Deric Bownds

LATEST ARTICLES ( 2628 )

• Efficiently Irrational: Deciphering the Riddle of Human Choice

  Highlights of an open source article from Paul Glimcher: A central question for decision-making scholars is: why are humans and animals so predictably... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2022 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• The End of the World is Just the Beginning

  The title of this post repeats the title of Peter Zeihan's latest book, which I've just finished reading and found utterly fascinating and entertaining, in a... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2022 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Widespread Ripples Synchronize Human Cortical Activity During Sleep, Waking,...

  I pass on the summaries of work by Dickey et al.: Significance Different elements of a memory, or any mental event, are encoded in locations distributed across... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2022 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Restoring the Aged Brain with Cerebrospinal Fluid.

  The transfer of blood plasma from young animals to old animals, has been shown to reverse aging changes in the brain, and now Iram et al. Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2022 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• How the Organization of Generalized Knowledge Promotes Memory.

  From Wing et al.: Significance What we remember is shaped by what we already know. For example, remembering the angelfish from a recent aquarium visit is... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2022 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• fNIRS - Functional Near Iinfrared Spectroscopy as a Monitor of Brain Activity

  Functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI, requires that a subject remain still for an extended period within the confines of a large, noisy magnet... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2022 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience - a Fascinating Journal, Many Open...

  Rather than charging in to do separate posts on several of the following fascinating articles, I pass them on for readers to click and choose abstracts and... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2022 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Stress in Older Adults Accelerates Immune System Aging.

  Seo does a summary article that points to the work of Klopak et al. The Klopak et al. abstract: Significance As the world’s population of older adults increases... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2022 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• How Stress Focuses Brain Integration

  From Wang et al.(open source, with good graphics): Despite the prevalence of stress, how brains reconfigure their multilevel, hierarchical functional... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2022 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Truly Humbled....

  I came across this David Brooks piece while scanning the Atlantic Magazine App on my iPad this morning, and then found on checking my email that a friend had... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2022 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Reduction of Stress and Inflammatory Responses by Transcutaneous Cervical Vagal...

  

  I want to point to an article by Caron that reviews work investigating therapeutic effects of stimulating our vagus nerve, two large nerve fiber bundles that ru... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2022 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• The Self-immolation of the American Progressive Left

  MindBlog has been sticking with science lately, majorly dialing down the number of political posts that started appearing at the onset of the Trumpian era. I... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2022 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Theories of Consciousness

  A valuable summary article from Anil Seth and Time Bayne. The article has excelent graphics demonstrating the four main models of consciousness that are the... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2022 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• The Allure of Conspiracy Theories.

  Edsall does a nice essay on the allure of conspiracy theories which are playing a significant role in the current decline of a humane America being helplessly... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2022 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Magnetic Stimulation of the Brain Can Improve Cognitive Impairment

  An open source article from Liu et al. in the journal Cerebral Cortex reports that repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) over the bilateral angula... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2022 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Effortless Training of Attention and Self-control

  I pass on the highlights statement from a fascinating opinion piece by Tang et al. (motivated readers can obtain a copy of the text from me). Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2022 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• MindBlog in Crypto-Land

  

  Unless you have been hiding in a cave (not a bad place to be these days) you have doubtless been following the current crash of the stock market and the even... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2022 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Testerone Production in Adult Men is Regulated by an Adolescent Period...

  From Gettler et al.: Significance Testosterone influences how animals devote energy and time toward reproduction, including opposing demands of mating and... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2022 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• The Brain Signature of Choosing to Accept Pain in Exchange for Future Reward

  From Coll et al.: Significance We often willingly experience pain to reach a goal. However, potential pain can also prevent reckless action. How do we consider... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2022 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Neural Signatures of Major Depressive, Anxiety, and Stress-related Disorders

  Some fascintating observation from Zhukovsky et al., (open source, nice graphics of brain imaging results) who find that major depressive and anxiety disorders... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2022 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE