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Brain-Computer-Interface: ALS-Patient nutzt Hirnimplantat 19 Monate lang
Ein ALS-Patient hat ein Brain-Computer-Interface fast zwei Jahre lang täglich zu Hause genutzt. Die Studie liefert wichtige Belege für die Alltagstauglichkeit.

Brain-Computer-Interface: ALS-Patient nutzt Hirnimplantat 19 Monate lang
Ein ALS-Patient hat ein Brain-Computer-Interface fast zwei Jahre lang täglich zu Hause genutzt. Die Studie liefert wichtige Belege für die Alltagstauglichkeit.

💢 MRI scans reveal how the brain processes toxic workplace abuse
#mri

MRI scans reveal how the brain processes toxic workplace abuse
What happens in the brain when someone witnesses toxic behavior in the workplace? Researchers at Rutgers Business School, in a first-time collaboration with the Center for Advanced Human Brain Imaging Research at the Rutgers Brain Health Institute, used an MRI scanner to find out.

Designing 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…

Designing Implants that Don't Scar the Brain - Neuroscience News
Neuroscience News provides research news for neuroscience, neurology, psychology, AI, brain science, mental health, robotics and cognitive sciences.

Physical 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…

Physical Intelligence, a hot robotics startup, says its new robot brain can figure out tasks it was never taught | TechCrunch
The new model, called π0.7, represents what the company describes as an early but meaningful step toward the long-sought goal of a general-purpose robot brain.

Aldon Smith's brain donated to CTE Center as family's attorneys investigate his death at age 36 https://www.foxsports.com/articles/wcbk/aldon-smiths-brain-donated-to-cte-center-as-familys-attorneys-invest…

Ibogaine, 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 …

Trump to sign executive order on psychedelic drug used abroad to treat PTSD
Ibogaine is used in Mexico and the Caribbean to treat depression, anxiety, addiction and brain trauma.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
Flea:
🎵 Maggot Brain
#Flea
https://officialflea.bandcamp.com/track/maggot-brain
https://open.spotify.com/track/3poJZBl2yoeWbMMxX63YcE

Max 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

Max Hodak’s Science Corp. is preparing to place its first sensor in a human brain | TechCrunch
Human trials on the hybrid sensor are expected to begin in the years ahead.

Family to have Smith's brain checked for CTE https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/49081473/family-aldon-smith-having-brain-checked-cte

Chlorpyrifos: Pesticide tied to brain damage in children, chronic disease and other health problems #environment

Chlorpyrifos: Pesticide tied to brain damage in children, chronic disease and other health problems
Chlorpyrifos, a widely used insecticide, is strongly linked to brain damage in children.

President, 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

budapest_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 121755 edges.
Tags: Biol…

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/116404593670288025
The thing about the sycophantic interfaces that pretend to be humans is: whether you're nice or mean to them you lose.
If you're nice, you train your own brain to see the subservient word salad generator as a human being—and that demeans yourself and others.
If you're mean, you just make yourself angry and feel bad for no reason.
If you absolutely have to use them, be neutral and treat it as the hammer it is.

No! 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!
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Well, 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.

AGI Will Not Have a Lizard Brain
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.

Im having another "once I finish learning driving ima get soooo into urbex" moment
https://bodacious44.net/urbex/urbex

I have long since learned, when playing games like wordle, that my brain will suggest candidate words that we frequently use but that aren't standard English, like _quine_, _crore_ or _migra_ (Scots, Nepali/Hindi, Mexican respectively). So I filter them out, or try to. This evening I saw an obvious solution but filtered it out as it was the name, in Hindi, of a vegetable.
After another five rather frustrating minutes of seeking solutions, I wrote it down anyway and then realised i…

This week in TACO, CNN showed a "before & after" of Trump’s responses after visiting China.
Sure his brain is guacamole... but he's still a greedy, ego-driven, simpleton racist so all the other greedy, ego-driven, simpleton racists in America will continue to worship him.
#trump #china

Awesome brain teasers! Just added to my home screen 🤣
@… https://social.ewenbell.com/objects/52ad8842-655d-47ca-9d82-5bbc96cf0f52

Ewen Bell 📸 (@ewen@social.ewenbell.com)
I'm getting better at these. Often stumble over American terms for things and names of brands I never head of, but am hitting about 50% now. Was barely getting 10% when I started. https://connecti...

