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How The Human Brain Works [Animated Graphic]

newscientist.com — Find out how our brains make us feel fear, remember our lives and make decisions, with an animated graphic. Jul 3, 2009

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super6Jul 5, 2009Buried

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This was little more than an image, I was expecting something kickass like an animation of how inter-neuron transmissions go down

thomas628Apr 4, 2012Buried

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simxJul 5, 2009Buried

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Much better way to learn the parts of the brain: <a class="user" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snO68aJTOpM&quot;&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snO68aJTOpM&lt;/a&gt;

radneg1Jul 5, 2009Buried

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The brain is so fascinating. Very interesting article.

dirtpileJul 5, 2009Buried

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Well, I guess that explains the donkey punch.

contajeerusJul 5, 2009Buried

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For more in-depth practical knowledge check out Jeff Hawkins book &quot;On Intelligence&quot; and follow the work from his ongoing research company Numenta. The best laymens book I've found is &quot;The Users Guide to the Brain; Perception, Attention, and the Four Theaters of the Brain&quot; by John J. Ratey, M.D. ©2001

jnmsJul 5, 2009Buried

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Interesting stuff! Here's a bit on how the brain works during an Ayahuasca session - and a way to replicate it artificially!<a class="user" href="http://www.brainwave-sync.com/page.html?id=10&quot;&gt;http://www.brainwave-sync.com/page.html?id=10&lt;/a&gt;

abk0101Jul 5, 2009Buried

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Science has no idea how the brain creates &quot;us, an aware subject&quot;. If you're looking for an explanation to that, try religion, or (hopefully) check back in with science in a few centuries. Maybe I've misunderstood your problem with the article...

narrative0Jul 5, 2009Buried

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...which is the caudal brainstem, and the brain stem actually IS listed as controlling basic bodily functions.

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Here's a review of the actual experimental data concerning the role of anterior cingulate cortex in conflict monitoring and attention. Free full text, published in Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience in 2007. Knock yourself out:<a class="user" href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18189010&quot;&gt;http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18189010&lt;/a&gt;You&#039;re complaining that there isn't enough technical detail in New Scientist. It's New Scientist. You get it from the news stand instead of a university library. It's aimed at a general public that barely believes in global warming, evolution, or the Big Bang. Nobody will read it if it goes on about receptive field properties of extrastriate pyramidal cells.

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