Hacker News with Generative AI: Brain Science

Using AI to develop a fuller model of the human brain (magazine.ucsf.edu)
Imagine for a moment that we could create a model of the human brain so precise, so accurate, that it could mimic the brain’s intricate neural patterns in real time. Imagine a “silicon brain,” an artificial neural network so advanced that it could decode a human’s thoughts, restore speech to those who have lost it, and – perhaps one day – even generate a personalized model of the unique brain activity of any individual.
Artificial Intelligence, Neuroscience, Brain Science, Medical Research, Computer Modeling
87 points by geox 4 days ago | 36 comments
People who are good at reading have different brains: study (theconversation.com)
The number of people who read for fun appears to be steadily dropping. Fifty percent of UK adults say they don’t read regularly (up from 42% in 2015) and almost one in four young people aged 16-24 say they’ve never been readers, according to research by The Reading Agency.
Reading, Neuroscience, Brain Science, Psychology
158 points by pseudolus 47 days ago | 162 comments
Toward a Unified Model of the Brain Action of Psychedelics (aspetjournals.org)
This paper formulates the action of psychedelics by integrating the free-energy principle and entropic brain hypothesis.
Neuroscience, Psychedelics, Brain Science, Consciousness
12 points by ahiknsr 80 days ago | 0 comments
Ask HN: Hacking your brain after trauma and mental health crisis? (ycombinator.com)
This is very personal, and something I'm trying to figure out. I'm finding executive function hard to come by these days.
Mental Health, Personal Development, Trauma, Brain Science
22 points by gremlinsinc 98 days ago | 37 comments
Neural manifolds: Latest buzzword or pathway to understand the brain? (thetransmitter.org)
When you cut away the misconceptions, neural manifolds present a conceptually appropriate level at which systems neuroscientists can study the brain.
Neuroscience, Brain Science, Artificial Intelligence
5 points by domofutu 119 days ago | 0 comments
Rethinking addiction as a chronic brain disease (nytimes.com)
Addiction, Brain Science, Neuroscience, Chronic Diseases, Public Health
66 points by prismatic 148 days ago | 109 comments
China Brain (wikipedia.org)
China, Brain Science, Wikipedia
4 points by Michelangelo11 184 days ago | 0 comments
Mind-Reading and Neuroplasticity: In Conversation with Neurologist Pascual-Leone (mitpress.mit.edu)
Neuroscience, Neuroplasticity, Brain Science, Interviews
4 points by rntn 207 days ago | 0 comments
To the brain, reading computer code is not the same as reading language (2020) (news.mit.edu)
Brain Science, Computer Science, Language Processing
311 points by thunderbong 249 days ago | 206 comments