difficult to grow up and that it’s okay to be sad about it.” Mindy Kaling I was just reading … More
Your brain on E
(That’s E for Exercise)
Connectomics
Tracts The Human Connectome Project is a collaborative research and imaging investigation by Laboratory of Neuro Imaging (LONI) and Martinos Center for Biomedical … More
Our Synapses, Ourselves
I met Joseph Le Doux when he gave a talk at the Harvard Bookstore in 2015. I got to shake … More
Spontaneous Confabulation
Armin Schnider describes “confabulation” is defined as: “the production of fictitious stories” Please have a look at Schnider’s original article published: Nature Reviews Neuroscience 4, 662-671 (August … More