@seeingwithsound@mas.toAstrocytes connect specific brain regions through plastic networks (in mice) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10426-6 "communication between distant brain regions that is mediated by plastic networks of gap junction-coupled astrocytes";
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: Dell, Lenovo, and other PC makers are working with Nvidia on laptops using the Arm-based Nvidia-MediaTek system-on-a-chip, which could come in H1 2026 (Yang Jie/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/nvidia-wants-to-be-the-brain-of-co…
@ErikUden@mastodon.deFor those who have been hearing of a Fly Brain being uploaded, the work you've been hearing of is impressive, yet as always the pop science media has warped what happened a bit:
„The Fly Brain Breakthrough Is Real. The “First Brain Upload” Narrative Is Not.”
https://…
@erk709@social.linux.pizza"Your brain is on fire."
"How could you ever know?"
"From what comes out of it... for sure..."
#humor #idiocracy #BrainOnFire
@stefan@gardenstate.socialHow Hank Green Is Fighting Brain Rot by Slate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrDp8_Ao05U
@Kingu@sakurajima.moe
@LillyHerself@Mastodon.social@… Be careful and don't load yourself up with stuff too soon. The brain fog can become *permanent* and you don't want that 😬
@jake4480@c.imOne of the reasons I like music and movies so much is that they force my stupid fucking brain to think about something else for a few minutes
@qurlyjoe@mstdn.social#funFact
When you open your eyes to look at the world around you, what you “see” is an approximation that the collection of neurons and other cell types comprising your brain have learned to predict, based on the electrochemical signals—triggered by electromagnetic energy coursing through your external local environment—ricocheting around and through and amongst themselves (while they’re meanw…
@seeingwithsound@mas.toNature: China approves brain chip to treat paralysis — a world first #Neuracle
@sherold@mastodon.onlineNot entirely sure what my brain was up to, but it prompted Nano Banana to generate an “Overly Concerned Drafthorse,” and well, that’s that.
@bencurthoys@mastodon.socialNow, unwelcome in my brain, has arisen this hideous tongue twister:
I'm not the gristle throbber
I'm the gristle throbber's son
And I'm only throbbing gristle
Till the gristle throbber cums.
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.defly_larva: Drosophila larva brain (2023)
A complete synaptic map of the brain connectome of the larva of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. Nodes are neurons, and edges are synaptic connections, traced individually from brain image sections using three-dimensional electron microscopy–based reconstruction. Node metadata include the neuron hempisphere, hemispherical homologue, cell type, annotations, and inferred cluster. Edge metadata include the type of interaction (`'aa'`,…
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioOne of those things about claims of “AGI” is that to really build a human-like intelligence we’d have to simulate a human brain as whole because 1. it’s the only thing we know that produces human intelligence and 2. no one knows how it actually works.
Because of (2) it’s irrelevant what anyone says about LLMs or any other technology (with the exception of simulating a whole brain)—you can’t know if a technology is intelligent like a human because we don’t know what that means or how that works.
Fun thing, it turns out it’s impossible to simulate a whole brain with the resolution required (basically quantum physics level), and you’d have to emulate a chemical and physical environment for the brain as well (it will also need a body etc.).
You’d also have to simulate other humans with brains from which the brain can learn; but to simulate those you’d have simulate evolving humans from single-cell organisms first etc etc ad infinitum
@UP8@mastodon.social💢 MRI scans reveal how the brain processes toxic workplace abuse
#mri
@chiraag@mastodon.online
@jackie@social.linux.pizzado you think transgender robots have discourse between those that choose to modify their robot bodies and those who choose to transfer their brain-drives into a completely new robot body
"no you don't get it, I *like* the visible welding marks, it shows closeted bots that it's safe to be yourself!"
@NFL@darktundra.xyzCam Skattebo apologizes for 'tasteless joke' about CTE https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7138885/2026/03/22/cam-skattebo-apologizes-cte-asthma-comments-giants-nfl/
@Dragofix@veganism.socialMicroplastics may be quietly damaging your brain and fueling Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s #health
@servelan@newsie.socialNew Study Challenges What We Know About Consciousness and the Brain
https://scitechdaily.com/new-study-challenges-what-we-know-about-consciousness-and-the-brain/
@cowboys@darktundra.xyzCowboys front office explains their 'brain works' NFL Draft scouting outlook https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/cowboys-front-office-explains-brain-works-n…
@wydamn@social.linux.pizzaOne of the oft overlooked bonuses of a non-algorithm based feed like fedi's is that I can talk about something like how I just started reading Dungeon Crawler Carl, and not be inundated with spoilers.
