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…
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…
From Cell Membranes to Computational Aesthetics: On the Importance of Boundaries in Life and Art
My next 3QD column is out. I speculate about the role of boundaries in life and aesthetic experience. (Dopamine cells make a cameo appearance too.) This image is a taster:…