@seeingwithsound@mas.toA new framework for how the brain compresses our noisy world https://www.quantamagazine.org/a-new-framework-for-how-the-brain-compresses-our-noisy-world-20260824/ "An updated view of categorization reflects the modern understand…
@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'`,…
@qbi@freie-re.de
@catsalad@infosec.exchangeI'm not exactly sure what peptides are, but I assume it's brain worm food. :neocat_woozy:
@ErikUden@mastodon.deHey folx! You probably see a lot of stuff from other social networks mirrored to Mastodon, how about we do it the other way around?
Recently, I've starred to mirror my posts to Instagram, Reddit, and other platforms, and I've had quite the success. My biggest post on Instagram, which is just one screenshot of a Mastodon post, has 44.5k likes and 256k views. My
@Techmeme@techhub.socialNew York-based Probook, which is building an AI operating system for home service businesses, raised a $34M Series A led by a16z and a $6M seed led by Sequoia (Lily Mae Lazarus/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/06/23/excl…
@outer@mas.toYour brain is supplying the missing middle cherry.
@johl@mastodon.xyz
@elduvelle@neuromatch.social... Be prepared.. this was in an ad for a neuroscience workshop... Like a serious workshop...
I cannot understand how any neuroscientists could have made this and then looked at it and then thought it would be OK to use??
#Neuroscience #GenAiSlop
@sauer_lauwarm@mastodon.socialMethane in the brain
@heiseonline@social.heise.de
@grumpybozo@toad.socialSeek professional medical advice.
If it’s a metaphorical pounding of the brain, you can start the meds immediately. @… https://mastodon.social/@mcc/116982677147848319…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialCanadian children's media company WildBrain acquires child-focused generative AI startup Personality AI in a cash-and-stock deal worth up to $69M (Corbin Bolies/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/biz/news/wildbrain-acquires-kid-safe-ai-…
@cheryanne@aus.socialNourish, Heal & Rise With Dr Andrea Robertson
Each week, Dr Andrea Robertson (Osteopath, Naturopath, and Nutritionist) goes deep on inflammation, hormones, gut health, perimenopause, weight, energy, and brain fog...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/nouris
@seeingwithsound@mas.to#Neuralink cumulative human brain implants - actual vs originally projected (through August 2026) https://chatgpt.com/share/6a8d4c67-aa30-83eb-be07-ac657bbef6c7
@NFL@darktundra.xyz5 Takeaways on the Fallout From an Alarming C.T.E. Study https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/us/cte-nfl-football-takeaways.html
@Erikmitk@mastodon.gamedev.placeCan someone explain to me how the argument “ #LLMs only produce stochastically reasonable output ” is relevant or convincing?
Like… how do you think a human brain forms a sentence? Is this a straight-forward deterministic process? Does it matter?
I use tools and processes to verify my output and so does a coding agent.
I just don't get how this is an argument that would…
@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 54480 edges.
Tags: Biolo…
@newsie@darktundra.xyz
@aardrian@toot.cafeReading an article shared by a reputable source about accessible scrollable tables and the article indicates words that relate to the code by using color-coded underlines that are not links and my brain broke before I saw all the encoded px and LTR-only styles and yeah fine whatever close tab sigh.
@seeingwithsound@mas.toWhat if the brain doesn't create consciousness? Christof Koch proposes it might be the fabric of reality itself https://www.sciencealert.com/what-if-the-brain-doesnt-create-consciousness-scientist-proposes-i…
@raiders@darktundra.xyzAldon 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…
@cdarwin@c.imWhen we encounter something that promises enjoyment or discovery, the brain’s reward system becomes active.
One important pathway runs from the ventral tegmental area,
a dopamine-producing region in the midbrain involved in motivation,
to the nucleus accumbens, a structure that helps generate feelings of reward.
Dopamine is often described as a pleasure chemical, but that is too simple.