Almost done the first book and really enjoying it. It suffered from the "Ready Player One audience will love this reference" vibes i felt at first, but once the story got to the experience cookie bit, the QA part of my brain was activated.
@seeingwithsound@mas.to"Why I don't think '#Neuralink' will ever be profitable" https://theneuroscienceofeverydaylife.substack.com/p/why-i-dont-think-neuralink-will-e…
@wraithe@mastodon.social
@cdarwin@c.imThe “neural fingerprint” of psychedelics was spotted among hundreds of brain scans of people on LSD, psilocybin, DMT, mescaline and ayahuasca,
pointing to a shared impact on the brain’s behaviour.
The finding emerged from a major study that combined 11 brain imaging datasets from around the world
in an effort to build a reliable picture of how the substances temporarily rewire the brain.
Dr Danilo Bzdok and his colleagues analysed more than 500 brain scans from 267 p…
@andres4ny@social.ridetrans.itNo! No no brain, no brain. no brain. Toot toot toot toot [unintelligible] like-like-like-like YeAH toot. boost. toot. boost. toot. toot toot toot toot like-like-like-like mastodon no brain. mastodon no brain. boost-toot-boost-toot. never! never! never! brain. boost toot boost toot. Never think!
https://
@nohillside@smnn.chDad brains: How fatherhood rewires the male mind https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260417-fatherhood-how-the-male-brain-and-body-prepare-for-childcare
@seeingwithsound@mas.toHow psychedelics push your brain to dream while awake https://theconversation.com/how-psychedelics-push-your-brain-to-dream-while-awake-new-study-276708 Now how to nudge the brain of blind people to see through sound-guided mental image…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialPhysical Intelligence says its new model, π0.7, can direct robots on tasks they weren't trained on, an "early sign" of generalization, surprising researchers (Connie Loizos/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/202…
@Demirramon@cyberfurz.socialI'm gonna take my brain out and give it a good wash and make it clean and smooth and shiny as it should be
@rberger@hachyderm.ioNext up, the Nurse Drain is just a part of the overall brain drain out of the US. Trump makes anyone who is skilled, has the opportunity and has half a brain to want to.
The Brain Drain into the USA was a key super power of the USA. Under Putin/Trump that is being destroyed. https://dmv.community/@AliceMarshall/116229967969444700
@UP8@mastodon.social💧 Hydraulic brain: Body motion linked to fluid movement in the brain
#brain
@shaun@mastodon.xyzRest area on I-55 had this ridiculously blatant #MountainDew knockoff. They even lifted the color scheme. My brain registered it as the real thing, until I looked again. I don’t think I’ve ever come closer to actually confusing one brand for another; wonder how many tired travelers have bought this thinking it was the real thing.
@detondev@social.linux.pizza
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scotWell, that's probably been the worst day for #Depression of the whole bloody year, but I did not get nothing done.
I finished an essay, and I think it's an important one.
https://www.
@HeidiSeibold@fosstodon.orgI am preparing a workshop on how to organise novel events and I am having so much fun.
Drawing the event as an organism (a friendly monster)
@memeorandum@universeodon.comPresident, Extremely Normal Brain-Wise: Pope Weak On Crime, Also I'm Dr. Jesus Christ (Albert Burneko/Defector)
https://defector.com/president-extremely-normal-brain-wise-pope-weak-on-crime-also-im-dr-jesus-christ
http://www.memeorandum.com/260414/p150#a260414p150
@seeingwithsound@mas.toSeeing and imagining are handled by the same brain cells https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2026/05/12/seeing-and-imagining-are-handled-by-the-same-brain-cells/
"Researchers make advances in understanding how human brains ar…
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.debudapest_connectome: Budapest Reference Connectome 3.0
A parameterizable consensus brain graph, derived from connectomes of 477 people, each computed from MRI datasets of the Human Connectome Project. Nodes are brain regions, and edges are weighted by the number of "tracks" that run between two nodes, as well as fiber length, fractional anisotropy and the number of occurrences in each of the 477 individuals.
This network has 1015 nodes and 71604 edges.
