Tagged “brain”
Free will, consciousness and AI: a conversation with Daniel Dennett
link from mum
This black-and-white photo uses color grid lines to trick your brain
this is cool. would like to make a converter to generate these from color images
Sex differences in the developmental trajectories of impulse control and sensation-seeking from early adolescence to early adulthood
I think this is the source of the "men at 25 at mature as women at 18" thing.
Against Automaticity
any field with “behavioral” in its name is not real
The Freeze Response
50s radio voice:
When bad things happen, does your mind suddenly go blank?
Do you feel tired?
And just end up not responding?
Your brain might use ‘the freeze response’ in the face of stress.
Brain scans of porn addicts
Akrasia
learned from Hidden Brain - Slow Down
Microplastics effect on brain underestimated - worse with weathered plastics
microplastics trigger more severe inflammatory response in the brain than previously though
made worse by the effects of weathering on the plastic
10 Months of Acid
In 2014, I did on average 200-250ug of acid once a week(ish) for ten months, from January to October, or approximately 40 times.
BS -- Belief Systems
describe the hallway you too to get into this room (or some aspect of the previous room). People remember details differently
Visualizing the Perfect Performance
SARS-CoV-2 infection and viral fusogens cause neuronal and glial fusion tha
this seems like something you do not want
Notes apps are where ideas go to die (2022)
the act of letting go of ideas (putting them into notes) lets them become effective to us
Müller-Lyer illusion
Dinner with Proust: how Alzheimer’s caregivers are pulled into their patients’ worlds
Direct and indirect impact of SARS-CoV-2 on the brain
It's very weird to have a skull full of poison
Ask HN: How do ADHD people cope on here? | Hacker News
Get Chrome history for a single day and create a markdown file summarizing browsing activity
this is the kind of needlessly elaborate but awesome backup I can get into
Cortical Grey matter volume depletion links to neurological sequelae in post COVID-19 “long haulers”
The results demonstrate a statistically significant depletion of CGM volume in 24 COVID-19 infected patients.
These seems to underplay the fact that it was reduced in all of them.
A Dozen Ways to Live Real Good (part 1)
MicroRNAs are deeply linked to the emergence of the complex octopus brain
Finding Language in the Brain
The Real Magic of Rituals
The feeling of being able to control something, to offset the lack of control in the activity or outcome.
Writing by hand is still the best way to retain information
Stronger reading comprehension, and a sense of tactile information recall. The study was for scheduling, so makes sense that the spatial sense comes into it for day/month planning.
Paired with Socrates on the forgetfulness that comes with writing (on HN at the same time).
Is the soaring use of ADHD stimulants a cause for concern?
Probably yes
The Curious Afterlife of a Brain Trauma Survivor
Coming back as someone different after a traumatic brain injury, and overcoming symptoms.
Nutritional psychiatry: Your brain on food - Harvard Health
Motherhood brings the most dramatic brain changes of a woman’s life -…
A weird evolutionary quirk in the human eye
Will ectoplasmic green skies be alarming enough to make people take climate more seriously? Undecided.
Some interesting overviews on how eyes work though.
Heightened dream recall linked to increased creativity
so keep a dream journal!
The Memex Method
When your commonplace book is a public database. The strategy of doing all your writing in public and as you learn about things, building up a knowledge database over time.
Human Brain Compresses Working Memories into Low-Res ‘Summaries’
My lizard brain is no match for infinite scroll
Me either. Logging out of twitter has helped reduce the effect.
How does perspective work in pictures?
And the post itself
Unlearning Perfectionism
Perfectionism is more often about being afraid to be bad at things
“One with the cloud: Why people mistake the internet’s knowledge for their own”
Interesting area, and the discussion on whether it matters where the knowledge is stored.
Neuroscience’s Existential Crisis
Whole Brain Emulation: No Progress on C. elgans After 10 Years
You Are Not Who You Think You Are
brains are weird. This quote in particular fascinated me:
That seems exciting. I’ve long wondered if in 50 years terms like “emotion” or “reason” will be obsolete. Some future genius will have come up with an integrative paradigm that more accurately captures who we are and how we think.
There's a Second Brain in Your Gut
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