Wow. The UMich president’s job is cursed. Last one left to take a job that didn’t end up hiring him, his replacement has a brain tumor that will prevent his taking the position.

@…
To be completely honest. I read it in my brain in voice of Fred Flinstone.😆

Aldon Smith's family to donate his brain for CTE research, investigating death https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7365633/2026/06/16/aldon-smith-cte-research-death/

💧 Hydraulic brain: Body motion linked to fluid movement in the brain
#brain

Hydraulic brain: Body motion linked to fluid movement in the brain
The brain is more mechanically connected to the body than previously appreciated, scientists report in Nature Neuroscience. Through a study using mice and simulations, the team found a potential biological mechanism underlying why exercise is thought to benefit brain health: abdominal contractions compress blood vessels connected to the spinal cord and the brain, enabling the organ to gently move within the skull. This swaying facilitates the surrounding cerebrospinal fluid to flow over the bra…

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Cypress Hill:
🎵 Insane In The Brain
#NowPlaying #CypressHill
https://open.spotify.com/track/6DtVPEJXQxDp7nn3Kp076o

Sabi, which is developing a brain-computer interface beanie that can decode internal speech into words, emerges from stealth with backing from Khosla and others (Emily Mullin/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/this-beanie-is-designed-to-read-your-thoughts/…

This Beanie Is Designed to Read Your Thoughts
California-based startup Sabi is developing a thought-to-text wearable that could usher in the cyborg future.

#Paradromics: From brain implants to neuroprosthetics | Making sense of brain-computer interface terminology https://www.paradromics.com/insights/from-brain-implants-to-neuropr…

New 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):

First Real-Time Brain-Controlled Hearing Device - Neuroscience News
Neuroscience News provides research news for neuroscience, neurology, psychology, AI, brain science, mental health, robotics and cognitive sciences.

"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."

AGI Will Not Have a Lizard Brain
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.

cintestinalis: 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

Brain-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?

Brain-Computer Interfaces and Patients' Rights: Some Key Principles | Science Corporation
Science Corporation is a clinical-stage medical technology company.

Since I saw the theme of "Smoking" for tune Tuesday there is a song in my head but I can't remember who's song this is.
It a New Wave song (I think) and the lyrics go like "Burn me up I'm a cigarette"
Help me! It's probably obvious but my brain is freezing.

Required reading for programmers
https://aeon.co/essays/your-brain-does-not-process-information-and-it-is-not-a-computer

The “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…

Artemis, which aims to replace rule-based cybersecurity systems with an AI-driven centralized "brain", emerges from stealth with a $70M Series A led by Felicis (Sharon Goldman/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/04/15/exclusive-ar…

Exclusive: Artemis raises $70M to help fight AI-powered attacks with AI
Backed by $70 million, Artemis is tackling the new reality of faster, cheaper AI-driven attacks.

Oh no the kitty fell over and exploded 😭
#Caterday

@…
Sorry.
I deleted it, because sometime I write something and than it gets to me, that you might have already Thursday...
But I sometime switch Thursday and Tuesday in my brain.🤦
And...Now you know I still didn't get to "working conditions" after my vacation.🤦😂

Hands as the Language of Thought: Correcting a Kant Attribution
There is a line about hands that travels well. It reads cleanly, carries an air of philosophical dignity, and arrives in print wearing the name of Immanuel Kant. "The hand is the visible part of the brain," runs the most common English form, or, in an older rendering, "the hand is the outer brain of man." The phrase appears in publishing copy, in teaching materials, on Goodreads quotation pages, in popu…

