Specialized astrocytes mediate glutamatergic gliotransmission in the CNS(nature.com)

25 points by bookofjoe 3 years ago | 6 comments

Psilocybin desynchronizes the human brain(nature.com)

215 points by kieckerjan 2 years ago | 187 comments

A forthcoming collapse of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation(nature.com)

316 points by wawayanda 3 years ago | 253 comments

Lawful kinematics link eye movements to the limits of high-speed perception(nature.com)

24 points by bookofjoe 1 year ago | 5 comments

Svalbard winter warming is reaching melting point(nature.com)

67 points by toomuchtodo 1 year ago | 13 comments

Combining sound with tongue stimulation for the treatment of tinnitus(nature.com)

41 points by nabla9 2 years ago | 7 comments

Repetitive negative thinking associated with cognitive decline in older adults(bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com)

465 points by redbell 1 year ago | 173 comments

Open-access BMC Psychiatry research article reporting a cross-sectional study linking repetitive negative thinking to cognitive function decline in older adults.

Slow breathing modulates brain function and risk behavior(cell.com)

375 points by croes 4 months ago | 105 comments

Open-access Neuron research article reporting that slow breathing with prolonged exhalation alters inter-organ dynamics, brain function, and risky decision-making.

Human brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world(news.ucsc.edu)

414 points by XzetaU8 11 months ago | 284 comments

UC Santa Cruz news article reporting research suggesting early developing human brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world.

40 percent of fMRI signals do not correspond to actual brain activity(tum.de)

481 points by geox 10 months ago | 192 comments

TUM press release on a Nature Neuroscience study finding that about 40 percent of fMRI signals do not reflect actual neuronal activity, challenging how fMRI data are interpreted.

AI has access to a vastly larger working memory than the human brain(davidepiffer.com)

524 points by rzk 2 months ago | 452 comments

A Substack essay by Davide Piffer arguing that AI's edge over mathematicians comes from a vast symbolic working memory rather than superior reasoning.

Attention lapses due to sleep deprivation due to flushing fluid from brain(news.mit.edu)

525 points by gmays 1 year ago | 254 comments

MIT News article on research showing attention lapses during sleep deprivation coincide with fluid flushing from the brain, a process normally occurring during sleep.