One of its key roles is helping the brain identify opportunities worth pursu…
@seeingwithsound@mas.toChina clears brain-computer interfaces for commercial use: Is it time for a global coalition? https://thedebrief.org/china-clears-brain-computer-interfaces-for-commercial-use-is-it-time-for-a-global-coalition/
@NFL@darktundra.xyzGiants' Cam Skattebo on viral backflip fail, wild reputation: 'They wanna say I'm brain-dead ... who cares?'
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/cam-skattebo-backflip-b…
@arXiv_eessIV_bot@mastoxiv.pageDelta-Diffusion: Modeling Longitudinal Brain Amyloid-PET Trajectories via Conditional Poisson Diffusion Bridge
Yongheng Sun, Minhui Yu, Mengqi Wu, Maureen Kohi, Mingxia Liu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.22216
@Dragofix@veganism.socialChlorpyrifos: Pesticide tied to brain damage in children, chronic disease and other health problems #environment
@kurtsh@mastodon.socialA new spinning illusion. Once your brain figures it out, you can switch the spin direction on command. Reminds me of the old stereoscopic images from the 80s.
#illusions
@fortune@social.linux.pizzaThey use different words for things in America.
For instance they say elevator and we say lift.
They say drapes and we say curtains.
They say president and we say brain damaged git.
-- Alexie Sayle
@Techmeme@techhub.socialChina's BrainCo unveils what it says is the world's first integrated "brain-to-robot" platform that lets users control robots using an EEG headset (Minxiao Chang/South China Morning Post)
https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trend…
@djghettoredneck@mastodon.djghettoredneck.comI'm watching House 3x20 "House Training" #House
@seeingwithsound@mas.toGovernment strategy is shaping the global brain-computer interface race https://neurotechreports.com/news/government-strategy-is-shaping-the-global-brain-computer-interface-race
@wraithe@mastodon.socialFelony…camping
Imma go wash my brain out with bleach.
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:uqrng3jvztdp5xhengot5vhy/post/3mr6a6zq6lk2q
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioRequired reading for programmers
https://aeon.co/essays/your-brain-does-not-process-information-and-it-is-not-a-computer
@smurthys@hachyderm.ioRecovering from (minor) brain and spine injury, I'm hand writing the same text phrase in eight distinct scripts (five new to me), with consecutive writings in "dissimilar" scripts to force my brain and hands to think each time. My goal is to repeat the whole octet 1250 times (total 10K). 🍎🏋️♂️🧠
#wip #wipWednesday #health
@arXiv_physicsmedph_bot@mastoxiv.pageMORSE-PI -- Flexible and artefact-free image reconstruction for structural and functional QSM and other phase-critical imaging applications
Barbara Dymerska, Oliver Josephs, Benjamin James, Vahid Malekian, Nadine N. Graedel, Martina F. Callaghan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.21336 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2606.21336 https://arxiv.org/html/2606.21336
arXiv:2606.21336v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Phase imaging applications such as QSM are highly sensitive to noise amplifications, phase singularities, and other artefacts, particularly in challenging scenarios such as ultra-high field (7T), under-sampled or single-echo acquisitions. We present a novel image reconstruction method, MORSE-PI, designed to produce high-SNR, artefact-free, and singularity-free phase images for both structural and functional phase-based brain imaging. MORSE-PI extends our previous approach, MORSE, by introducing a Virtual Reference Coil (VRC). The VRC is constructed as a linear combination of coil sensitivity maps, with correlations enhanced between coil elements using the noise covariance matrix. Such a VRC ensures robust signal support across the entire brain and is used to correct phase offsets in the MORSE-derived coil sensitivity estimates, resulting in artefact-free, high SNR phase. Compared to GRAPPA with ASPIRE phase correction, MORSE-PI demonstrates greater robustness to artefacts such as noise amplification and aliasing, and shows improved reproducibility in structural imaging at both 3T and 7T. Unlike ESPIRiT and GRAPPA combined with adaptive coil combination methods, MORSE-PI yields singularity-free phase maps. MORSE-PI enables high-SNR reconstructions even for the most challenging scenarios, such as single-echo EPI at 7T. Its efficient, containerised implementation using the Gadgetron framework supports deployment on the MRI scanner console during measurements. MORSE-PI offers a flexible and computationally efficient solution for generating high-SNR, artefact- and singularity-free phase images in both single- and multi-echo GRE and EPI acquisitions. This makes it particularly well-suited for structural and functional QSM, as well as other phase-based MRI applications. Its robustness and rapid computational time facilitate efficient deployment on scanners across field strengths.
