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Q&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

Skild AI's CEO on building one brain for every robot
My full Sources Live interview with Skild AI CEO Deepak Pathak from Davos.

🎧 Earbuds can be used to monitor brain health
#sensors

Earbuds can be used to monitor brain health
An international research team has uncovered the next frontier in monitoring brain health, and the key is in technology that millions of people are already using every day—earbuds. The world-first study found that commercially available earbuds have the capability to detect and classify brain activity, simply by measuring subtle changes in users' hearing. The team used acoustic sensors in earphones to assess cognitive load—the mental effort that shapes learning, task performance and early c…

Meta FAIR: KI-Zwilling für menschliche Neuronen
TRImodal Brain Encoder in zweiter Version veröffentlicht. Meta FAIR kann damit vorhersagen, wie das menschliche Gehirn reagiert.
https://www.heis…

#Birds #birdwatching The reason for superiority: https://neurosciencenews.com/birdwatch

Expertise Protects Against Cognitive Decline - Neuroscience News
Neuroscience News provides research news for neuroscience, neurology, psychology, AI, brain science, mental health, robotics and cognitive sciences.

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'`,…

AI at Meta: TRIBE v2 (Trimodal Brain Encoder), an #AI model of the human #brain, predicting neural responses to sight, sound and language https://aidemos.atmeta.com/tribev2/

Behind the Blog: Using Your Brain https://www.404media.co/behind-the-blog-using-your-brain/

Deepinder Goyal, who stepped down as Zomato's CEO, raised $54M at a $190M valuation for Temple, which aims to make high-performance wearables for elite athletes (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/27/after-zoma…

After Zomato, Deepinder Goyal returns with a $54M brain-monitoring bet | TechCrunch
Zomato co-founder Deepinder Goyal's new wearable startup Temple has raised $54 million in a friends-and-family round at a post-money valuation of about $190 million.

Thx Paul for a very informative and inspired Brain Inspired.
#neuroscience

How to improve memory, mitigate dementia & reverse brain aging:
1️⃣ Take a multivitamin daily.
2️⃣ Increase choline intake. (Eggs)
3️⃣ Eat more blueberries. (1 cup/daily)
4️⃣ Aerobic exercise (60% of max heart rate)

▶️ The Fastest Way to Reverse Brain Aging (Science-backed)
https://

🧠 Bioengineered neuronal 'circuit board' mimics conditions of the human brain
#brain

Bioengineered neuronal 'circuit board' mimics conditions of the human brain
A new bioengineered neuronal circuit board "BioConNet" allows scientists to artificially engineer human brain-like wiring at scale and can be used to engineer any possible circuit. The fully programmable, open-source system allows generation of large-scale circuits, while maintaining the ability to focus on single connections between neurons.

Seeing a lot of people getting into tiled and scrolling window managers.
I actually like my desktop with overlapping windows and being a bit in a chaotic state and slightly different all the time.
My brain needs some variety and breaks from orderly processes, because I'm a human being and I've evolved to work best in semi-chaotic circumstances.
Obviously you do you but I'm considering this trend at least to some degree productivity wankery.

#Ultrasound gives the brain a nudge in the right direction https://www.ru.nl/en/research/research-news/ultrasound-gives-the-brain-a-nudge-in-the-right-d…

Ultrasound gives the brain a nudge in the right direction | Radboud University
Neuroscientist Soha Farboud of the Donders Institute at Radboud University has succeeded in adjusting activity in specific brain areas using a new technique.

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 63448 edges.
Tags: Biolo…

That moment when it is 7:00am and you have it strongly in your brain that YOU HAVE A MEETING AT 8:00 AM... and yet your phone's calendar doesn't show it.
So... ASSUMING the calendar failed, as they do sometimes... you pull out your computer... and find the 8am appt is NOT there either...
... and then you remember that **YOU** MOVED IT TO MONDAY! 🤣🤦‍♂️
The good news is that I now have an hour more this morning for work than I thought I did an hour ago! 🤣

Somebody send help i just looked up at some elongated fuzzy clouds and my brain went "wow i need to tweak the stigmators"

If you’ve never been into exercise or considered yourself “a gym person,” the idea of starting exercise in midlife can feel daunting, or even futile.
But here’s the good news:
from a scientific standpoint, your 40s may be one of the most powerful times to get started.
When it comes to bone, muscle, metabolism, heart health and even brain function, it is never too late to start exercising.
In fact, your body is remarkably responsive to change at this stage of life, and y…

The physio is in: Midlife is not about decline, it can be the turning point for your health
Health writer and chartered physiotherapist Stephen O’Rourke explains why muscle, bone, heart and mind respond remarkably well to exercise in midlife — and why it’s never too late to start.

Spinning my brain up for our last day at PaxEast (my wife’s birthday is this weekend so have to finish prep)
Anyone on my socials happens to see me (very tall, black leather jacket, with matching harpy pins on collar) feel free to say “howdy!”

Never put any important information in a pop-up. The thumb is trained to close the box before the brain has a chance to take it in.

RE: https://mastodon.xyz/@xkcd/116134642695834637
why does the compsci have a woolly hat? don’t they need a brain heatsink?
when i go out cycling in wintry subzero weather, i wear a fleecy band that stops my ears from getting frostbite, but still allows my…

For 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://…

The Fly Brain Breakthrough Is Real. The “First Brain Upload” Narrative Is Not.
Scientists mapped a fruit fly’s 139,255 neurons in extraordinary detail. Then a startup turned that milestone into a story about brain…

Nighthawks

RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116132930980342790
It’s gonna be so funny when it turns out that Alzheimer’s is a post-viral syndrome of Varicella (brain Shingles!) and we turn out to have cured it inadvertently in recent decades by developing…

E-waste chemicals are appearing in dolphins and porpoises #environment

E-waste chemicals are appearing in dolphins and porpoises
Liquid crystal monomers (LCMs) are critical components of laptop, television, and smartphone screens. Given their ubiquity in the environment, these compounds are considered persistent pollutants, posing threats to marine life that scientists want to understand. Research published in Environmental Science & Technology provides initial evidence that LCMs from household electronics or electronic waste (e-waste) can accumulate in dolphin and porpoise tissues, including blubber, muscle, and brain, …

"When every student in a class processes information through the same language model, they are learning to reason through the same system. This introduces a new threat vector on the developing mind.
The model's statistical biases become the student's default framing. The model's reasoning structure becomes the student's reasoning structure. LLMs homogenize not just language but also perspective and reasoning strategies. "

Adults Lose Skills to AI. Children Never Build Them.
Discussions of cognitive offloading often miss a critical distinction: What AI does to a 45-year-old's brain is categorically different from what it does to a 14-year-old's.

Fernando Mendoza explains what he wants to learn most from Tom Brady if he's drafted No. 1 by the Raiders

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/fernando-mendoza-nfl-draft-raiders-tom-b…

Seeing with the Brain (not the eyes) #LGN (lateral geniculate nucleus) over visual cortex for a visual prosthesis.

Seeing with the Brain - Eye & Ear Foundation of Pittsburgh
Xing Chen, PhD, James Herman, PhD, and J. Patrick Mayo, PhD, shared their expert insights in the Eye & Ear Foundation’s March 10th webinar, “Seeing with the Brain.” First up [...]Read More... from Seeing with the Brain

Brian Schottenheimer Opened the Door for Offense in 2026 NFL Draft https://insidethestar.com/brian-schottenheimer-opened-the-door-for-offense-in-2026-nfl-draft

😯😯😯
https://www.rathbiotaclan.com/whole-brain-emulation-achieved-scientists-run-a-fruit-fly-brain-in-simulation/
Thanks @…

Whole Brain Emulation Achieved: Scientists Run a Fruit Fly Brain in Simulation | RathBiotaClan
Scientists ran a real fruit fly brain in simulation using the FlyWire connectome, achieving the first working whole brain emulation.

Leader of Columbia Brain Institute Quits Over Friendship With Epstein (Sharon Otterman/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/nyregion/columbia-nobel-winner-epstein-resigns.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260225/p42#a260225p42

💡 Our brains may learn more from rare events than from repetition
#brain

Our brains may learn more from rare events than from repetition
More than a century ago, Pavlov trained his dog to associate the sound of a bell with food. Ever since, scientists have assumed the dog learned this through repetition. The more times the dog heard the bell and then got fed, the better it learned that the sound meant food would soon follow.

