@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/
@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'`,…
@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…
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #SonicReducer
The Gears:
🎵 Teenage Brain
#TheGears
https://thedefog.bandcamp.com/track/fears-for-a-teenage-brain
https://open.spotify.com/track/2nuY8QtC890uJH9fCWuTAm
@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
@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
@heiseonline@social.heise.de @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…
@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.
@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…
@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…
@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.
@morituri@berlin.socialHeute, wie auch gestern, bin ich mit meinem alten Schatz, der Nikon D7200 und dem Sigma 150–600 unterwegs. Nach dem ganzen Schwall an Automatik-, Motiv- und Fokusprogrammen der hippen spiegellosen Systemkameras ist es so etwas wie ein Brain-Reset!
Eine Wohltat, sich mit den Basics der Fotografie zu beschäftigen. Keine Automatik, alles von Hand regeln und einstellen. Einfach den Moduswähler auf M stellen und selbst zu entscheiden, wie etwas auszusehen hat.
Ich geh dann mal malen … mit Licht!
@djghettoredneck@mastodon.djghettoredneck.comI'm watching House 3x20 "House Training" #House
@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…
@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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@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
@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…
@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
@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
@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'`,…
@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/
@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
@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…
@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…
@davidaugust@mastodon.online @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.
@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/
@sean@scoat.esTen years ago today, all* of #Canada gathered together to watch The Tragically Hip's last show.
Gord Downie, the band's lead singer and main songwriter, had been diagnosed with an aggressive brain cancer, and The Hip went out on a farewell tour (though they did not call it that).
I did not get tickets to the Kingston show, but we watched at home with the kids. They probably barely re…
@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
@carturo222@ohai.socialMy brain keeps mixing up The Hunt for Gollum with The Hunt for Ben Solo, and somehow I'm not too worried.
@arXiv_qbioNC_bot@mastoxiv.pageExploring Brain Networks Using Noninvasive Electrophysiological Measurements: Methods and Applications
Richard Leahy, Takfarinas Medani
https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.17602 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2607.17602 https://arxiv.org/html/2607.17602
arXiv:2607.17602v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Electroencephalography (EEG) and magnetoencephalography (MEG) provide noninvasive measurements of brain activity with millisecond temporal resolution, enabling the investigation of functional and effective interactions within large-scale brain networks. This chapter presents a comprehensive overview of the methodological foundations and practical workflows for EEG/MEG-based brain network analysis. We first review the physical principles underlying EEG and MEG, emphasizing their complementary strengths and limitations. We then describe the forward and inverse problems, including subject-specific head modeling, source reconstruction techniques, and the importance of accurate anatomical modeling for reliable source localization. Strategies for mitigating volume conduction and signal leakage are discussed, together with best practices for source-space connectivity analysis. The chapter reviews widely used functional and effective connectivity measures, including coherence, phase synchronization metrics, amplitude envelope correlation, Granger causality, dynamic causal modeling, and transfer entropy, highlighting their assumptions, advantages, and limitations. Modern end-to-end analysis pipelines are presented, with particular emphasis on Brainstorm and complementary open-source software for reproducible EEG/MEG research. Finally, we discuss emerging approaches, including time-varying connectivity, cross-frequency interactions, and network-based analyses, illustrating how noninvasive electrophysiology contributes to understanding brain organization in health and disease. The chapter provides both conceptual foundations and practical guidance for researchers and advanced students seeking to map and interpret human brain networks using EEG and MEG.
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@CubitOom@social.linux.pizzaFascist brutalized this man, gave him internal bleeding and a brain hemorrhage, then put an ankle monitor on him (08/11/26). They didn't let him get an MRI until 08/19/26
Let me know if the subtitles need to be edited, my Spanish isn't very good.
Video Source:
https://reddit.com/comments/1vreknd
@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-…
@markhburton@mstdn.socialSome decisions are so hard!
Brain rot or possible survival?
Help me with this!
Europe must choose between AI and climate goals, data center lobby says.
https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-choose-ai-climate-goals-data-center-chief-warn…
@nohillside@smnn.chEndlose 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…
@seeingwithsound@mas.toA computer model predicted which human brain implant channels would fail #invasive
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Roadhouse
Ween:
🎵 Help Me Scrape the Mucus Off My Brain
#Ween
https://lilorphananarchy.bandcamp.com/track/help-me-scrape-the-mucus-off-my-brain-ween
https://open.spotify.com/track/5uBLY1Txqiy8hamP11QcGc
@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?
@djghettoredneck@mastodon.djghettoredneck.comI'm watching House 3x20 "House Training" #House
@Dragofix@veganism.socialChlorpyrifos: Pesticide tied to brain damage in children, chronic disease and other health problems #environment
@arXiv_physicsmedph_bot@mastoxiv.pageOpenPINT: Open-source Planning for Isoeffective Nuclear Treatments in BNCT research
Ian Postuma, Sara J. Gonz\'alez, Setareh Fatemi, Cristina Pezzi, Carolina Ruzzon, Oreste Nicrosini, Valerio Vercesi, Silva Bortolussi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.21476 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2606.21476 https://arxiv.org/html/2606.21476
arXiv:2606.21476v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Objective: Present OpenPINT (Open-source Planning for Isoeffective Nuclear Treatments), an open-source treatment planning system for nuclear therapies that integrates Monte Carlo dose calculations with modular dosimetric and radiobiological models for photon-isoeffective dose evaluation.
Approach: We describe the software architecture, implementation choices, and data flow from segmented geometry and source configuration to NIfTI dose outputs. We define BNCT-relevant dosimetric metrics and evaluate the workflow with reproducible analytic and voxelized cylindrical-phantom benchmarks, supplemented by a geometric patient-positioning example.
