Found an event-driven simulation package for modeling large networks of spiking neurons (GNU public license), have not tried it yet ( Read more... )

Fri-Sat, Sept.16-17 at Boston University. This conference celebrates the 15th birthday of the Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems and the 65th birthday of Steve Grossberg.

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Prof. Michael Gershon, the Chairman of the Dept. of Anatomy and Cell Biology of Columbia University says that our gut can think for itself.

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• Вторник, второе августа (via lzh)


• I wish I knew how this works:
  
  
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"Blinking suppresses the neural response to unchanging retinal stimulation."

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An article on musical hallucinations in NYTimes.

( brain scan results )

Reading "An Anthropologist on Mars" by Oliver Sacks.

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Continuing to write on BU neuroconference...

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The most weird moment at BU neuroconference was when Mark D'Esposito from UC Berkeley casually mentioned that they are using TMS to create reversible temporary lesions in the brains of human subjects (for about 10 min).

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Listening to the talks at a conference somewhat resembles reading an LJ friends page :-)

More neuroconference, and an aircraft carrier too.

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