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For those not born in the cave or who manage to escape, the terrifying monsters that inhabit the world are far worse than the safety of shadows.

Also called “Visual/Spatial” learners. Dorsal dominant learning is a requirement for hyperlexia. Dorsal dominant individuals usually have more acute sensory response, and are also “empathic”, in that they are able to read and predict external thought not by making an internal reference, but by focusing on transmitted behavioral information more acutely. Dorsal dominant thought is…

Thinking about the mechanics of how astrocytes produce discrete associations for a broad range of stimuli. Discreteness of memory is an artifact of access to these non coding regions. Cultural similarities/affinities are an artifact of similar DNA pairings across these non-coding regions. Loss of access results in dementia. Memory as a whole requires these non-coding…

Trying to figure out exactly how much of the limbic system is replicated in the deep cerebellar nuclei, my suspicion is all of it but need more information. Also, are layers 4-6 of cerebral cortex reciprocated across the posterior lobe of the cerebellum? Been awhile so looking for physiology updates as well. Second level question…

I’ve been kind of amused by the thought over the last week that one of the artifacts of understanding brain function from a metabolic/genetic level is that we are going to cross the rubicon into an era of truly customized drugs. And seeing how much our brains heavily bias toward good/bad things, once we understand…

Genetically diverse vs. genetically identical model pools – we massively overweight findings due to identical models. Control group fuckery – Most control groups are segregated by “have trait” or “don’t” which requires pre-sorting and biasing. If trait exists, it should be visible in control group and it’s visibility in the control group helps validate the…

The prevailing understanding of how synapses work is driven by a fairly low resolution understanding of cellular mechanics. Rather than “neuron to neuron” communication, or even “tripartite” communication, imagine the synapse as having thousands of individual peptide communication channels, each which transmit or internalize a different signal. Traditional neurotransmitters do not contain messages themselves, instead…

One of the experiments I’ve been working to implement is designing an inexpensive focused ultra sound helmet which can both image and target specific structures in the brain. The construct was that I was going to try to split the groups into generic targets based on morphology of the various structures and test stimulation vs.…

Just had a quick thought, we’ve assumed that the point of myelin is insulation of signal under the electric brain construct. As I’m currently not very hot on that construct (to the point I’m extremely certain it’s an inaccurate understanding of mechanics), what if the actual mechanic of myelin is to perform metabolic sustainment of…