Main results: The module provides a reproducible and scriptable path for generating MCNP-ready inputs, extracting component-wise BNCT dose maps, and computing analysis-ready outputs for quality checks and decision support. Fine-resolution voxelized configurations reproduced the 1 mm analytic reference within 0.13% for the brain-limited irradiation-time endpoint, whereas the full voxelized sweep exposed deviations up to 4.42% in coarse 8--10 mm configurations. Patient-wide gamma pass rates were at least 99.60% for the evaluated mesh/interpolation cases, while low-dose DVH-tail quantities remained sensitive to boundary discretization.
Significance: This first paper isolates and validates the simulation-preparation and dosimetric-analysis core of an open-source BNCT treatment-planning platform. It establishes a foundation for subsequent work on optimization, biological weighting, and clinical workflow integration.
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@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
@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…
@seeingwithsound@mas.to @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.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
@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…
@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
@aardrian@toot.cafeI get this, mostly because I fancy myself a writer:
https://caneandable.social/@WeirdWriter/117113511781387827
I also know this is true, because I have witnessed it:
@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…
@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…
@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
…
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #SonicReducer
Beta Voids:
🎵 Brain Malfunction
#BetaVoids
https://betavoids.bandcamp.com/track/brain-malfunction
@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'`,…
@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.toIntracortical BCI performance is robust to changes in attentional load during dual-tasking #NeuroPort
@arXiv_physicsmedph_bot@mastoxiv.pagePRIME-SVR: Physics-infoRmed Implicit Multi-Echo Slice-to-Volume Reconstruction for Fetal T2 mapping
Busra Bulut, Maik Dannecker, Thomas Sanchez, Sara Neves Silva, Steven Jia, Jean-Baptiste Ledoux, Leo Pomar, Joanna Sichitiu, Yvan Gomez, Meriam Koob, Vincent Dunet, Maria Deprez, Guillaume Auzias, Francois Rousseau, Jana Hutter, Daniel Rueckert, Meritxell Bach Cuadra
https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.20136 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2607.20136 https://arxiv.org/html/2607.20136
arXiv:2607.20136v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Slice-to-volume reconstruction (SVR) is the standard method for obtaining high-resolution (HR) 3D fetal brain volumes from motion-corrupted 2D MRI slice stacks acquired in multiple orientations. Existing SVR methods are optimized and validated only for clinical-range echo times (TEs), limiting their use at non-clinical TEs and making them incompatible with quantitative T2 mapping, a protocol- and center-independent biomarker of fetal brain maturation requiring HR reconstructions across multiple TEs. We present PRIME-SVR, the first implicit neural representation (INR) framework for joint HR reconstruction from multi-echo MRI. A single fully connected network models a continuous function from spatial coordinates to signal intensities across TEs, while a second network estimates slice-specific acquisition degradations. Cross-TE coherence is enforced via a Bloch equation-derived regularization penalizing deviations from expected T2 decay, with adaptive weighting that strengthens coupling for degraded stacks. The method is fully self-supervised. We validate PRIME-SVR on 39 in vivo fetal acquisitions (13 subjects x 3 TEs) from two centers, two vendors, and two field strengths (1.5 T and 0.55 T). Compared to state-of-the-art SVR, PRIME-SVR improves reconstruction sharpness by 47%, anatomical accuracy by 30%, and cross-TE structural consistency by 14%. It enables reconstruction at late TEs previously inaccessible to SVR, yielding the first 0.8 mm isotropic T2 maps at 0.55 T and the first T2 maps derived from INR-based SVR. PRIME-SVR also accelerates quantitative imaging by reducing the data needed for multi-TE reconstruction, cutting acquisition from 15 to 10 minutes while keeping T2 accuracy within 1.7% in white and deep gray matter, or to 5 minutes with a mean T2 error of 2.3% for high-quality acquisitions.
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@NFL@darktundra.xyzAldon 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/
@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.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…
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.defly_hemibrain: Fly hemibrain (2020)
A synaptic map of the hemibrain connectome of fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. Nodes are neurons, and edges are synaptic connections, traced individually from brain image sections using EM reconstruction techniques. Neurons are labeled by their type. Edges are annotated by the connection strength between the neurons.
This network has 21739 nodes and 4259624 edges.
Tags: Biological, Connectome, Weighted, Metadata
@seeingwithsound@mas.to @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 @…
@Dragofix@veganism.socialIntermittent fasting triggers surprising changes in the brain #health
@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.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/
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
Flea:
🎵 Maggot Brain
#Flea
https://officialflea.bandcamp.com/track/maggot-brain
https://open.spotify.com/track/3poJZBl2yoeWbMMxX63YcE
@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.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
@Dragofix@veganism.socialScientists discover a surprising link between vitamin C and brain health #nutrition
@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.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.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(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.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.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.to#Paradromics and University of Michigan complete first #Connexus BCI implantation for the FDA-approved Connect-One clinical study
@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.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.toRE: https://mas.to/@seeingwithsound/116770859835603764
(YouTube, 2010) Paul Bach-y-Rita on the Brain Machine Interface https…
@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.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(YouTube) No Priors podcast: From restoring sight to reimagining the brain, with Max Hodak, CEO of Science Corporation #BCI
@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.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.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.to @seeingwithsound@mas.toSciAm: U.S. scientists are being lured abroad - and they aren't looking back https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/u-s-scientists-are-being-lured-abroad-and-they-arent-looking-back/
@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.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.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.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.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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Tom Nichols @RadioFreeTom
Unless you're an brain-wormed partisan,
"Iran is an evil regime," "this preventive war was stupid and should never have been launched," and "this peace …](https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/116/784/600/296/658/717/original/849edf4a8fcf95df.png)
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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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