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@stargazersmith@social.linux.pizzaHaving tinnitus, I found this interesting .
#tinnitus
@cowboys@darktundra.xyzTroy Aikman confesses about his "ridiculous" daily routine to protect brain after surviving 10 career concussions https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/troy-aikman-concussions-daily-…
@davidaugust@mastodon.online @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'`,…
@seeingwithsound@mas.toMapping and modulating brain dynamics in aging and neurodegeneration with electroencephalography and integrated neurotechnologies in primates https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnins.2026.1689222/full
@elduvelle@neuromatch.socialJust saw that #genAI models now have a "how to protect the environment" suggestion... which suggests to use different genAI models 😇🤣🤦
You want to know the best way to save energy and protect the environment?
@cdarwin@c.imHumans evolved to pay close attention to danger,
but today that instinct is being overwhelmed by an endless supply of bad news from around the world.
Researchers say the answer isn’t to stop following current events
—it’s to build healthier habits around how, when, and where we get our news.
https://www.
@grumpybozo@toad.socialJust went to look into what the “propagator model of computation” is, and read just enough to understand that it may be a better basis for actual AI than the LLM and diffusion models. Also just enough to recognize that I no longer have the brain of my 20’s, when I positively hoovered up such things.
@newsie@darktundra.xyzMemories Mysteriously Survive After Brain Shutdown, And Scientists Don’t Know Why https://www.404media.co/memories-mysteriously-survive-after-brain-shutdown-and-scientists-dont-know-why/
@seeingwithsound@mas.toPredicting visual mental imagery: structural and transcriptomic signatures in the human brain https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-026-10309-6 "a distributed cortical architecture underlying VMI vividness" (VMI = visual mental imagery);
@djghettoredneck@mastodon.djghettoredneck.comI'm watching House 3x20 "House Training" #House
@Dragofix@veganism.socialEU-approved pesticide found to have potential effects on brain development https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/02/eu-approved-pesticide-found-to-have-potential-effects-on-brain-development
…
@seeingwithsound@mas.toA computer model predicted which human brain implant channels would fail #invasive
@cdarwin@c.imIt’s been a brutal tactic deployed by local and federal law enforcement officials time and time again over the past year:
using teargas, rubber bullets and pepper spray to control protests outside ICE detention centers or during enforcement operations.
Now, a new report lays bare the scale of the use of these crowd-control weapons during
anti-immigration demonstrations across the US,
including hundreds of incidents that resulted in lasting and traumatic injuries.
@seeingwithsound@mas.toFrontal cortex organization supporting audiovisual processing during naturalistic viewing https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-73947-8 "ventral division primarily processes auditory information and the dorsal division processes visual inputs", "this cortical orga…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialIsrael-based Hemispheric, whose AI model can analyze brain activity measured non-invasively and turn it into quantitative metrics for diagnoses, raised $52M (Meytal Vaizberg/Globes)
https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-neuroai-diagnostic-co-hemispheri…
@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 121755 edges.
Tags: Biol…
@NFL@darktundra.xyzFamily to have Smith's brain checked for CTE https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/49081473/family-aldon-smith-having-brain-checked-cte
@Dragofix@veganism.socialCleaner city air linked to better cognitive development in children https://www.earth.com/environment/cleaner-city-air-linked-to-better-cognitive-development-in-children/
@cdarwin@c.imResearchers 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…
@seeingwithsound@mas.toPsychedelics align brain activity with context https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10910-z Under psilocybin, "the separation between internal models and sensory context on which predictive processing depends" dissolves.
