Stochastic synaptic plasticity underlying compulsion in a model of addiction by Vincent Pascoli et al in Nature 20 December 2018
The stochastic nature of neuronal networks in decision making. An intriguing experiment shows that...
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Category: NEUROSCIENCE
Affect regulation and the origin of the self by Allan N. Schore 1994/2016
Self regulation emerges during the first 18 months of life. Too many books on the topic of...
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The hippocampus is crucial for forming non-hippocampal long-term memory during sleep by Anuck Sawangjit et al in Nature 6 December 2018
Hippocampus needed for consolidation of novel-object memories. Sawangjit et al start with the...
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‘Mini brains’ show human-like activity by Sara Reardon in Nature 22 November 2018
Cortical tissue in a Petri dish makes waves. Scientists have cultured stem cells to form clumps of...
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The plant whisperer by Joshua Howgego in NewScientist 24 November 2018
Plants can learn and memorise. Evolutionary ecologist, Monica Gagliano, has managed to demonstrate...
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Beyond fast and slow by Madeleine Finlay in NewScientist 17 November 2018
Critiquing Kahneman’s Thinking, fast and slow. Daniel Kahneman popularised the idea that...
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The mind within the brain by A. David Redish 2013
Decision making partly explained. Redish’s book tackles the very important area of decision making...
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Complexity: a very short introduction by John H Holland 2014
A full theory of complex adaptive systems still eludes us. Many theories of consciousness state...
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Westworld (s1) and Humans (s3)
Fancy coding generates consciousness. It is interesting watching Westworld and Humans...
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Thoughts laid bare by Timothy Revell in NewScientist 29 September 2018
Could AI help us discover where consciousness lies in the brain? Some of the world’s big...
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The attentional requirements of consciousness by MA Cohen et al in Trends in Cognitive Sciences August 2012
Attention needed for consciousness, not vice versa. Is attention synonymous with consciousness?...
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I want to make a chemical brain by Roman Hooper in NewScientist 15 September 2018
Consciousness in silico will not work. So says the chemist, Lee Cronin. He believes that the...
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The consciousness instinct by Michael Gazzaniga 2018
Consciousness is what separates life from non-life. Gazzaniga commences with a wonderful summary...
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The consciousness wager by Per Snaprud in NewScientist 23 June 2018
Consciousness author tracks down original NCCs bet. Snaprud, who is writing a book on...
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The secret of you by Caroline Williams in NewScientist 7 July 2018
The cerebellum might be the cortex’s workhorse. It turns out that the cerebellum is connected to...
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Mind time: the temporal factor in consciousness by Benjamin Libet 2004
One of the most important pieces of research into consciousness. Libet’s experiments famously...
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The mind is flat by Nick Chater 2018
We really do live in the present. Chater proposes that every perception and every thought we have...
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The runaway species by A Brandt & D Eagleman 2017
Our brains are designed to master both predictability and creativity. The authors draw attention...
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Machine theory of mind by NC Rabinowitz et al at DeepMind 21 February 2018
How a machine might infer others’ behaviour by observation. There are some interesting...
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Bigger brain cells work better by Jessica Hamzelou in NewScientist 5 May 2018
Bigger is better after all. In short, people with bigger, faster neurons have higher IQs, think...
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