South Carolina doesn’t require hospitals to report when they admit patients with measles-related illnesses.
Available data shows that only 2% of the state’s measles cases have resulted in hospitalizations. Some infectious disease experts fear significant underreporting.
Some doctors say they lack information about the severity of measles complications as it spreads around them.

South Carolina Hospitals Aren’t Required to Disclose Measles-Related Admissions. That Leaves Doctors in the Dark.
Physicians across South Carolina, home to the largest measles outbreak in decades, are advising patients without the benefit of real-time data on hospitalizations due to measles-related pneumonia, brain swelling and other serious complications.

Dein KI-Kollege schläft nie 🧛 Du schon. Prompt schreiben. Output prüfen. Korrigieren. Neu prompten. Repeat. Das ist kein Workflow – das ist Erschöpfung. 14 % der KI-Nutzer berichten von Brain Fry. Marketer ganz vorne. Die KI setzt keine Grenzen. Das musst du tun.
#60Sekunden #KI

“Brain Drain” or Temporary Wartime Realities? How the Number and Quality of Applicants to Ukrainian Higher Education Institutions Have Changed Since the Start of the Full-Scale Invasion: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/19/brain-drain-or-temporary-wartime.html

Brain implants: What's standing in the way of pivotal trials, FDA approval #BCI

Obsidian but free and with native MCP Server. Not tried but would be glad to be rid of obsidian
https://tolaria.md

fly_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

Is brain rot real? Why don’t you read a paper about it and join us this upcoming Monday at Victory Cafe, 440 Booor St. W. here in Toronto for the monthly @… edition, where we will discuss it? The Luma listing has a link to the paper: https://

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!
https://

PIME: Prototype-based Interpretable MCTS-Enhanced Brain Network Analysis for Disorder Diagnosis
Kunyu Zhang, Yanwu Yang, Jing Zhang, Xiangjie Shi, Shujian Yu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.21046 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.21046 https://arxiv.org/html/2602.21046
arXiv:2602.21046v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Recent deep learning methods for fMRI-based diagnosis have achieved promising accuracy by modeling functional connectivity networks. However, standard approaches often struggle with noisy interactions, and conventional post-hoc attribution methods may lack reliability, potentially highlighting dataset-specific artifacts. To address these challenges, we introduce PIME, an interpretable framework that bridges intrinsic interpretability with minimal-sufficient subgraph optimization by integrating prototype-based classification and consistency training with structural perturbations during learning. This encourages a structured latent space and enables Monte Carlo Tree Search (MCTS) under a prototype-consistent objective to extract compact minimal-sufficient explanatory subgraphs post-training. Experiments on three benchmark fMRI datasets demonstrate that PIME achieves state-of-the-art performance. Furthermore, by constraining the search space via learned prototypes, PIME identifies critical brain regions that are consistent with established neuroimaging findings. Stability analysis shows 90% reproducibility and consistent explanations across atlases.
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#LaVCa: LLM-assisted visual cortex captioning https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.13606 using "large language models (LLMs) to generate natural-language captions for images to which voxels are selective"; to be presented a…

LaVCa: LLM-assisted Visual Cortex Captioning
Understanding the property of neural populations (or voxels) in the human brain can advance our comprehension of human perceptual and cognitive processing capabilities and contribute to developing brain-inspired computer models. Recent encoding models using deep neural networks (DNNs) have successfully predicted voxel-wise activity. However, interpreting the properties that explain voxel responses remains challenging because of the black-box nature of DNNs. As a solution, we propose LLM-assiste…

New Virus
There is a new virus going around called WORK. If you receive any sort
of WORK, whether via e-mail, Internet, or simply handed to you by a
colleague, do not open it. Those who have opened WORK have found that
their social life is deleted and their brain ceases to function
properly.
If you do encounter WORK via e-mail or are faced with any WORK at all,
purge the virus by sending an e-mail to your boss with the words 'This
is too much for…

I once again have the feeling that Randall Monroe can see directly into my brain (especially the mouseover text):
https://xkcd.com/3210/

Gotta Go
A show for people who are juggling family, work, relationships, and the never-ending to-do list that lives rent-free in your brain...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/gotta-go/

In der Juristerei wird das Aufkommen der LLMs begeistert gefeiert. Man versucht sich zu profilieren. Man ist vielleicht besorgt, dass die Stundensätze herunter gehen könnten. Aber sonst? Und dann diese Studie, die zeigt, dass bei Benutzung von LLMs die cognitive Kapazität und damit auch die Qualität dauernd nach unten zeigt. Kurz: Ein LLM-Anwalt bietet teure 0815-Soße, die man auch ohne Anwalt haben kann.

Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task
This study explores the neural and behavioral consequences of LLM-assisted essay writing. Participants were divided into three groups: LLM, Search Engine, and Brain-only (no tools). Each completed three sessions under the same condition. In a fourth session, LLM users were reassigned to Brain-only group (LLM-to-Brain), and Brain-only users were reassigned to LLM condition (Brain-to-LLM). A total of 54 participants took part in Sessions 1-3, with 18 completing session 4. We used electroencephalo…

"We're just going to run a physical simulation of a human brain to achieve AGI"
"Won't the brain die instantly if it's without a body and oxygen supply etc?"
"Well, we'll just also simulate a body."
"Won't the body die instantly if it's in a vacuum?
"Fine, we'll just simulate an atmosphere too."
"Won't the body die if it's without food and light and gravity and stimulation?"
"Fine, we'll just simulate all the physical processes on the Earth."
"Won't the Earth just freeze instantly without the Sun being there?"
"Fine, we'll just simulate the sun, too."
"Will the solar system work properly if there's only the sun? What about gravitational influences of other mass in the galaxy, what about cosmic rays?"
"Fine, we'll just simulate the whole universe, too."

Next 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

I still remember the abject horror I felt when some "ConservaMom" on twotter back in the day 'pointed out' to those who wanted free and universal health care that a Ferrari would no more have value if everyone had one.
I don't know what exactly I replied, but it got me an instant block and I'd be ashamed of myself if it hadn't.
It really is a brain worm. But is there any hope for the affected? I think even in my most demented free-market-believer day…

#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…

EPA Repeals Regulations for Mercury and Toxic Air Pollutants From Power Plants
Environmental and health groups said the change will make people sicker and supports a dying industry
https://www.thenewlede.org/2026/02/epa-rep…

EPA repeals Biden-era coal rules aimed at limiting brain-harming pollution
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) repealed Biden-era regulations that forced power plants to cut harmful pollutants including brain-damaging mercury and particulate matter, EPA administrator Lee Zeldin announced on Friday.

Microplastics may be quietly damaging your brain and fueling Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s #health

Microplastics may be quietly damaging your brain and fueling Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s
Tiny plastic particles may be quietly threatening brain health. New research suggests microplastics—now widely found in food, water, and even household dust—could trigger inflammation and damage in the brain through multiple biological pathways. Scientists estimate adults may consume about 250 grams of these particles each year, and some can accumulate in organs including the brain.

Sources: 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…

Fascinating article in @…:
https://www.thetransmitter.org/defining-ce

From genes to dynamics: Examining brain cell types in action may reveal the logic of brain function
Defining brain cell types is no longer a matter of classification alone, but of embedding their genetic identities within the dynamical organization of population activity.

One 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

The image just popped into my head of a PCBA manager in a Smokey Bear hat taking his blue-coated SMT technicians out for a morning run around the factory grounds singing cadence at them
I don't know but it's been said
Vintage solder's made of lead
Some say RoHS is a pain
But I kinda like my brain
Aoyue irons make me sad
But my Metcal ain't half bad

Cowboys 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…

Visual prostheses (brain implants, retinal implants) for the blind typically require high contrast scenes for good results. AI depth mapping with foveal enlargement can help get around that https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=vOICe.vOICe AI depth view toggle in menu …

💢 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.

Thus far about the only known advantage of a visual cortical prosthesis (brain implant for restoring vision) over visual-to-auditory sensory substitution is that you get to see blobs of light (phosphenes) if late-blind https://www.artificialvision.com/neuralink.htm

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.

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.