Brain-wide reconfiguration of burst firin…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialA look at Russia's push to develop homegrown AI talent, as the country is hampered by scarce access to AI hardware and a brain drain of top technical talent (Nikita Ostrovsky/Time)
https://time.com/article/2026/06/18/russia-ai-putin-chip-us-china/
@seeingwithsound@mas.toSensory restoration via brain-computer interfaces: A unified 2×2 framework and convergence roadmap https://arxiv.org/html/2606.15091v1
"Community Siloing: Research remains siloed. Teams developing high-density invasive stimulation interfaces rarely collaborate with teams building non-invasive se…
@cdarwin@c.imOne of the world's top centers for brain science is taking a huge gamble on a tiny, transparent fish.
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Janelia Research Campus near Washington, D.C., has announcedan effort to use artificial intelligence and an unusual fish called Danionella to understand how the brain controls complex behaviors like social interaction.
Janelia plans to triple the space dedicated to fish to 6,000 square feet, which will make room for thousands of new t…
@Dragofix@veganism.socialIntermittent fasting triggers surprising changes in the brain #health
@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'`,…
@seeingwithsound@mas.toNon-invasive mapping of the temporal processing hierarchy in the human visual cortex https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1014434 by @…
@seeingwithsound@mas.toCompanies developing brain implants for restoring vision to the blind will add smartglasses to compensate for ultra-crude vision, but smartglasses offering AI scene description, real-time talking OCR and sensory substitution may render the brain implant redundant. #BCI #blindness
@cdarwin@c.imNeuroscientists long theorized that bilingual speakers must process different languages with separate patterns of brain activity.
In a new study, however, researchers found that these patterns were more alike than had been expected.
When deciding how to make a word singular or plural, for instance,
bilingual people exhibit strikingly similar brain activity regardless of whether they are speaking in their first or second language.
“It wasn’t obvious that it was going to…
@seeingwithsound@mas.toFrom deep brain stimulation to brain–computer interfaces: current progress in implantable neurotechnology https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnins.2026.1928223/full
@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.toStanford researchers discover a language-specific network hidden in the human brain https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/stanford-researchers-discover-a-language-specific-network-hidden-in-the-human-brain/
@seeingwithsound@mas.toTopographic reorganization of EEG complexity during visual mental imagery: Insights from Lempel-Ziv complexity in high-density EEG https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10548-026-01238-y "Visual mental imagery is the process of reconstructing perceptual experience…
@cdarwin@c.imAt an Arkansas school, a boy was hit by the school’s founder and attacked by classmates in a group session the founder led, prompting a complaint and her arrest.
State Money Still Flows: Despite a jail term for the school’s founder, "The Delta Institute for the Developing Brain" continues to operate and Arkansas still sends it public funds.
