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Should a book chapter be republished as a peer-reviewed article with no...

UPDATE (10/23/2013): The authors have commented to offer their explanation for the omitted attribution.An entire book chapter from a popular science trade book has been published as an "Original...

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Blurred Lines: The Science Blogosphere and the Borasphere

Hey, hey, hey                      Hey, hey, hey                             Blurred Lines                                     ------Robin Thickefull size image atScienceBloggingHR.jpgOne depiction of...

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DARPA allocates $70 million for improving deep brain stimulation technology

In what appears to be an exclusive story, the New York Times has reported that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will spend $70 million over the next 5 years to further develop and...

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A Tale of Two BRAINS: #BRAINI and DARPA's SUBNETS

Image credits.Left:SUBNETS program (DARPA). Right:BRAIN interim report presentation (NIH).In April, the White House announced the $100 million Brain Research through Advancing Innovative...

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Marie Laveau Conjures a Horde of Avenging Zombies

In American Horror Story: Coven, New Orleans Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau casts a spell to avenge the brutal lynching of an African American high school boy in 1961. She's calling up the undead.The zombie...

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Ailurophobia (fear of cats) and the ability to sense their presence

Here's a leftover Halloween treat from American neurologist Silas Weir Mitchell (1829–1914).1 Mitchell was an illustrious physician known for discovering complex regional pain syndrome, coining the...

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Now Is That Gratitude?

Now is that Gratitude,Or is it really love?Some kind of reality That fits just like a glove--Danny Elfman, GratitudePraise and condemnation serve a powerful purpose in our social and internal lives....

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New Deep Brain Stimulation System Measures Neurotransmitter Release

Wireless Instantaneous Neurotransmitter Concentration Sensing System (WINCS) Patient Module printed circuit board & sterilizable case. (Fig. 1, Kimble et al. 2009). Last month, the New York Times...

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Confessions of a Prosocial Psychopath

Many neuroscientists have been howling about the media coverage surrounding a new book written by UC Irvine Professor Emeritus, Dr. James H. Fallon. This is because unbeknownst to himself for 58 years...

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The Phases of Shopping Addiction

The blight of Black Friday is upon us. What better time to look at a recent paper on compulsive shopping?Sohn and Choi (2013) adopted a qualitative approach and recruited a small group of Korean...

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men are map readers and women are intuitive, but bloggers are fast

Connection-wise analysis for males and females (Ingalhalikar et al., 2013).Blink and you've missed it! Is the news cycle over already? I've been too busy real-working under my rock.The hardwired...

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The Manifestation of Migraine in Wagner's Ring Cycle

German Composer Richard Wagner (1813-1883) wasn't the healthiest guy. He suffered from heart disease, skin disorders, acute infections, minor ailments, and most prominently, recurring headaches – the...

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BRAIN Initiative Funding Opportunites at NIH

National Institutes of Health (NIH) has finally released detailed descriptions for six separate funding opportunities in support of the BRAIN Initiative. If you're big on cells, circuits, and/or...

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When Waking Up Becomes the Nightmare: Hypnopompic Hallucinatory Pain

Most of us have had frightening nightmares – someone is chasing after us trying to kill us, or the world is coming to an end. Other disturbing dreams are based on real life anxieties– our partner...

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The Creativity of Denial

Never Forget Srebrenica, by Scott McIntyre. A Bosnian Muslim man makes his way past the caskets of those killed in the Srebrenica genocide of July 1995.Horrible, unspeakable memories will forever haunt...

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How Can We Forget?

** This post is meant to be read in tandem with its more complimentary cousin,Electroconvulsive Therapy Impairs Memory Reconsolidation, atThe Neurocomplimenter. **spECTrum 5000Q® ECT device (MECTA)Bad...

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Neurocrap Funded by the Masses: NeuroOn and No More Woof

Crowdfunders, get a clue! You're throwing your money away on bogus prototypes for impossible technology! Why give your hard-earned cash to the equivalent of modern-day snake oil salesman instead of...

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BROADEN Trial of DBS for Treatment-Resistant Depression Halted by the FDA

Webpage for the BROADEN™ study formerly run by St. Jude MedicalIt's become mainstream these days to say that psychiatric disorders are neural circuit disorders. You can even read all about it in the...

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The Brain Radio

The Brain Radio is a long-running French radio program:THE BRAIN are Eva & Pascal Lebrain aka Puyo puyo, they run this radioshow from 1999, it deals with freaky electro, cheesy vintage, dry rock,...

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Eight Years of Neurocriticism

A Mad Scientist Party Idea, from Party on Purpose.Eight years ago, I started a blog out of sheer frustration. I decided to call it The Neurocritic. I sent out an anonymous e-mail to some of my friends...

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