#Brain

Thread: Can we now answer the age-old question of "free will" with neuroscience? Augustine first asked this question in the 4th centuryFast-forward now 1700+ years, we now have more
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New preprint in @biorxivpreprint on #sleep and #attention:https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.23.166991v1@acbur7, @TeiganeMackay, Jenny Windt, @NaoTsuchiya and I investigated the neural mechanisms underlying attentional lapses.T
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Our paper is out in @Brain1878! We investigated brain cytokine expression and microglial morphology along the #Alzheimer’s continuum in people with #DownSyndrome: from fetal to adult stages https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awaa326@mcgillu @t
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It's amazing to me that's it's a disputed point whether or not brain size might predict intelligence in humans. In practically every aspect of life where smarts are an advantage
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It’s Election Day, so let’s talk about why our eyes get puffy when we cry We have 3 kinds of tears: basal tears (always there), reflex tears (noxious stimuli), emotional
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A Conspiracy Thread: The Sentient World Simulation In 2007, the Department of Defense worked with researchers at Purdue University to create SEAS, or the Synthetic Environment for Analysis and Simulations.
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BLACK FRIDAY: You're looking for a deal. Hospitals are looking for ICU beds...anywhere they can.THREAD *St. Louis ICUs "at capacity" *Hospital leaders calling a list of hospitals btwn St. Louis
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"They can pretend fetuses are indistinguishable from babies, despite the fact that medical evidence tells us fetuses cannot live unsupported, even with a respirator before 21 weeks". "They can pretend they
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I appreciate people who keep saying KW needs help and we shouldn’t pick on him etc. but with respect I think to some degree that’s infantalizing mental illness and in
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This is called 'Gaslighting' folks.It's an elaborate & insidious technique of deception & psychological manipulation using advertising. Guilting people into questioning who they are is a 'selling tactic'. They ar
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When I first called Mount Sinai in October to make an appointment at their post-covid care center & found out I had to wait a whole ass 5 months, I
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In retrospect, the Rockies’ handling of Arenado is a masterclass in organizational failure. *Develop a generational talent. *Make him the face of your franchise. *Sign him to a big contract
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There is a very simple problem with all proposals about reforming the international system and specifically the institutions we generally think of as the bedrocks of the international system. Let's
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It's unfortunate that the "our brains reach full development at 25" is so misunderstood that the way it's invoked it's practically pseudoscience. The reality is that the brain develops in
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Story Story!A Newborn was brought to the NICU 4 days after birth because he developed a high temperature.I asked if that was the only symptom, they said it was."The baby
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Yesterday I took this pill. Today will be the first day since 2014 that I won't take one (don't worry, I've consulted my psychiatrist); hopefully I won't need to ever
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