21Sep 2022 by Nigel Fleming No Comments

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NAIL IN THE PROVERBIAL. “The different cellular scaling rules that apply to rodents and primates strongly indicate that it is not valid to use brain size as a proxy for number of neurons across humans, whales, elephants and other large-brained species belonging to different mammalian orders.” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2776484/ View in LinkedIn
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21Sep 2022 by Nigel Fleming No Comments

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CONTROVERSIAL. "Visual perceptual learning (VPL) is defined as visual performance improvement after visual experiences. VPL is often highly specific for a visual feature presented during training. However, results of neurophysiological studies have been highly controversial concerning whether the plasticity underlying VPL occurs within the visual cortex." (T. Watanabe et al.). https://lnkd.in/dGMAxbU View in LinkedIn
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21Sep 2022 by Nigel Fleming No Comments

linkedin post 2020-01-26 05:20:39

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BODY SIZE ERROR. “This raises the possibility that mass and body mass across species are only correlated, rather than brain mass being determined by body mass, as presumed in studies that focus on the variation of residuals after regression onto body size.” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2776484/ View in LinkedIn
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21Sep 2022 by Nigel Fleming No Comments

linkedin post 2020-01-28 05:59:50

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POWERFUL TRAINING. "The induced activation caused VPL specific to the orientation. These results suggest that early visual areas are so plastic that mere inductions of activity patterns are sufficient to cause VPL. This technique can induce plasticity in a highly selective manner, potentially leading to powerful training and rehabilitative protocols." (T. Watanabe et al.) (Visual perceptual learning, VPL) http://science.sciencemag.org/content/334/6061/1413 View in LinkedIn
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21Sep 2022 by Nigel Fleming No Comments

linkedin post 2020-01-26 05:18:59

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MIND BODY DICOTOMY. “In view of the discrepant relationship between body and brain size in humans, great apes, and non-anthropoid primates, these findings suggest that the rules that apply to scaling primate brains are much more conserved than those that apply to scaling the body.” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2776484/ View in LinkedIn
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21Sep 2022 by Nigel Fleming No Comments

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VISUAL PERCEPTUAL LEARNING. "With an online-feedback method that uses decoded functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) signals, we induced activity patterns only in early visual cortex corresponding to an orientation without stimulus presentation or participants’ awareness of what was to be learned." (T. Watanabe et al. ). https://lnkd.in/dRQCW-9 View in LinkedIn
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21Sep 2022 by Nigel Fleming No Comments
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BRAIN STIMULATION. "Your brain is going to be very different to my brain when we perform a task. What we found is … brain stimulation seems to be particularly effective at actually improving learning.” http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/03/01/scientists-discover-how-to-download-knowledge-to-your-brain/ View in LinkedIn
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21Sep 2022 by Nigel Fleming No Comments
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FASTER PILOT LEARNING. "Scientists discover how to 'upload knowledge to your brain'. They studied the electric signals in the brain of a trained pilot and then fed the data into novice subjects as they learned to pilot an aeroplane in a realistic flight simulator...subjects who received brain stimulation via electrode-embedded head caps improved their piloting abilities and learnt the task 33 per cent better than a placebo group." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/03/01/scientists-discover-how-to-download-knowledge-to-your-brain/ View in LinkedIn
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