Computational neuroscience

Dawn broke to an explosion of bird songs, the cacophony startling Booker awake with a disgruntled groan. Unimpressed by the early morning alarm clock, he angrily pulled his pillow over his head and attempted to drown out the noise. But after several minutes, the humorous fact that the sound easily penetrated through the downy feathers brought a good-natured smile to his lips, and with a resigned sigh, he threw the pillow to the floor and sat up. From across the room, Tom yawned loudly, a…

He had never slept in a better bed, Rainsford decided. Rainsford woke up to the brick walls of Zaroff’s chateau. After all the events that happened last night he was very tired. He got up and cooked breakfast with some food still left in Zaroff’s house. He went on with his life like nothing was wrong living on Ship Trap Island for a few weeks or so. One early Saturday morning he woke up to a loud knocking on the door. He expected it to be one of Zaroff’s men or one of his friends. But…

Sonogenetics is the use of ultrasonic soundwaves to control neurons to activate or deactivate cells. This can also be done through electrical currents or light (optogenetics). But, the issue with optogenetics, according to the website ZME Science’s article Ultrasounds used to control neurons in a worm's brain by Tibi Puiu is that light is unable to go through the body like sound can. Neuroscientists need a way to activate singular neurons reliably, specifically ones in deep inside the brain.…

“3...2...1...ACTION!,” the camera began to roll. My friends rushed the “stage”, as I meanwhile tried my best to blend in with the shadows of the abandoned attic. I despised acting, because of my shyness. My friends and I would surpass ordinary levels of imagination movies we would create in our attic. Normally, I would be successful in hiding. However, this time proved otherwise. Right in the middle of my rejoicing over my success, my friend, the director, spotted me. “Oh shoot..”, I murmured.…

THBT the media puts too much pressure on young women In today’s society, the idea of self-perfection is one that arises as the answer to many of our current problems, specifically those of our younger demographic. The irresponsible and unethical actions performed and displayed by this group are often linked to the supposed negativity that the media of today publicizes. However, when clearly analyzed, these so-called “destructive messages” are simply a product of our biased perceptions within…

“Genes make a difference. Even if we were all raised in the same intellectually stimulating environment, we would have differing aptitudes. But life experiences also matter” This is a quote from the textbook Psychology by David Myers and Nathan Dewall. Intelligence is something complex and difficult to understand where it originates or how much a person can get of it. Our intelligence is based on our ability to learn and capability to understand our surroundings. Many people think how smart we…

however chapter two is more spotlights on consideration and recognition in the waking state. In the waking state, Thompson compared the theories and the discoveries from psychological neuroscience with the Indian Buddhist theories of the attention and the perception. Thompson found that the proof from the neuroscience demonstrating that focused on attention…

Is the Continued Research and Development in Brain-Computer Interfaces and EEG Sensors Worth the Effort? Perception is defined as a way of regarding, understanding, or interpreting the world around us. Humans perceive reality through our five traditional senses; the sense of sight, sound, taste, smell, and touch. The nervous system allows the brain to interpret information gathered from our senses in the form of electrical charges. Sometimes, due to implications or diseases that we receive, our…

Emotional Attentional Blink and Emotion Induced Blindness When talking to a layman about an emotion induced blindness (EIB), one would try to explain it as not being able to see an item because of a distraction caused due to emotional effects. For example – when a driver might not be able to see a scooter coming from the front because of an accident that had happened in front of him as well. So this accident is the negative distractor to the target scooter which must be attended in order to…

Through reading articles, and having. Class discussions, we learned about two types of development in young children. Of of the topic we learned about wasa child’s cognitive development. Cognitive Development is defined as a field of study that focuses on a child’s development when it relates to processing information, learning language, perception, conception, and any other aspects of the brain At birth, the brain is the only organ not fully developed. This is because the brain develops as the…