Here is what I am reading today: shifting gears on your bike with thought! “You’re looking at the bike of the future, where you’ll control gear shifts with your mind. This design concept is noxytocin and the dark side of the forcethe prototype stage, and from the looks of the Read more…
Here is what I am reading today: why we reflexively grab ourselves when wounded “If you’ve ever accidentally brushed your hand against a hot stove, you’ll probably remember immediately clutching the burn with your other hand—an instinct that seems to help relieve the pain. In contrast, we often pull back Read more…
Here is what I am reading today: Brain Imaging can predict video game skill “Researchers report that they can predict “with unprecedented accuracy” how well you will do on a complex task such as a strategic video game simply by analyzing activity in a specific region of your brain.” anti-psychotic Read more…
The Cal Poly Neuroscience Club took a field trip today down the road to UCSB to tour the Brain Imaging Lab. Our intrepid students met on campus this morning at 7:45 a.m. (a brutal hour, so these are true Brainiacs) to meet our carpools, and then we were off! Scott Read more…
School doesn’t start until next Tuesday, and we still have a weekend to go, but the binge drinking has already begun. The local paper reported that 11 alcohol-related cases had been treated at an Emergency Room near campus, one a 17-year-old with a blood alcohol level of .38. This is Read more…