Hands as the Language of Thought: Correcting a Kant Attribution | David Boles, Blogs
There is a line about hands that travels well. It reads cleanly, carries an air of philosophical dignity, and arrives in print wearing the name of Immanuel Kant. “The hand is the visible part…

Discovering functionally selective brain regions with a deep topographic multimodal model #AI #NeuroAI

Discovering Functionally Selective Brain Regions with a Deep Topographic Multimodal Model
Nearby neurons in cortex share similar response profiles, producing systematic spatial organization across sensory and cognitive systems. Recent topographic models reproduce aspects of this structure but remain unimodal and spatially constrain each layer separately, yielding fragmented maps that capture neither the contiguity of cortical processing streams nor their integration across modalities. We introduce Topo-Omni, a topographic multimodal model in which visual, auditory, and language/cogn…

Endlose Selbstüberschätzung …
Jeff Bezos Is Funding a Wild Hunt for the Brain's 'Core Algorithm' - Slashdot https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/06/08/0418226/jeff-bezos-is-funding-a-wild-hunt-for-the-brains-cor…

A great video on how robot AI vision has evolved. With the correct URL.
Inside the World’s Smartest Robot Brain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mrGMMmrVNE

I get why the acronym is attractive for military use, but “UK military communications switches to AIM” breaks my 90s Internet brain.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/dstl-develops-first-smart-find-and-strike-system-for-fa…

Dstl develops first smart ‘find and strike’ system for faster battlefield decisions
Commanders will better coordinate surveillance, targeting and weapons across platforms and uncrewed systems.

"But, given that this new research also reports that this additional brain-fluid sloshing includes an increased flow of electrolyte ions like sodium and potassium, I’m going to go ahead and give you permission to think of this as your brain swishing salt water around to clean itself up. It’s a bedtime classic rinse. Your brain is (metaphorically) gargling."
Scientists Watch Brain’s Self-Cleaning Process During Sleep in Real Time
https://gizmodo.com/scientists-watch-brains-self-cleaning-process-during-sleep-in-real-time-2000743073

What does sound do to your brain's gene expression, RNA?
Prenatal acoustic communication triggers adaptive vascular programming in the developing avian brain https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/229/11/jeb252287…

A primer on interpretability and how AI researchers are figuring out how to open and understand the "black box" that holds the formulas within most AI models (Oliver Whang/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.…

We Don’t Really Know How A.I. Works. That’s a Problem.
For us to trust it on certain subjects, researchers in the growing field of interpretability might need to learn how to open the black box of its brain.

Having screen-free time and mindful walks (or and other mindful activity) is great.
#mindfulness
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/n

I 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.

AGI Will Not Have a Lizard Brain
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.

Myelin 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…

Humans are not nouns, we’re verbs.
(H/t to some dude named Eric on NPRs Hidden Brain. He also cites his cat as a guru of sorts. )

Neuroscientists 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…

🤯 The brain region associated with moral inconsistency
#brain

The brain region associated with moral inconsistency
Why don't some people practice what they preach? Researchers reveal that a brain region called the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) is involved. The researchers used fMRI imaging to identify brain activity patterns associated with moral behavior and judgment. People who behaved dishonestly despite judging the same behavior as immoral in others had less activity in the vmPFC, and when the researchers stimulated participants' vmPFCs, they became more morally inconsistent. The work is publis…

Intermittent fasting triggers surprising changes in the brain #health

Intermittent fasting triggers surprising changes in the brain
Losing weight may involve rewiring the gut and the brain at the same time. In a study of obese adults, an intermittent fasting-style diet led to significant weight loss, healthier metabolic markers, and notable shifts in gut bacteria. Brain scans also revealed changes in regions tied to appetite, cravings, and self-control. The results suggest the gut microbiome and brain may work together to influence weight-loss success.

"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.

AGI Will Not Have a Lizard Brain
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.

