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🧠 Decoded circuits reveal how brain cell networks stabilize memory formation
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Decoded circuits reveal how brain cell networks stabilize memory formation
Newly decoded brain circuits make memories more stable as part of learning, according to a study led by NYU Langone Health researchers.

🔊 New technique uses focused sound waves and holograms to control brain circuits
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-08-technique-focused-holograms-brain-circuits.html

New technique uses focused sound waves and holograms to control brain circuits
A new study provides the first visual evidence showing that brain circuits in living animals can be activated by ultrasound waves projected into specific patterns (holograms).

🩻 Improved light sheet microscope allows researchers to watch the brain learn
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Improved light sheet microscope allows researchers to watch the brain learn
Modern imaging is contributing significantly to giving us a better understanding of how our brains work. In the long term, this will also help us to treat learning disorders in a more targeted way and develop new learning methods. Techniques for doing this are being developed at UZH.

🥓 Brain health could be improved with high-fat, low-carb diet, study finds
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Brain health could be improved with high-fat, low-carb diet, study finds
There may be a way to protect brain energy to preserve cognition—and the secret could lie on your plate. Think fish and seafood, meat, non-starchy vegetables, berries, nuts, seeds, eggs and even high-fat dairy products.

🕵️ Major theories of consciousness may have been focusing on the wrong part of the brain
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-09-major-theories-consciousness-focusing-wrong.html

Major theories of consciousness may have been focusing on the wrong part of the brain
What gives rise to human consciousness? Are some parts of the brain more important than others? Scientists began tackling these questions in more depth about 35 years ago. Researchers have made progress, but the mystery of consciousness remains very much alive.

« Adult human cortex does not reorganize after amputation » (and certainly also for other species). So, do not trust textbooks (or LLMs that statistically parameterize those). #brain #plasticity #neuroscience

Adult human cortex does not reorganize after amputation
The results from a new longitudinal study contradict classic findings in monkeys but may not warrant a rewriting of the textbooks just yet.

📉 The loser's brain: How neuroscience controls social behavior
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The loser's brain: How neuroscience controls social behavior
Social hierarchies are everywhere—think of high school dramas, where the athletes are portrayed as the most popular, or large companies, where the CEO makes the important decisions. Such hierarchies aren't just limited to humans, but span the animal kingdom, with dominant individuals getting faster food access, higher mating priority, and bigger or better territories. While it's long been thought that winning or losing can influence the position of an individual within a social hierarchy, the…

⏱️ Researchers discover how the human brain organizes its visual memories through precise neural timing
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-07-human-brain-visual-memories-precise.html

Researchers discover how the human brain organizes its visual memories through precise neural timing
Researchers at the University of Southern California have made a significant breakthrough in understanding how the human brain forms, stores and recalls visual memories. A new study, published in Advanced Science, harnesses human patient brain recordings and a powerful machine learning model to shed new light on the brain's internal code that sorts memories of objects into categories—think of it as the brain's filing cabinet of imagery.

💫 Scientists discover how nanoplastics disrupt brain energy metabolism
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Scientists discover how nanoplastics disrupt brain energy metabolism
Scientists from the Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute (TBSI) have discovered how nanoplastics—even smaller than microplastics—disrupt energy metabolism in brain cells. Their findings may have implications for better understanding neurodegenerative diseases characterized by declining neurological or brain function, and even shed new light on issues with learning and memory.

What's a new skill you picked up recently to combat #brainrot ?
"brain rot
(n.) the supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state, especially viewed as the result of overconsumption of material (now particularly online content) considered to be trivial or unchallenging. Also: something characterized as likely to lead to such deterioration."
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🐦‍⬛ A 'bird's eye view' of how human brains operate
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A 'bird's eye view' of how human brains operate
A new study provides the best evidence to date that the connection patterns between various parts of the human brain can tell scientists the specialized functions of each region.

🧁 Tiny sugars in the brain disrupt emotional circuits, fueling depression
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Tiny sugars in the brain disrupt emotional circuits, fueling depression
Depression is a serious disorder that disrupts daily life through lethargy, sleep disturbance, and social withdrawal, and also increases the risk of suicide. The number of depression patients has steadily increased over the years, affecting more than 280 million people worldwide as of 2025. Now, researchers have uncovered a new pathological mechanism that could provide clues for the diagnosis and treatment of depression.

⭐ Researchers uncover surprising limit on human imagination
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Researchers uncover surprising limit on human imagination
Human beings can juggle up to 10 balls at once. But how many can they move through the air with their imaginations?

⚡ Under-the-skin electrode allows for real-world epilepsy tracking
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Under-the-skin electrode allows for real-world epilepsy tracking
New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College London in partnership with the Mayo Clinic and UNEEG medical, has found that an electronic device placed under the scalp is an effective and feasible means of accurately tracking epilepsy.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #TheMorningAfterMix
Brain Eno:
🎵 The Big Ship - 2004 Remaster
#BrainEno
https://open.spotify.com/track/2d9KBVxb6bUfVCjjv1JAVe

🧠 A molecular atlas of the hippocampus: Mapping RNAs and proteins at synaptic resolution
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-09-molecular-atlas-hippocampus-rnas-proteins.html

A molecular atlas of the hippocampus: Mapping RNAs and proteins at synaptic resolution
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research have mapped the molecular landscape of the mouse hippocampus, a region central to learning and memory. By combining RNA and protein profiling with advanced methods to isolate brain regions and synapses, the team identified thousands of molecules with distinct spatial patterns.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #PositiveVibrations
Big Youth & Brain Damage:
🎵 2020 I Pray Thee
#BigYouth #BrainDamage
https://braindamagedub.bandcamp.com/track/2020-i-pray-thee
https://open.spotify.com/track/5xSQvtNCyGXvCda2FDW052

💫 Inside the search for a universal signature of unconsciousness
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Inside the search for a universal signature of unconsciousness
A universal marker of unconsciousness could transform both medicine and our understanding of the mind.

🧠 People with more life experience see and digest everyday 'events' more clearly, research finds
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People with more life experience see and digest everyday 'events' more clearly, research finds
Research by Royal Holloway has found people with a varied social life mentally put their daily experiences into small "events," compared to more isolated people who see their world as one-long stretch.