Tags: Biolo…
@cjust@infosec.exchange
@marcel@waldvogel.family"I’d interpret this as follows: this likely came down to a discussion involving Secretary of State Marco Rubio and a few other Iran hardliners. That’s where the decision was going to be made. There were probably people on the margins […]. But they would have known these buzzkill remarks weren’t what Trump or his inner ring of advisors wanted to hear. This is the nature of personalist rule. It’s down to the leader’s gut impulses. He doesn’t want to hear about problems."
@heiseonline@social.heise.de
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
Flea:
🎵 Maggot Brain
#Flea
https://officialflea.bandcamp.com/track/maggot-brain
https://open.spotify.com/track/3poJZBl2yoeWbMMxX63YcE
@cdarwin@c.imThe devastating toll of Iran’s counterattack on U.S. service members after Donald Trump’s surprise strikes on Iran is even more severe than previously known.
A deadly attack that killed six U.S. service members has also left dozens of others suffering from traumatic brain injuries,
memory loss,
and other “urgent” health issues
at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany,
the largest U.S. military hospital abroad,
CBS News reported Wednesday.
As o…
@hynek@mastodon.socialOH: if you have Kerberos brain it all makes sense #PyConUS
@grahamperrin@bsd.cafeMy brain swallowed it, then let it go for the next person. Or cat.
@… @…
@adamhotep@infosec.exchangeNew research suggests brain-controlled hearing technology can help people single out a voice in a crowd, hopefully covering the largest deficiency of hearing aids.
https://neurosciencenews.com/brain-controlled-hearing-aid-60465/
Paper (open access):
@seeingwithsound@mas.toBrain rewires to stabilize walking during visual impairment https://neurosciencenews.com/brain-rewires-sensorimotor-walking-blindness-30721/
Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging study on the effects of visual status on walking-relate…
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.debudapest_connectome: Budapest Reference Connectome 3.0
A parameterizable consensus brain graph, derived from connectomes of 477 people, each computed from MRI datasets of the Human Connectome Project. Nodes are brain regions, and edges are weighted by the number of "tracks" that run between two nodes, as well as fiber length, fractional anisotropy and the number of occurrences in each of the 477 individuals.
This network has 1015 nodes and 112890 edges.
Tags: Biol…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialChinese brain-computer interface startup Gestala raised $21.6M co-led by Guosheng Capital and Dalton Venture at a $100M to $200M valuation, per CEO Phoenix Peng (Kate Park/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/11/bci-startu…
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioLifehack, use this one simple trick discovered by a cat dad*:
Instead of spending hundreds or thousands on “agents”, just use your own brain!
*it’s me, I’m cat dad
@seeingwithsound@mas.toArticle on the ReVision Implant brain implant originating from China (WeChat): WeChat #BCI #NeuroTech
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot"none of these legacy behaviours are rational. They arise out of that bundle of behaviours inherited from our two billion years of sexually selected ancestors... If our ancestors had not had these behaviours, we would not be here. Our ancestors were not, in the sense we mean here, rational... A purely rational being — a being created ab initio rational — would not have these behaviours.
No one is proposing to build an AI with a lizard brain. It won't happen."
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.defly_hemibrain: Fly hemibrain (2020)
A synaptic map of the hemibrain connectome of fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. Nodes are neurons, and edges are synaptic connections, traced individually from brain image sections using EM reconstruction techniques. Neurons are labeled by their type. Edges are annotated by the connection strength between the neurons.
This network has 21739 nodes and 4259624 edges.
Tags: Biological, Connectome, Weighted, Metadata
@UP8@mastodon.social🤯 The brain region associated with moral inconsistency
#brain
@seeingwithsound@mas.toBrain-computer interfaces in healthcare: building the picks and shovels company while the giants fight over gold #BCI
@cjust@infosec.exchange @cdarwin@c.imIbogaine, a naturally occurring compound from a shrub native to Africa, is used to treat depression, anxiety, addiction, post-traumatic stress disorder and brain trauma.
Because it's illegal in the United States, Americans have been traveling to unregulated clinics, often in Mexico or the Caribbean, to take the drug.