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have shown that
bacteria can learn from past experiences,
store memories across generations
and adapt their behavior to changing environments
all without a brain or nervous system
https://www.cmu.edu…

Bacteria Can Learn and Form Memories Without a Brain
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have shown that bacteria can learn from past experiences, store memories across generations and adapt their behavior to changing environments all without a brain or nervous system.

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Tikhet:
🎵 I Buried My Brain In El Segundo
#NowPlaying #Tikhet
https://open.spotify.com/track/2Cq60npcpfq6YAlh0Nndkt

Brain-Computer-Interface: zunehmender Einsatz, Risiken, lückenhafte Rechtslage
BCIs können helfen, motorische Fähigkeiten und Kommunikation wieder zu ermöglichen. Das Potenzial ist enorm, Rechtslage und Ethik noch weitgehend ungeklärt.

cintestinalis: 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

In case him repeatedly crapping his pants on camera wasn't enough, here's how to tell if your country's whack job President has a brain of nothing but guacamole;
#trump #doctor #jesus

Implanted 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."

Implanted brain-computer interface functionality during nighttime in late-stage amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - Scientific Reports
Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) hold promise as assistive communication technology for people with severe paralysis. Although such BCIs should be available 24/7, feasibility of nocturnal BCI use has not been investigated. Here, we addressed this question using data from an electrocorticography-BCI user with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. We investigated nocturnal dynamics of neural signal features used for BCI control. Additionally, we assessed nocturnal performance of a decoder trained on day…

"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…

AGI Will Not Have a Lizard Brain
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.

Scientists Are Building Electronics That Stretch Like Human Skin and Learn Like a Brain
https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-are-building-electronics-that-stretch-like-human-skin-and-learn-like-a-brain/

Why brain implants are more than a sci-fi fantasy #BCI

Why brain implants are more than a sci-fi fantasy
Researchers have been working for decades on brain-computer interfaces to help those suffering from paralysis, blindness and hearing loss.

I bet the galaxy brain strategy will be to replace him with someone even more right-wing and then for some reason completely lose any remaining popular support they might still have

cintestinalis: 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

"our energy systems are already massively in carbon debt. We cannot afford to borrow any more carbon from fossil reserves. To burn carbon now to build AGI on the vague hope that it may by some remote chance produce systems with more insight than we now have, at a time when our politicians are already failing to act on the very clear data being produced by their own scientists, it the purest folly"
#AGI

AGI Will Not Have a Lizard Brain
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.

Spatial transcriptomics on an expanded dataset at the brain-electrode interface: exploration of variability and identification of novel biomarkers https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnins.2026.1852774/full "…

Frontiers | Spatial transcriptomics on an expanded dataset at the brain-electrode interface: exploration of variability and identification of novel biomarkers
The foreign body reaction to implanted electrodes in the brain has long been recognized as a major challenge impacting the performance and reliability of ind...

"we are at the end of days. Our planet — which is, as far as we know, the only planet anywhere in the universe to support intelligent life — is literally burning as I write this, and it is burning because we are burning it. Building huge data centres to pursue the egocentric fantasies of kleptocrat pirates only accelerates that process"
#AGI

AGI Will Not Have a Lizard Brain
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.

PhD 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…

An 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/

Meet the Man Making Music With His Brain Implant
Galen Buckwalter says brain-computer interfaces will have to be enjoyable to use if the technology is going to be successful.

One symptom for me of having a bad brain day is that Siri doesn’t understand me as well (I’m using it exclusively to set timers and today both times it misunderstood me on the first try).

#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.&…

cintestinalis: 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

(from China) 2026: How high can the brain-computer interface soar in the spotlight? #BCI #NeuroTech

2026: How High Can the Brain-Computer Interface Soar in the Limelight?
Science fiction turns into reality.

Sound can complement electrode-based brain implants (BCIs) in multiple ways. https://bioniclab.substack.com/p/sound-waves-against-scar-tissue "What if we could redirect the brain's immune response using nothing but sound?"

