Opinions and Tips on AI & Chemistry—Chemistry Advent Calendar:
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On day 8 of #ScienceAdvent, we ponder whether we will ever be able to explain the brain in simple terms. It's a trainee's take, so would love to hear what the experts think:
https://neurofrontiers.blog/simplifying-the-brain-will-it-work/
On the sixth day of our #ScienceAdvent, we would like to talk about a debunked concept in neuroscience: learned helplessness. In short, it turns out that helplessness is not actually learned, but it's the default response when faced with prolonged inescapable adversity.
What we find really cool is also the fact that some of the researchers who popularized the concept and conducted a lot of research on it are the same who realized they had gotten it backwards.
Read more here:
https://neurofrontiers.blog/helplessness-is-not-learned/
Day 5 of #ScienceAdvent is a bit late, because somehow the academic end of the year implies doing a year's worth of work in three weeks 😅 But it's a good one.
I recently found out that awake dog fMRI is something that we can do and there's basically an entire subfield of "dog neuroscience". I also recently discovered Gregory Berns' book, "How Dogs Love Us", and I'm looking forward to a wholesome Christmas read.
Did you know about this? Have you read the book? Do you know any cool insights from this field? Would love to discuss.
https://neurofrontiers.blog/brain-activity-of-dogs/
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On day 3 of #ScienceAdvent we would like to talk about scientific concepts we don't understand. No one gets it all, so we think it's important to acknowledge that.
For us, one of the biggest mysteries in neuroscience remains the free energy principle. Despite numerous attempts to read the scientific literature on the topic, as well as to listen to Karl Friston's talks, it seems that our brains refuse to minimize their uncertainty with respect to this.
What's something that you still don't really grasp in your field?
Link to post if you want to read more about this: https://neurofrontiers.blog/the-free-energy-mystery/
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Implantation of a multielectrode paddle that allows personalized electrical stimulation to all regions of the spinal cord involved in leg and trunk movements rapidly restores motor function in patients with spinal cord injury with complete paralysis.
Should've probably shared this earlier, but I pretty much forgot. In December, we'll do a little #ScienceAdvent challenge. We've come up with 20 science-related prompts and every day we will share our neuroscience take on one of them. If you'd like to join in as well and share cool stuff from your field, here are the prompts: https://neurofrontiers.blog/science-advent-a-journey-through-science/
Don't forget to use the hashtag #ScienceAdvent.
The first prompt is "A scientist you admire". We picked a true legend in neuroscience: Brenda Milner. Here's our take on it: https://neurofrontiers.blog/brenda-milner-the-neuroscientist-to-admire/
Looking forward to learning about awesome scientists from other fields!
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