Why do we keep dreaming about our teeth falling out?
https://theneuroscienceofeverydaylife.substack.com/p/why-do-we-keep-dreaming-about-our
What does the science say about why we so many have this recurring dream, regardless of our dental hygiene standards?
What I read in the article is that the author didn't pivot enough: felt he kept doing the same things over and over, and I agree that is a form of death. The pleasure of the opening game, as Brenner put it, one keeps seeking it: opening up new data, new paradigms, new fields, via new techniques and new ideas. Brenner had the arrogance of calling everything else a mere act of filling in the details, but there are some that enjoy that and it's a task that has to be done. Back to the post, what I also read in is the slowness of working in large model systems like mice or primates, where it's also pretty much impossible to develop bottom-up approaches to understanding, and 20 years is but a notch in the timescale of progress. Try working in worms or flies instead: the field looks nothing like what it did a mere 5 years ago, even more so 10 or 20.
#academia #neuroscience
UW Computational Neuroscience Center has @pluralistic event Dec 4:
Neuroscience, AI and Society: Cory Doctorow
#ai #neuroscience
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/neuroscience-ai-and-society-cory-doctorow-tickets-1735371255139?aff=oddtdtcreator
Day 14: There seems to be a common theme in neuroscience: start from the view that we can map things in the brain with clean, one-to-one correspondences, then find out that reality is a lot more complex and nothing works in isolation. Again. And again. And yet again.
Here are some concrete examples:
the “one gene - one psychiatric disorder” model: it turns out psychiatric disorders are complex conditions caused by an interplay of multiple genetic, environmental, developmental, and social factors. Even the same genetic variants can lead to different outcomes depending on context.
the “one brain area - one function” idea: while some brain regions are more involved in certain functions (like the hippocampus in memory or the amygdala in emotion), the brain operates as a network. Functions are distributed, flexible, and often supported by overlapping regions depending on the task, context, and individual experience.
the “one brain rhythm - one function” idea: oscillations like theta, alpha, and gamma have been linked to various behaviors (attention, memory, perception, movement etc.), but there’s rarely a unique match. Instead, rhythms seem to support general organizing principles, like timing, communication, gating, that get reused across many cognitive and behavioral processes.
#knowledge #wissen #wissenschaft #science #Astronomie #Astronomy #Neurowissenschaften #neuroscience
Gibt es zwei Arten von Autismus?
Früh und spät diagnostizierter Autismus unterscheiden sich genetisch und im Verlauf 
https://www.scinexx.de/news/psychologie/gibt-es-zwei-arten-von-autismus/
@SciMag @news-from-science-SciMag
Nanotubes, viral-like capsules released at synapses, cytoskeletal rings along axons, and what else awaits? Contrary to widespread beliefs rather little is known about the brain.
#neuroscience
@yogthos Whoa - fascinating indeed. Here's the full paper, if anyone is interested:
https://academic.oup.com/braincomms/article/7/5/fcaf337/8258475?login=false
Message for participants of the #SNUFA 2025 spiking neural network workshop. We got almost 60 awesome abstract submissions, and we'd now like your help to select which ones should be offered talks. To take part, follow the "abstract voting" link at:
It should take <15m. Thanks! 
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Money can't buy happiness, a neuroscientist explains why
https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/why-money-cant-buy-you-happiness
The neuroscientist in question is, in this case, me.
The viral #TikTok trend of elaborate book annotations is linked to #neuroscience #research showing that handwriting in margins improves memory and #reading comprehension. Researchers say marginalia helps readers develop deeper interpretations and maintain "learner autonomy," validating a practice dating back to Leonardo da Vinci.
Today is the last day for submissions to the free online SNUFA spiking neural network workshop! This is a great opportunity to present your work (hundreds of participants and sometimes thousands of YouTube views per talk), and abstract submission is easy (300 words). Do it now!
Happy birthday to #neuroscientist Hendrik Van der Loos (1929-1993) shown in my #linocut with his discovery (along with medical student Thomas Woolsey), of the barrel cortex, along with the mouse head & whiskers linked directly to it.
Some species of rodents have a region of the somatosensory cortex that was named the #barrelcortex after its shape, and which contains the barrel field. 
#sciart #histstm #histmed #printmaking #rodent #neurology #neuroscience #MastoArt
UK theoretical neuroscience workshop - Dec 16 in London. I'll be speaking at this alongside a load of other cool people. Come along! (It's free.)
Why do we keep dreaming about our teeth falling out?
https://theneuroscienceofeverydaylife.substack.com/p/why-do-we-keep-dreaming-about-our
What does the science say about why we so many have this recurring dream, regardless of our dental hygiene standards?
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Day 13: Pain is essential for survival. As annoying as it is when you sprain your ankle and it hurts, that pain forces you to rest until the ankle heals. People who can't feel pain often face serious risks, as they may not realize when they're injuring themselves, and their bodies don’t get the necessary signals to stop harmful actions. In a way, pain is the body's natural alarm system, keeping us safe even when we don’t want to listen.
Gamers show no major psychological disadvantages compared to non-gamers
https://www.psypost.org/gamers-show-no-major-psychological-disadvantages-compared-to-non-gamers/
**Is reading always better for your brain than listening to audiobooks?**
"_Reading books and listening to audiobooks tap into different elements of cognition, each with their own benefits. So which one should you choose, and when?_"
