21Sep 2022 by Nigel Fleming No Comments

linkedin post 2020-01-29 05:05:03

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TRAINING PATENT. "Apparatus and method for supporting brain function enhancement, US 20140171757 A1. Recently, training systems for training subjects/trainees utilizing the technology of computer graphics (CG) such as virtual reality (VR) are available." (T Watanabe et al.). https://lnkd.in/dY96Q7C View in LinkedIn
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21Sep 2022 by Nigel Fleming No Comments
linkedin post 2020-01-28 06:05:40

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THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS. "Hook up some wires with a 9-volt battery, and you have a state-of-art “thinking cap” that activates select regions of the brain of your choosing. By directly tinkering with the brain’s electrical field — no surgery required — tDCS has the potential to treat depression, anxiety, chronic pain, OCD and motor symptoms in Parkinson’s disease." (T Watanabe et al.) http://singularityhub.com/2016/03/06/can-you-download-knowledge-into-your-brain-with-electricity/ View in LinkedIn
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21Sep 2022 by Nigel Fleming No Comments
linkedin post 2020-01-28 06:03:24

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FINDING. "We found that the behavioral tuning function changes were extremely highly correlated to decoded tuning function changes only in V3A, which is known to be highly responsive to global motion with human subjects. We conclude that VPL of a global motion detection task involves plasticity in a specific visual cortical area." (Visual perceptual learning, VPL) http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0044003 View in LinkedIn
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21Sep 2022 by Nigel Fleming No Comments

linkedin post 2020-02-01 07:41:24

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JUNK LIGHT. “The increased light was making the algae grow faster, but they ended up containing fewer of the nutrients the zooplankton needed to thrive. By speeding up their growth, the researchers had essentially turned the algae into junk food. The zooplankton had plenty to eat, but their food was less nutritious, and so they were starving.” https://lnkd.in/eq-SAGC View in LinkedIn
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21Sep 2022 by Nigel Fleming No Comments

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PARADOX OF ABUNDANT LIGHT. “But it didn’t work out that way. When the researchers shined more light on the algae, the algae grew faster, and the tiny animals had lots and lots to eat—but at a certain point they started struggling to survive. This was a paradox. More food should lead to more growth. How could more algae be a problem?” https://lnkd.in/eq-SAGC View in LinkedIn
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21Sep 2022 by Nigel Fleming No Comments

linkedin post 2020-02-01 07:38:10

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LIGHT MAKES PLANTS GROW. “Zooplankton are microscopic animals that float in the world’s oceans and lakes, and for food they rely on algae, which are essentially tiny plants. Scientists found that they could make algae grow faster by shining more light onto them—increasing the food supply for the zooplankton, which should have flourished.” https://lnkd.in/eq-SAGC View in LinkedIn
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21Sep 2022 by Nigel Fleming No Comments

linkedin post 2020-02-01 07:35:25

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FRAGMENT FROM NATURE this weekend focuses on the great nutritional collapse of plants that tracks to the increase in atmospheric CO2, and is a little discussed fact of modern life, to put it mildly. This is about a shift in the carbohydrate ratio and of micronutrients. Is this just an issue of plant breeding, driven by a desire for speed and yield? This is an issue that affects rich and poor alike. View in LinkedIn
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