Hacker News with Generative AI: Brain Science

In kids, EEG monitoring of consciousness safely reduces anesthetic use (news.mit.edu)
Newly published results of a randomized, controlled clinical trial in Japan among more than 170 children aged 1 to 6 who underwent surgery show that by using electroencephalogram (EEG) readings of brain waves to monitor unconsciousness, an anesthesiologist can significantly reduce the amount of the anesthesia administered to safely induce and sustain each patient’s anesthetized state.
Medical Research, Anesthesia, Children's Health, Brain Science
139 points by LorenDB 23 days ago | 85 comments
Handwriting activates broader brain networks than typing (psypost.org)
While keyboards dominate modern classrooms, a new study in Frontiers in Psychology suggests handwriting may be irreplaceable when it comes to learning.
Brain Science, Learning, Education, Handwriting, Technology
112 points by onnnon 32 days ago | 45 comments
Brain scans of infants reveal the moment we start making memories (singularityhub.com)
Kids form fleeting memories at around 12 months, even as their brains are rapidly rewiring themselves.
Brain Science, Memory, Infants, Development
130 points by Brajeshwar 63 days ago | 67 comments
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 118 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 161 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 194 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 212 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 233 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 262 days ago | 109 comments
China Brain (wikipedia.org)
China, Brain Science, Wikipedia
4 points by Michelangelo11 298 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 320 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 362 days ago | 206 comments