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Neuroscience for machine learners
A freely available short course on neuroscience for people with a machine learning background. Designed by Dan Goodman and Marcus Ghosh.Neuroscience for machine learners
Our first post of 2024 might make you feel a little better next time you forget something. Read "Why forgetting might actually be a good thing," by Jake Parker for an illuminating look at why we forget.
https://pennneuroknow.com/2024/01/09/why-forgetting-might-actually-be-a-good-thing/
#neuroscience #sciComm #brain #memory
Why forgetting might actually be a good thing
Our tendency to forget names, passwords, and skills is a source of endless frustration. However, this forgetfulness might actually be crucial for optimal brain function.PennNeuroKnow
https://picower.mit.edu/news/cracking-code-relates-brain-and-behavior-simple-animal
#neuroscience
Cracking the code that relates brain and behavior in a simple animal
MIT researchers model and map how neurons across the tiny brain of a C. elegans worm encode its behaviors, revealing many new insights about the robustness and flexibility of its nervous systempicower.mit.edu
Similar to two earlier studies by Jessica Nave-Blodgett from our labs in 2021, we show surprisingly slow developing development of beat perception into late childhood and adolescence.
We also found an interesting correlation between beat perception and phonological ability.
#music #childdevelopment #timeperception #psychology #neuroscience
https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Fdev0001513
"Models of the Mind: How physics, engineering, and mathematics have shaped our understanding of the brain" https://bookshop.org/p/books/models-of-the-mind-how-physics-engineering-and-mathematics-have-shaped-our-understanding-of-the-brain/14353682
#popularscience #neuroscience #AI #sciencebooks
