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Topics of interest: unconsciousness, confabulation, neuroscience, animal consciousness, psychology, relationship models, etc etc
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A new study finds that the depth of small grooves in the brain's surface is linked to stronger network connectivity and better reasoning ability. news.berkeley.edu/2025/05/21/a...

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I love a good twin study www.helsinki.fi/en/hilife-he...

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An interesting study on the link between cancer treatment and diet. “Many cancer drugs don’t work equally well for all patients, and one emerging possibility is that diet plays a role in this variability,” www.ludwigcancerresearch.org/news-release...

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Neuroscience could benefit from considering an "entourage effect," analogous to the concept in pharmacology. AI can help with this approach.

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Re: "the question of whether chatbots could be conscious—whether it feels like something, from the inside, to be them." What would be doing the feeling? www.scientificamerican.com/article/if-a...

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A neuroscientific model of near-death experiences www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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"The buzz over annoying corporate buzzwords." www.cbsnews.com/news/faith-s...

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Lariocidin can challenge some of the most drug-resistant bacteria on Earth. brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/mcm...

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Listen to "Every Story is a Brain Story: The Future of Neurolaw" by TEDMED Conversations creators.spotify.com/pod/show/ted...

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"We have a primate brain, but it’s wired up to make us even more social than other primates, allowing us to communicate through spoken language." theconversation.com/what-makes-t...

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How do interactions with AI chatbots affect people’s social and emotional well-being? openai.com/index/affect...

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"In a new study reported in Science Advances, scientists analyzed MRI data stored at the UK Biobank and identified seven genes responsible for fast biological brain aging and 13 existing drugs that can target those genes." medicalxpress.com/news/2025-03...

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New music from Bon Iver www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsw6...

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How much of our current scientific understanding (in terms of a percentage) is still shaped by cultural biases we don’t yet recognize?

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Re: Socio-cultural confabulation Here are just a few examples of socio-cultural confabulation: Free will, consciousness, nationalism, and WEIRD science.

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This article is adapted from Mark Rowlands’s book, "Animal Rights.” thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/animals-are-...

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In the LA area? I'm speaking at UCLA's Marschak Colloquium on Tuesday at 1 PM PST on Tuesday. Not in the LA area? You can RSVP to attend by zoom. www.library.ucla.edu/visit/events...

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Looking for co-authors.

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New therapies for managing aging could emerge from research into a new gene. www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...

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New findings about the sugary armor on the brain’s frontline cells could shed light on cognitive decline and diseases like Alzheimer’s – and open new avenues for treatment. news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...

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A Unified Theory of "C": Synthesizing Panpsychism, IIT, GNWT, and Affect-based Theory "Together, they form a cohesive account of consciousness—from the simplest systems to human experience—revealing not competing ideas, but complementary dimensions of a singular phenomenon".

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This increased functional connectivity continues to be robust in musicians (esp singers) - more evidence that learning to play an instrument is beneficial. 🧠🎶 (And yes, you can start learning to sing at any age!) #neuroskyence #music

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Prof Liad Mudrik on "Consciousness and the brain: comparing and testing neuroscientific theories of consciousness" www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jIx...

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"These cells are involved in “social inference,” our ability to read cues from other people’s body language and expressions to draw conclusions about what they are feeling or thinking." source.washu.edu/2025/02/stud...

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Their findings, which were published in Cell, suggest that pleiotropic variants may be optimal targets for treatment, due to their extended roles in development and sensitivity to change. news.unchealthcare.org/2025/01/eigh...

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A newly identified part of a brain circuit mixes sensory information, memories, and emotions to tell whether things are familiar or new—and important or just “background noise.” nyulangone.org/news/newfoun...

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A University of Chicago Pritzker Molecular Engineering PhD student has created a new material from tree nuts with a broad number of medical applications that benefit patients pme.uchicago.edu/news/researc...

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A new startup in Canada wants to build the first “conscious” artificial intelligence using quantum computing. What’s their definition of consciousness? It’s based on Roger Penrose’s ideas about consciousness, ORCH-OR. www.youtube.com/watch?v=G90M...

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