Unregulated and Growing: BY DESIGN, private schools get little oversight in Arkansas even as new opportunities to receive state m…
@seeingwithsound@mas.toBrain implant helps paralysed man to feed himself and drink from cup https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jul/16/neural-bypass-brain-implant-paralysed-man-feed-himself-drink-from-cup "Keith Thomas can move ar…
@seeingwithsound@mas.to @seeingwithsound@mas.toLong-term stability of cellular-resolution brain-computer interface recordings after stroke #BCI
@seeingwithsound@mas.toMysterious waves sweeping across your brain may help turn sensory chaos into what you see https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260816044827.htm "neural traveling waves may function as a computational engine in the visual cortex";
@seeingwithsound@mas.toElon Musk will blame delayed regulatory approval when not doing the first Neuralink Blindsight brain implant in a blind human in 2026. ChatGPT: "Yes—more precisely, Musk has already laid the rhetorical groundwork for that explanation." https://chatgpt.com/share/6a8b0631-870
@seeingwithsound@mas.to(LinkedIn) According to some, China takes global lead in regulated brain-computer interfaces, speeding US medtech's regulatory race https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/china-takes-global-lead-regulated-brain-computer-interfaces-panda-yu-agy…
@seeingwithsound@mas.toIntracortical BCI performance is robust to changes in attentional load during dual-tasking #NeuroPort
@seeingwithsound@mas.toHuman-machine learning boosts noninvasive brain-computer control in untrained users https://techxplore.com/news/2026-07-human-machine-boosts-noninvasive-brain.html "working on noninvasive brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) to develop technology that is…
@seeingwithsound@mas.toBuilding brain-computer interfaces: the 3 pillars of #Paradromics https://paradromics.com/blog/building-brain-computer-interfaces-3-pillars/ referencing TK Kozai (2015…
@seeingwithsound@mas.to @seeingwithsound@mas.to#Paradromics and University of Michigan complete first #Connexus BCI implantation for the FDA-approved Connect-One clinical study
@seeingwithsound@mas.toVersion v3 of the white paper and living document on The vOICe vision BCI and brain implants for restoring vision is now on Zenodo #BCI
@seeingwithsound@mas.toA visual imagery paradigm for #BCI strategies using imagined flickering patterns https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-41324-6 (table correction at
@seeingwithsound@mas.toWIRED: Her brain was broken. It was fixed with sound - not a scalpel https://www.wired.com/story/brain-focused-ultrasound/ (archived at https://a…
@seeingwithsound@mas.toRE: https://mas.to/@seeingwithsound/116770859835603764
(YouTube, 2010) Paul Bach-y-Rita on the Brain Machine Interface https…
@seeingwithsound@mas.toFor Elon Musk, Neuralink Blindsight likely merely temporarily serves his current PR needs ("Jesus-level" technology) and as a stepping stone to treating other conditions that are not for a niche market like blindness, or as a stepping stone to mass-market consumer BCIs with AI. Musk is unlikely to do anything mature and sustainable for blindness.
The vOICe vision BCI, on the other hand, has the singular goal of bringing a lasting equivalent of (low) vision to the world
@seeingwithsound@mas.to"We don't see with our eyes, we see with our brain" - Paul Bach-y-Rita https://www.seeingwithsound.com/BCI.html
@seeingwithsound@mas.toStairMed's penetrating BCI trial at Huashan reaches 18 cumulative implants https://insidebci.com/news/2026-07-20-stairmed-18-patients-huashan-shanghai-penetrating-bci-trial/
@seeingwithsound@mas.to @seeingwithsound@mas.toSpatial 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 "…
@seeingwithsound@mas.toChina 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
@seeingwithsound@mas.toLucid dreaming is fascinating for its vividness and visual realism, but sound-guided mental imagery may have more immediate practical applications (for the blind). Can the human brain learn new tricks and even switch states as in awake vs asleep, now for veridical hallucinations?
@seeingwithsound@mas.to @seeingwithsound@mas.toDo non-language regions become language regions? The case of deprived sensory cortices https://academic.oup.com/brain/advance-article/doi/10.1093/brain/awag242/8728959 "Deprived sensory cortices, contrary to many claims, do not become language regio…
@seeingwithsound@mas.toScientists discover the brain can rewire itself to truly multitask https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-discover-the-brain-can-rewire-itself-to-truly-multitask/ Implications for sensory substitution? Sensory overload?
Extensive experienc…
@seeingwithsound@mas.toWhat 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…
@seeingwithsound@mas.toVisual-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
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I also think it was obvious, basically everyone with sense said that Iran could win the war simply by outlasting US resolve, and they did precisely that. Trump basically thought the Iranians would fold like the Venezuelans did after Maduro, he was wrong.
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Unless you're an brain-wormed partisan,
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@McFaul
This agreement is far worse than I expected.
To reopen the strait— a strait that was open before the war- we and our partners are transferring billions to the autocrats. We get nothing else— no elimination of enriched uranium, missiles, or terrorist support. And to add one final gift, we agree to not help the Iranian people pursue their democratic aspirations. Just incredible.
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Farnaz Fassihi @farnazfassihi
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