What does sound do to your brain's gene expression, RNA? "Zebra finches may not be alone in their brain-bending musical abilities"
"I am also a European academic. That means the current US government has become hostile to me, and “any lawful purpose” in this sense will absolutely include mass surveillance of EU citizens."
Effectiveness of 3D virtual reality motionless imagery exercise through an avatar for mental health in older people: A randomized controlled trial journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... mental imagery exercises
Sensorimotor dynamics of target acquisition and homing in human echolocation www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... by @echodislocation.bsky.social et al.
Déjà vu? CNN, in 2002: Could bionic eye end blindness? On the Dobelle brain implant for restoring vision edition.cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/... "We are at the beginning of the end of blindness with this type of technology." #BCI #blindness
Could we perceive the world differently than we do? Neuroscience-based emergentism and the biological function of consciousness linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii... by @michaengesee.bsky.social et al.; implications for sensory substitution? veridical hallucinations?
What if we could use sound as a noninvasive, scalable and affordable full alternative for brain implants for restoring vision to the blind? www.artificialvision.com/BCI.html Pros and cons of Neuralink Blindsight and other brain implants for restoring vision to the blind. #BCI #blindness
Popular Mechanics: "These breakthroughs could restore sight for millions of people" www.popularmechanics.com/science/heal...
Congratulations to @nadinedijkstra.bsky.social for winning the @theassc.bsky.social's William James Prize for her paper A neural basis for distinguishing imagination from reality.
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
Read more here: theassc.org/james-prize/
[OT] René Mayrhofer: "Why I'm forced to say farewell: Google management has lost its moral compass" www.mayrhofer.eu.org/post/leaving...