by M Harris | Mar 29, 2018 | brain, brain functions, cognition, memory, mild cognitive impairment, nervous system, neuroplasticity, recall
A member of one of my online writing communities posted this interesting personal article on his recovery following a serious concussion. This quick read illustrates the subjective experience of being aware your brain is malfunctioning and witnessing recovery from the...
by Mark H | Sep 10, 2017 | behavior, biology, brain, brain functions, brain structures, cognition, complexity, consciousness, creativity, economics, embodied cognition, emotional memory, emotions, empathy, epigenetics, evolution, flow, gender, genetics, gut microbiome, limbic system, meditation, memory, neurons, neuroplasticity, pharmacology, poverty, psychedelics, psychology, subliminal stimuli
Several of us met on Labor Day with the goal of identifying topics for at least five future monthly meetings. (Thanks, Dave N, for hosting!) Being the overachievers we are, we pushed beyond the goal. Following are the resulting topics, which will each have its own...
by Mark H | Feb 20, 2017 | brain, brain imaging, cognitive bias, neuroplasticity, rationality, risk analysis
Brain imaging research indicates some aspects of individual political orientation correlate significantly with the mass and activity of particular brain structures including the right amygdala and the insula. This correlation may derive in part from genetics, but is...
by Mark H | Jan 29, 2017 | brain, brain functioning, learning, neural networks, neurons, neuroplasticity, synapses
“Until recently, scientists had thought that most synapses of a similar type and in a similar location in the brain behaved in a similar fashion with respect to how experience induces plasticity,” Friedlander said. “In our work, however, we found...
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