🔊 Ultrasound Against the Foreign Body Response: What Sound Did to Microglia
Why BCIs Fail Series: Post 16

fly_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'`,…

A congenitally blind woman who I have known for many years, stated yesterday: "Not many of us actually seem too interested in brain implants. Maybe it's more of a late blind thing, but even among people who have lost their sight, I don't hear much about brain implants."

[OT] There's yet another study about how bad #AI is for our brains https://www.engadget.com/ai/theres-yet-another-study-about-how-bad-ai-is-for-our-brains-…

There's yet another study about how bad AI is for our brains
Researchers have conducted another study about AI and its effects on the human brain. The results were grim.

budapest_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 105293 edges.
Tags: Biol…

#Paradromics on brain-computer interfaces: China's recent developments and what they mean for the U.S. https://www.paradromics.com/blog/china-bci-developments

Brain-Computer Interfaces | China's recent developments and what they mean for the U.S.
China's first commercially approved BCI made headlines. Here's what U.S. investors and policymakers need to know about the real state of the BCI race.

After flying with virtual wings for one week, the brain learns to accept the impossible #noninvasive…

Hierarchical brain dynamics supporting visual perceptual transitions https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aea3919 "visual and motor systems jointly shape transitions in conscious visual experience."

We are at a juncture where blind people will decide about their perceptual future: AI-based scene descriptions, brain implants, or still something else. They will decide, even if subconsciously, but it will not be easy to change course after that.

Neuralink and beyond: How BCIs are rewriting the future of human-technology interaction https://www.theweek.in/health/cover/2026/05/02/neuralink-and-beyond-how-bcis-are-rewriting-the-future-of-human-technolo…

Neuralink and beyond: How BCIs are rewriting the future of human-technology interaction
Brain-computer interfaces offer new hope to people with disabilities. With big tech rushing in to invest, the boundaries are being pushed. But caution and regulation should be paramount

Much of the advanced BCI technology being developed in the US will turn out to be overkill, with much the same clinically relevant results achievable through vastly simpler and cheaper technology: apart from motor problems, little is known about how to talk with the human brain.

The illusory simplicity of the feedforward pass: evidence for the dynamical nature of stimulus encoding along the primate ventral stream https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.12825 Spells trouble/complications for Neuralink Blindsight and other brain implants for restoring vision to the blind;

The illusory simplicity of the feedforward pass: evidence for the dynamical nature of stimulus encoding along the primate ventral stream
In studying primate vision, a large body of work focuses on the first feedforward sweep. During this initial time window, information is thought to pass through ventral stream regions in a stage-like fashion in an effort to extract high-level information from the retinal input. Consequently, electrophysiological analyses commonly focus on spatial response patterns, either by averaging data in time, or by applying decoders in a temporally local fashion. By analysing data recorded simultaneously …

Organisms are musicians not machines https://iai.tv/articles/organisms-are-musicians-not-machines-auid-3436 "The living cell, once thought to be a precise molecular factory, is turning out to be more like an improvising jazz ensemble." The brain too.

Organisms are musicians not machines | Ewa Grzybowska » IAI TV
Improvising cells and the new biology

Visual-to-auditory sensory substitution may be the supplemental "glue" needed to make brain implants for restoring vision shine: textures and shading, undistorted visual feedback, fill-in for failing electrodes, etc https://www.artificialvision.com/neuralink.htm

(LinkedIn) The BCI race: innovation vs. scale (and why the US might lose the brain-to-computer war) 🧠💥 https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/bci-race-innovation-vs-scale-why-us-might-lose-war-panda-yu-6ba5c/

The BCI Race: Innovation vs. Scale (And why the US might lose the brain-to-computer war) 🧠💥
The BCI Race: Innovation vs. Scale (And why the US might lose the brain-to-computer war) 🧠💥 While the West fixates on Neuralink’s latest patient milestones and venture-backed celebrity founders, a massive shift is happening in the East that the global tech community is largely ignoring.

