This is a repost from last year’s SfN Neuroblogging. While I am not blogging the conference this year, i’d like to repost this one, as I ALWAYS get asked what to bring, and what to WEAR! Every time Sci goes to a conference, I end up getting asked for stuff. Chances are, I usually have […]
Maybe you think you can’t sing. Singing is a talent you just don’t have. Some people can sing, like, you know, Adele: But you? You can’t sing. The authors of this study would argue that that is, probably, not true! You can sing! You…just really suck at it. Bella et al. “Singing proficiency in the […]
Unlike previous years, Sci will NOT be Neuroblogging this year’s SfN. I did like doing it, it was loads of fun, but I’m afraid there’s just too much on my plate this year. I will definitely be looking up this year’s neurobloggers, though! I think I recognize some names! 🙂 But I would like to […]
Sci is at SciAm blogs today, talking about a study showing that some animals will short themselves pretty severely on sleep…if they stand a good chance of gettin’ it on. Pectoral sandpipers will reduce sleep drastically during the mating season in the Arctic, and instead of hurting them, this actually…increases their fitness. Head over and […]
Remember that whole “avocados and eggplants go straight to the womb because they shaped like wombs”? It turns out that’s a THING. Like, a thing that people actually believe. Via Josh Rosenau, and presented with eyerolling. Food Patterns of our Body Proof for Intelligent Design from blowthetrumpet on GodTube. Yes. Josh found the video via […]
…if a woodchuck could chuck wood? We’ve all heard the answer to that age-old question: he’d chuck the wood that a woodchuck COULD chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood. But then you have to ask yourself: how much IS that? Someone actually found out. Or rather, they MAY have found out. The paper is […]
Sometimes, I read a paper, and I’m just suddenly struck by the sheer interconnectedness of the brain. This is one of those papers. Not because of the paper itself, but because when you see the association between one change in the brain (ADHD) and another (circadian rhythm), you can start to intuit other changes that […]