How to navigate on Planet Brain
I was asked the following question on Quora: "How do you most easily memorize Brodmann's areas?". The question details added the following comment: "Brodmann area 7 is honestly where the…
Why we can’t anticipate what future science will look like
I was asked the following question on Quora:What kind of information do we need to discover everything about memory in the brain and its mechanism?I took the opportunity to recapitulate…
Science: The Quest for Symmetry
My latest 3QD post is up. This time I'm talking about symmetry and its relationship with science. Here's a snippet: Attitudes toward science in the public sphere occupy an interesting spectrum.…
Does dopamine produce a feeling of bliss? On the chemical self, the social self, and reductionism.
Here's the intro to my latest blog post at 3 Quarks Daily. "The osmosis of neuroscience into popular culture is neatly symbolized by a phenomenon I recently chanced upon: neurochemical-inspired…
The holy grail of computational neuroscience: Invariance
There are quite a few problems that computational neuroscientists need to solve in order to achieve a true theoretical understanding of biological intelligence. But I'd like to talk about one…