RT @maxspire: #Neuroscience - How the #Brain Filters out Distracting Thoughts to Focus on a Single Bit of Information: http://bit.ly/1I5ylH

Henry Markram builds a brain in a supercomputer
Video on TED.com

The Frontal Cortex
Jonah Lehrer's blog about neuroscience.

Patient trapped in a 23-year 'coma' was conscious all along | Mail Online
"A man thought by doctors to be in a vegetative state for 23 years was actually conscious the whole time, it was revealed last night. Student Rom Houben was misdiagnosed after a car crash left him totally paralysed. He had no way of letting experts,...

Addicted To Being Good? The Psychopathology of Heroism
'We look at heroes and do-gooders as a special sort of breed: people who possess extraordinary traits of altruism or self-less concern for the well-being of others, even at the expense of their own existence. On the other end, sociopaths also have...

#education, neuroscience, learning reading:#elearning #change Neuroscientist on New Science of Education http://bit.ly/7F7Sd9

A sense of autonomy is a primary reward or threat for the brain
This is the fourth in a series of five posts about the big drivers of threat and reward in the brain. So far I have posted about status, certainty and relatedness. This week let's explore the issue of autonomy. Autonomy is a feeling of having choices....

Anyone happen to know if Anissa is at Emory Univ. hospital ? My husband has his BS in Neuroscience and has worked for and with Neurosurgeons

Brain scanners can tell what you're thinking about
Last week at the Society for Neuroscience meeting in Chicago, Jack Gallant, a leading "neural decoder" at the University of California, Berkeley, presented one of the field's most impressive results yet. He and colleague Shinji Nishimoto...

Thought Translator Knows Vowels from Consonants
Scientists make progress reading thoughts from the severely impaired. By Emily SingerTechnology-assisted mind-reading is inching closer to reality, with advances that could help those unable to communicate on their own. According to research presented...

Given “Expert” Advice, Brains Shut Down | Wired Science | Wired.com
A brain-scanning study of people making financial choices suggests that when given expert advice, the decision-making parts of our brains often shut down.The problem with this, of course, is that the advice may not be good."When the expert’s...

Ask the Brains: Are our Brains Constantly Making Subconscious Calculations?
Is it true that when we drive, walk or reach for something our brain performs calculations? Is this ability learned or innate? --Helena Larks, San Francisco [More]

Classic: good article 'neuroscience of music & depression' hidden by Wolters Klewer paywall. the blogger gets exposure http://bit.ly/4buNPg

The neuroscience of music and depression http://bit.ly/4buNPg

RT @DrShock The Neuroscience of Music Enjoyment and Depression http://tinyurl.com/yf22zt9 #music #depression

The Neuroscience of Music Enjoyment and Depression http://tinyurl.com/yf22zt9 #music #depression

Top 10 Cyborg Videos
With each passing year, the boundary between man and machine gets slimmer. Bionic ears have become commonplace, motorized prosthetics allow wounded soldiers to care for themselves, and electronic eyes are just over the horizon. Neuroscientists have...

Blog post: Hungry Ghosts http://bit.ly/4swd76 Fear, meditation, neuroscience and Audre Lorde. What more could one ask for, really?