Gert @Gert@qoto.org

A mysterious electromagnetic mechanism may be more important than the firing of neurons in our brains to explain our awareness
@scienze
#neuroscience #consciousness
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/consciousness-might-hide-in-our-brains-electric-fields/

What's so special about the human brain?
Torrents of data from cell atlases, brain organoids and other methods are finally delivering answers to an age-old question.
#neuroscience #nature
https://www.nature.com/immersive/d41586-024-03425-y/index.html

"dopo un giorno di isolamento totale la vista di persone che stanno insieme attiva nel cervello le stesse aree che si mettono in moto quando, dopo una prolungata astinenza da cibo, ci si trova davanti a un piatto di pastasciutta"
#neuroscience #sociale #relazioni
https://www-linkiesta-it.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.linkiesta.it/2022/03/cervello-fame-socialita/amp/

Why AI and Humans See Faces in Objects
#ai #neuroscience
https://neurosciencenews.com/pareidolia-ai-human-27798/

L'ortosonnia è "la ricerca ossessiva di un sonno ottimale alimentata da una fissazione malsana sui dati provenienti dai dispositivi di monitoraggio del sonno... portando a comportamenti controproducenti che paradossalmente compromettono il sonno".

Proposta nel 2017, la nuova scala di valutazione è appena stata pubblicata.

#insomnia #psychiatry #neuroscience
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39300985

Brain Anatomy and How the Brain Works
#neuroscience #brain #anatomy
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/anatomy-of-the-brain

Il futuro dell'umanità sarà noicentrico o non sarà affatto.
@scienze
#neuroscience #ethic #social
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1053811916300489?via%3Dihub

Come al solito il prof. Vittorio Gallese riesce a donare una occasione rara e preziosa per riflettere su scienza e cultura elevandosi oltre i bias alimentati da logiche di dominio e mercato.
@scienze
#ai #neuroscience #culture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ripHs9a30uY

Su alcuni cambiamenti neuroanatomici nel corso della gravidanza.
#neuroscience
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-024-01741-0

"A new study reveals how flickering lights can trigger hallucinations by causing standing waves in the brain’s visual cortex. Researchers observed that high-frequency flickering lights create ripple-like waves of neural activity, which turn into standing waves at higher frequencies.
These standing waves might explain the geometric patterns people often perceive during flicker-induced hallucinations. While the exact mechanism is still under study, this research offers the first strong evidence for how brain waves contribute to visual hallucinations."
@scienze
#neuroscience
https://neurosciencenews.com/light-visual-hallucinations-27642/

synchronization and dynamic attunement are two key mechanisms that couple local brain activity and breathing to external periodic stimuli
@scienze
#neuroscience
https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-024-06642-3

Come i film ci commuovono – le preferenze cinematografiche sono legate alle differenze nell'elaborazione delle emozioni neurali di paura e rabbia: uno studio fMRI
#neuroscience #emotions #movie #art
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/behavioral-neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnbeh.2024.1396811/full

Objective reality exists, but what can you know about it that isn’t subjective. According to some neuroscientists, not much.
#neuroscience #philosophy
https://bigthink.com/thinking/objective-reality-2/

Researchers have uncovered how morphine relieves pain by activating a specific group of neurons in the brain, termed the ‘morphine ensemble.’ These neurons, located in the rostral ventromedial medulla (RVM), connect to the spinal cord and inhibit pain signaling.
Understanding this pathway could help reduce the severe side effects of morphine, such as addiction and overdose. The findings also provide insights into the differences between pain relief and the euphoric effects of morphine.
#neuroscience
https://neurosciencenews.com/morphine-pain-neurology-27602/

Listening to music synchronizes heart rates within individuals more reliably than between different people. This synchronization depends on physiological responses rather than mood or music preferences.
#neuroscience #music
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-62994-0

Interview with Warren S. McCulloch [1969]
#ai #history #neuroscience
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe87_ZWObQs

An emerging model of intelligence finds flexible problem-solving capabilities at the cellular level and beyond – and it threatens to upend not just biology and genetics, but medicine, AI and consciousness research, among other things.
#ai #biology #neuroscience
https://newatlas-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/newatlas.com/biology/levin-bioelectricity-cellular-intelligence-dna/?amp=true

#neuroscience #consciousness
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352154624000792

Brain health in diverse settings: How age, demographics and cognition shape brain function
#neuroscience #brain #social
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120636

«Before blaming digital technology, we should perhaps consider the fact that its specific use is dictated and conditioned by the contemporary model of society in which the same technology is produced and used. Our western capitalist model speaks more of individuals than of groups, praises self-empowerment and competition at the expense of solidarity, leading people to an ever-growing anxious fight for self-promotion.»

#digital #mediascape #digitalnatives #embodiedsimulation #intersubjectivity #psychopathology
#neuroscience

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09540261.2024.2355281