Trump intends to sign the executive order as soon as this week, to allow its use in research
The administration doesn't plan to reclassify the drug …
@seeingwithsound@mas.toConvicted Harvard scientist rebuilds career in China through controversial brain-computer interface lab https://thedebrief.org/convicted-harvard-scientist-rebuilds-career-in-china-through-controversial-brain-computer-i…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialA study of ~1,500 US workers finds AI use can reduce burnout but also cause "AI brain fry", a mental fatigue from using AI tools beyond one's cognitive capacity (Harvard Business Review)
https://hbr.org/2026/03/when-using-ai-leads-to-brain-fry
@seeingwithsound@mas.toHow psychedelics push your brain to dream while awake https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-03-psychedelics-brain.html "psychedelics make the brain more likely to 'see' images from memory rather than what's actually in front of it"; mental imagery
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.decintestinalis: Tadpole larva brain (C. intestinalis)
Entire connectivity matrix for the complete brain of a larva of Ciona intestinalis. Each directed edge represents a synaptic connection from pre-synaptic cell i to post-synaptic cell j (may not be a neuron). Edge weights represent the cumulative depth of presynaptic contacts in µm.
This network has 205 nodes and 2903 edges.
Tags: Biological, Connectome, Weighted
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scotI seem to have written a wee essay about #ArtificialGeneralIntelligence #AGI
It's probably not in its final form yet, I'll probably revise a bit. Comments welcome.
@UP8@mastodon.social⚡ Newly identified brain circuit and cells link prior experiences to appetite
#brain
@seeingwithsound@mas.toParalyzed artist paints again: how one brain implant drives two pathways to recovery #NeuroXess #BCI
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.decintestinalis: Tadpole larva brain (C. intestinalis)
Entire connectivity matrix for the complete brain of a larva of Ciona intestinalis. Each directed edge represents a synaptic connection from pre-synaptic cell i to post-synaptic cell j (may not be a neuron). Edge weights represent the cumulative depth of presynaptic contacts in µm.
This network has 205 nodes and 2903 edges.
Tags: Biological, Connectome, Weighted
@seeingwithsound@mas.toDesigning implants that don't scar the brain https://neurosciencenews.com/flexible-brain-implants-polyimide-biocompatibility-30538/ "Surprisingly, making probes 'ultra-thin' or allowing them to 'float' wirelessly didn't…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAn interview with Galen Buckwalter, a BCI recipient in a Caltech brain implant study, on his recent ability to use the implant to produce musical tones (Emily Mullin/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/meet-the-man-making-music-with-his-brain-implant/
@seeingwithsound@mas.toSimply sticking electrodes into primary visual cortex (V1) to evoke phosphenes ignores the feedback loops from higher visual areas back to V1. A Neuralink Blindsight brain implant will almost certainly perform very poorly. Engineering is one thing, biology/neuroscience another.
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.debudapest_connectome: Budapest Reference Connectome 3.0
A parameterizable consensus brain graph, derived from connectomes of 477 people, each computed from MRI datasets of the Human Connectome Project. Nodes are brain regions, and edges are weighted by the number of "tracks" that run between two nodes, as well as fiber length, fractional anisotropy and the number of occurrences in each of the 477 individuals.
This network has 1015 nodes and 93708 edges.
Tags: Biolo…
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot"Rejoice, for even though we do, verily, walk through the valley of the shadow of death, not all the phantasms we see in the valley are as dark as they appear."
This essay, like all the essays on my blog, is on #CreativeCommons Attribution/Share Alike licence.
Please feel free to republish it anywhere.
@UP8@mastodon.social🎧 Earbuds can be used to monitor brain health
#sensors
@seeingwithsound@mas.toBrain-computer interfaces for vision recovery in precortical vision loss https://www.dovepress.com/brain-computer-interfaces-for-vision-recovery-in-precortical-vision-lo-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-EB …
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot"We are in a period where we face huge challenges on many fronts: the planet is burning, the species which provide the ecosystem services we depend on to survive are going extinct, we are fighting wars over resources. We need to focus on the real risks we face. #ArtificialGeneralIntelligence is not one of these. It may happen, but probably not soon. If it does happen, i…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialQ&A with Skild AI CEO Deepak Pathak on building a general-purpose brain for robots, standing out among big tech's robotics efforts, the path to AGI, and more (Alex Heath/Sources)
https://sources.news/p/skild-ai-ceo-robotics-brain-davos
@seeingwithsound@mas.toMax Hodak's Science Corp. is preparing to place its first sensor in a human brain https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/14/max-hodaks-science-corp-is-preparing-to-place-its-first-sensor-in-a-human-brain/ biohybrid
@UP8@mastodon.social🤯 Specific brain signals rapidly eliminate body fat in mice
#fat
@seeingwithsound@mas.toThe brain's code seems to be in constant flux. Neuroscientists are baffled https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01554-0 "Neurons fire much more erratically than researchers thought." Required for "time stamping" of events for long-term memories?