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

Astrocytes 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";

Astrocytes connect specific brain regions through plastic networks - Nature
Communication between distant brain regions is mediated by plastic networks of gap junction-coupled astrocytes.

The unusual electronic and optical properties of #perovskites have long been touted as useful for improving solar cells and television screens,
but these materials have never quite hit the big time.
Existing approaches have hoovered up all the investment and attention, and perovskites remain confined to specialist applications.
Now researchers at Empa, ETH Zurich and the Politecnico…

Perovskite nanocrystal computer components inspired by brain cells
Researchers at Empa, ETH Zurich and the Politecnico di Milano are developing a new type of computer component that is more powerful and easier to manufacture than its predecessors. Inspired by the human brain, it is designed to process large amounts of data fast and in an energy-efficient way.

Sparring with ChatGPT AI: Pretend that you are Elon Musk, and you see that The vOICe is a formidable noninvasive competitor for a Neuralink Blindsight brain implant for the blind. What would you do? https://chatgpt.com/share/69a0798d-1b74-8004-8f08-fdeeeed4f046 🤔

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'`,…

Chinese 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…

Chinese brain interface startup Gestala raises $21M just two months after launch | TechCrunch
This is the largest early-stage funding in China’s brain computer interface industry.

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…

(YouTube) I don't have that white garden chair anymore, but The vOICe AI depth view would have made it still easier for Jens Naumann, blind former recipient of a Dobelle brain implant, to find the chair in my garden https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GsDfWqCMq

💊 Faster to trials? Low-dose THC plus celecoxib improved cognition in Alzheimer's model mice
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-01-faster-trials-dose-thc-celecoxib.html

Faster to trials? Low-dose THC plus celecoxib improved cognition in Alzheimer's model mice
In recent years, research into cannabis and its main psychoactive ingredient, Δ⁹-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), has unearthed medical benefits including anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective properties. However, THC is also known to negatively affect learning and memory, limiting its potential clinical usefulness, particularly in disorders of the brain.

(LinkedIn) Romina Nejad, former clinical trials lead at Neuralink, has left Neuralink to join Salma Health as vice president clinical research https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7432841671396040704/

LinkedIn | Romina Nejad
I’m excited to share that I’ve joined Salma Health as Vice President of Clinical Research. We’re building a new kind of brain health system — one that is connected, precise, and designed around the whole person. In close partnership with providers and researchers, our goal is to deliver more accurate diagnoses, personalized treatment plans, and truly coordinated care for even the most complex patients. This is just the beginning, and I’m proud to be part of a team working to build …

(YouTube, 2024) Towards a smart bionic eye https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhEEEyYAegA on the Orion I brain implant and AI, with Jason Esterhuizen; "It's sort of like learning a new language. And the closest I could explain what I see is like looking up at the stars at night."

What does Neuralink want — to help people with paralysis, or prepare for a war with AI? https://archive.ph/c96dg Conflicting rhetoric from Elon Musk's company impedes brain implants' ability to gain traction as medical devices, competitors say";

🤯 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…

A 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

When Using AI Leads to “Brain Fry”
As firms increasingly incentivize employees to build and oversee complex teams of agents—for example, by measuring and rewarding token consumption as a proxy for performance—people are finding themselves pushed to their cognitive limits. Participants in a recent study described a “buzzing” feeling or a mental fog with difficulty focusing, slower decision-making, and headaches. The authors call this phenomenon “AI brain fry,” defined as mental fatigue from excessive use or oversight…

A three-dimensional micro-instrumented neural network device #NeuroTech
New 3D device harnesses living brain cells for computing

A three-dimensional micro-instrumented neural network device - Nature Electronics
A three-dimensional soft electronic sensor and stimulator array that is integrated with a three-dimensional cultured neural network can be used to record action potential from multiple planes over a period of 6 months, monitor evolving connectivity maps and pharmacological responses, as well as construct a reservoir neural network for biocomputing.

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

How 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…

How psychedelics push your brain to dream while awake – new study
How psychedelics induce intense visuals.

⚡ Newly identified brain circuit and cells link prior experiences to appetite
#brain

Newly identified brain circuit and cells link prior experiences to appetite
Our past experiences shape how much we eat and where and what we choose to eat. Using preclinical models, researchers from Mass General Brigham and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have identified brain cells that translate contextual information into appetite control.

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.

fly_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

Fortunately my brain is quite slow, so as long as I'm healthy I won't need an invasive BCI (brain implant) to output faster than I can type or talk (with or without AI), and I'll use a headset or smartglasses for AR/XR.

How 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

How psychedelics push your brain to dream while awake: New study
A new study in mice suggests psychedelics make the brain more likely to "see" images from memory rather than what's actually in front of it.

Brain-computer interfaces in healthcare: building the picks and shovels company while the giants fight over gold #BCI

Brain-Computer Interfaces in Healthcare: Building the Picks and Shovels Company While the Giants Fight Over Gold
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March 25, 2026: Conscious vision and its restoration in blindness https://neuronline.sfn.org/scientific-research/conscious-vision-and-its-restoration-in-blindness

Conscious Vision and Its Restoration in Blindness

What does a sensory stimulus have to achieve in the brain to enter into conscious awareness? The speaker was drawn to neuroscience to answer this question and to understand how the brain rewires during learning.

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.

Article on the ReVision Implant brain implant originating from China (WeChat): WeChat #BCI #NeuroTech

Milestone: Flexible Electrodes Implanted in Cerebral Cortex Offer Glimmer of Hope for Restoring Sight to the Blind; Brain - Computer Interface Gets FDA Breakthrough Device Designation
Recently, ReVision Implant, an innovative Belgian brain - computer interface firm, declared that its core product, the Occular visual reconstruction brain - computer interface, got the "Breakthrough Device Designation" from the US FDA.

Postdoc position in brain plasticity (blindness/deafness) at Georgetown University, Washington DC #neuroscience

"Why I don't think '#Neuralink' will ever be profitable" https://theneuroscienceofeverydaylife.substack.com/p/why-i-dont-think-neuralink-will-e…

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.

Nature: China approves brain chip to treat paralysis — a world first #Neuracle

China approves brain chip to treat paralysis — a world first
Chip allows people with paralysis to control a soft robotic hand.

Brain-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 …

Toward real-time fMRI? Exploring the sensitivity limits of neuronal current imaging with MRI and MEG in the human brain https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.17.706369v1 Local magnetic field amplitudes of ∼0.07 nT still below detection threshold of 0.2 nT at 3T; …

Crossmodal interaction of flashes and beeps across time and number follows Bayesian causal inference #SiFI

Crossmodal interaction of flashes and beeps across time and number follows Bayesian causal inference - Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
Multisensory perception requires the brain to dynamically infer causal relationships between sensory inputs across various dimensions, such as temporal and spatial attributes. Traditionally, Bayesian Causal Inference (BCI) models have generally provided a robust framework for understanding sensory processing in unidimensional settings where stimuli across sensory modalities vary along one dimension such as spatial location, or numerosity (Samad et al., PloS one, 10 (2), e0117178, 2015). However…

Paid research opportunity for blind participants. Must be blind from birth or infancy, and live within 50 miles of Washington DC https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSccpnHzLPO1RlBQAa3UNGXJ9hjQn_jHRv5GvIb6hqM7-caj-A/viewform

Interest form - volunteering for a SAMP Lab study
Welcome to the Sensory and Motor Plasticity Lab volunteer interest form, and thanks for showing an interest in our research! We are currently recruiting for a study of brain plasticity in people with blindness. Have you ever wondered about the way your brain reorganized to optimize touch, hearing, and memory, compared to your sighted family and friends? Georgetown University Medical Center is seeking individuals who are blind from birth or early infancy to participate in a new behavioral an…

Sensory Substitution and Brain Plasticity Following Vision Loss (#SenSubMRI) https://ichgcp.net/amp/clinical-trials-registry/NCT07450677

Garry 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 @…

Brain Computer Interfaces Are Now Giving Sight Back to the Blind
A 2mm chip restored sight more than 80% of blind trial patients, built by a former cofounder of Neuralink.

What 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

What It’s Like to Have a Brain Implant for 5 Years
No one has had a Synchron brain-computer interface longer than Rodney Gorham. He's still finding new ways to use it.

Paralyzed artist paints again: how one brain implant drives two pathways to recovery #NeuroXess #BCI