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JAPANESE INNOVATION. "Helping to bring mental telepathy one step closer to reality is the Neurocommunicator, a system developed by the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), in Ibaraki Prefecture." https://lnkd.in/dZ7_wwY View in LinkedIn

TRAINING WORKS. "After 20 rounds, "we found that people were really good at playing the game...On average, people were able to correctly identify the objects more than 70 percent of the time. And because each game involved a series of questions and answers before guessing the object, we found that people were actually able to correctly understand responses 93 percent of the time." http://health.usnews.com/health-news/articles/2015/09/23/experiment-shows-mind-reading-a-real-possibility View in LinkedIn

CAN WE COMMUNICATE with another smart being? We can move a rat tail or another human's hand by thought alone. How about a smart slime mould? Can we talk to a tree frog? I will focus on the humble slime mould as an example. View in LinkedIn

LOWER ANIMALS is a bad misnomer. Every year evidence accumulates to support the idea that frogs, plants, earthworms, slime moulds, bacteria, and a host of "simpler creatures" are indeed smart in unexpected ways. View in LinkedIn

PSYCHOBIOTICS. "While the effects of spore-forming bacteria on mood and behaviour remain unexamined, concurrent studies revealed antidepressant properties of specific gut microbes. Whether spore-forming bacteria belong in the emerging class of “psychobiotics” is yet to be determined." http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cmi.12585/full View in LinkedIn

BACTERIA AND MENTAL HEALTH. "The vast majority GI tryptophan is not utilized for serotonin production, but rather metabolized via the kynurenine pathway. Alteration of kynurenine:tryptophan ratios has been linked with depression and anxiety. The gut microbiota may modulate this ratio directly." http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cmi.12585/full View in LinkedIn

SEROTONIN. "Although commensal microbes can produce neuroactive molecules, recent work revealed a microbe–host mechanism of serotonin production. Spore-forming bacteria within the gut microbiota release metabolites, including SCFAs, signalling EC production of serotonin." http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cmi.12585/full View in LinkedIn

SEROTONIN-BACTERIA INTERFACE. "The vast majority of serotonin, an estimated 95%, is found within the GI tract. Here, 90% of serotonin is localized within epithelial enterochromaffin cells (ECs) and the remaining 10% remains within the ENS. And while serotonin biosynthesis in the brain remains largely independent of the GI tract, serotonin biosynthesis within the GI tract involves specific microbiota–gut interactions." http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cmi.12585/full View in LinkedIn