@seeingwithsound@mas.toSensory Substitution and Brain Plasticity Following Vision Loss (#SenSubMRI) https://ichgcp.net/amp/clinical-trials-registry/NCT07450677
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.debudapest_connectome: Budapest Reference Connectome 3.0
A parameterizable consensus brain graph, derived from connectomes of 477 people, each computed from MRI datasets of the Human Connectome Project. Nodes are brain regions, and edges are weighted by the number of "tracks" that run between two nodes, as well as fiber length, fractional anisotropy and the number of occurrences in each of the 477 individuals.
This network has 1015 nodes and 80270 edges.
Tags: Biolo…
@seeingwithsound@mas.to#Paradromics: From brain implants to neuroprosthetics | Making sense of brain-computer interface terminology https://www.paradromics.com/insights/from-brain-implants-to-neuropr…
@seeingwithsound@mas.toWhy brain implants are more than a sci-fi fantasy #BCI
@seeingwithsound@mas.toElon Musk's Neuralink Blindsight brain implant will grab public attention for a while, until attention gets diverted to the next hype.
@seeingwithsound@mas.toReview: The role of sensory experience in the maturation of prefrontal cortical circuits https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnins.2026.1808558/full
@seeingwithsound@mas.toMyelin emerges as an active regulator of brain plasticity, not only a structural insulator https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/myelin-emerges-as-an-active-regulator-of-brain-plasticity-not-only-a-struct…
@seeingwithsound@mas.toPerception of brain-computer interface implantation surgery for motor, sensory, and autonomic restoration in spinal cord injury and stroke https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnins.2026.1678175/full "first-ge…
@seeingwithsound@mas.toWould getting a Neuralink Blindsight brain implant for restoring vision be worth it? #BCI
@seeingwithsound@mas.toApplication of non-invasive brain-computer interfaces in spinal cord injury rehabilitation #BCI #NeuroTech
@seeingwithsound@mas.toPhD position at University of Glasgow on ultra-high field brain imaging of mental imagery and aphantasia https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/fully-funded-phd-ultra-high-field-brain-imaging-of-imagery-and-aphantasia/?p196182…
@seeingwithsound@mas.to(YouTube) The biology of brain-machine interface failure #BCI #NeuroTech
@seeingwithsound@mas.toImplanted brain-computer interface functionality during nighttime in late-stage amyotrophic lateral sclerosis https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-44228-7 "When applied to night data, daytime decoders caused unintentional BCI activations in 100% of nights."
@seeingwithsound@mas.toGarry Tan, VC and Y Combinator CEO: Brain computer interfaces are now giving sight back to the blind https://garryslist.org/posts/brain-computer-interfaces-are-now-giving-sight-back-to-the-blind by @…
@seeingwithsound@mas.toWhat it's like to have a brain implant for 5 years https://www.wired.com/story/synchron-brain-computer-interface-five-years-als/ (archived at
@seeingwithsound@mas.toMotor imagery affects both cortical and spinal circuitry: a transcranial and trans-spinal magnetic stimulation study https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neural-circuits/articles/10.3389/fncir.2026.1809125/abstract
@seeingwithsound@mas.toMovies reconstructed purely from mouse brain activity https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-03-movies-reconstructed-purely-mouse-brain.html
Movie reconstruction from mouse visual cortex activity
@seeingwithsound@mas.toRE: https://mas.to/@seeingwithsound/116426357810275394
"I really think you should consider getting a brain implant for your vision."
"Absolutely not, I'm not putting a chip inside my head!"
Yes, this is an AI-generated vi…
@seeingwithsound@mas.toNeuroscientists take major step in development of brain-computer interfaces for patients with paralysis https://nieuws.kuleuven.be/en/content/2026/neuroscientists-take-major-step-in-development-of-br…
@seeingwithsound@mas.toBrain-computer interfaces and patients' rights: some key principles, according to Science Corporation's Alex Feerst https://science.xyz/news/bci-principles/ What happens once the implant fails? Long-term support, thinking of Argus II, Dobelle?
@seeingwithsound@mas.to#Cortigent about their Orion visual cortical prosthesis system (brain implant for restoring vision to the blind) https://www.cortigent.com/orion "It is intended to deliver meaningful perception of motion and light.&…
@seeingwithsound@mas.toAfter flying with virtual wings for one week, the brain learns to accept the impossible #noninvasive…
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