Occipital and parietal non-invasive brain stimulation enhances perceptual learning and transfer: evidence from high-frequency tRNS https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnins.2026.1794676/full

Frontiers | Occipital and parietal non-invasive brain stimulation enhances perceptual learning and transfer: evidence from high-frequency tRNS
Perceptual training yields specific, long-lasting improvements, yet its transfer to untrained conditions is often limited. This tension has been proposed to ...

#CorTec Gets FDA breakthrough nod for Brain Interchange BCI System https://www.mpo-mag.com/breaking-news/cortec-gets-fda-breakthrough-nod-for-brain-inter…

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for visual snow syndrome: symptoms relief and changes in brain dynamics. A case report #rTMS

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for visual snow syndrome: symptoms relief and changes in brain dynamics. A case report - Neurological Sciences
Visual Snow Syndrome (VSS) is a rare neurological condition characterized by continuous static and dynamic visual dots that impair vision, despite preserve

China has approved the world's first invasive brain-computer chip - here's what's next https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/06/01/1138133/china-world-first-brain-chip/ (archived at

China has approved the world’s first invasive brain-computer chip—here’s what’s next
The country wants to become a global leader in brain implants. Strong government support is expected to help accelerate that process.

Human #echolocation works step by step https://www.sciencenews.org/article/human-echolocation-blind-brain "A study reveals how individual tongue clicks and their echoes …

Human echolocation works step by step
Experts in echolocation use multiple clicks and echoes to sense objects, offering insight into how the brain builds perception.

Scientists build 'mind-reading' hearing system for noisy environments https://www.sci.news/medicine/mind-reading-hearing-system-noisy-environments-14757.html "a device that reads brain signals to automatically amplify the voice a list…

Scientists Build ‘Mind-Reading’ Hearing System for Noisy Environments | Sci.News
A team of U.S. researchers has demonstrated, for the first time in human trials, a device that reads brain signals to automatically amplify the voice a listener wants to hear -- a potential lifeline for the 430 million people worldwide with disabling hearing loss.

Deafness rapidly reorganizes functional brain networks in adult mice https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04.30.721913v1 "Sensory loss triggers crossmodal reorganization across sensory modalities, and accumulating evidence indicates that this adaptive capacity…

Third successful implantation of wireless visual prosthesis brain implant advances the frontier of artificial vision #ICVP (intracortical visual prosth…

Third successful implantation of wireless visual prosthesis brain implant advances the frontier of artificial vision
In a major milestone for the field of neurotechnology, the Intracortical Visual Prosthesis (ICVP), a revolutionary wireless brain implant that bypasses the retina and optic nerves to connect directly to the brain’s visual cortex to provide artificial vision, has been successfully surgically implanted in the ICVP study’s third participant. This surgery, performed at Rush University Medical Center, underscores the scalability and robustness of the system, marking a new chapter in advancing …

A retinotopic wiring principle of the human brain https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04.03.716412v1 "well-known perceptual asymmetries correspond to systematic asymmetries in connectivity within early visual cortex"

A retinotopic wiring principle of the human brain
A central challenge in neuroscience is to understand how anatomical connectivity links neural representations to behavior. In sensory systems, cortical areas encode structured maps of the external world, yet it remains unclear whether and how this representational geometry constrains long-range connectivity in the living human brain. Here, we show that structural connectivity in the human visual cortex preserves retinotopic organization, revealing a retinotopic wiring principle; cortical region…

A brain implant for depression is about to be tested in humans #BCI

A Brain Implant for Depression Is About to Be Tested in Humans
While many brain-computer interface companies are focused on helping paralyzed people communicate, Motif Neurotech is targeting mental health disorders.

The mature brain and the neuroscience of wisdom https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/best-practices-in-health/202603/the-mature-brain-and-the-neuroscience-of-wisdom by William Haseltine; "A late-maturing bra…

The Mature Brain and the Neuroscience of Wisdom
A late-maturing brain filter in the thalamus prunes noisy sensory inputs over time, helping adults ignore distractions and focus, offering a neural basis for growing wisdom.