Dr. Pendry postulates the properties of lenses made with materials that have a negative refractory index and subsequently may permit the construction of...
Randal Koene
randalk@...
Nov 12, 2000 3:23 am
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http://boston.com/dailynews/318/region/MIT_plans_major_neuroscience_c:.shtml Work at the center, expected to be completed by 2004, will dovetail with research...
How much more difficult is it to record cortical auditory or visual neurons than motor neurons? I'm guessing there are more neurons involved; have they been...
Jesse
cat_thirteen@...
Nov 16, 2000 5:14 pm
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... Hi Jesse, From what I understand (though don't quote me on it, since I'm much more at home with the memory stuff like the hippocampal system and cohorts), ...
There were a few posts regarding the feasibility of using subliminal techniques to teach certain tasks. Here are a few observations on that topic: Subliminal...
Frank Mandriota
lifesciassoc@...
Nov 16, 2000 5:36 pm
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... *Grumble*... protocol... *grumble*... contentless one-liner emails... *grumble*... (oops, so is this one ;) Cheers, Randal ...
Randal Koene
randalk@...
Nov 16, 2000 5:38 pm
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Hi Frank, I can add my 2 cents worth here... ... Indeed. There is mounting evidence (see Eichenbaum and others) that an important component for the...
Randal Koene
randalk@...
Nov 16, 2000 5:45 pm
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Cool - exactly the sort of info I was seeking. Thanks. ... Just as the monkey's arm was studied only to calibrate the robotic arm, so would the images also...
Jesse
cat_thirteen@...
Nov 16, 2000 9:32 pm
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... Hi Jesse, I don't really know about that, althought it sounds about right. But what is the purpose again? You want to recreate images that are dreamed? ...
Randal Koene
randalk@...
Nov 17, 2000 1:07 am
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... What was that movie? "Until the End of the World"? The movie didn't occur to me until you mentioned dreams, but its idea is similar to what I had in...
Jesse
cat_thirteen@...
Nov 17, 2000 6:17 am
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FYI, the Nov. 10 2000 issue of Science has an excellent history & synthesis of Neuroscience by Kandel & Squire (290(5494): 1113-1120). I highly recommend that...
Joseph J. Strout
joe@...
Nov 17, 2000 3:03 pm
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Hi Joe, ... I agree, a very good article for anyone! (Pssst everybody... if you don't have access to Science online, I think I can manage to sneak you a copy.)...
Randal Koene
randalk@...
Nov 17, 2000 4:32 pm
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"Because all organisms experience a different sensory environment, each brain is modified differently. This gradual creation of unique brain architecture...
Randal Koene
randalk@...
Nov 17, 2000 5:27 pm
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... A very good point. These terms have no agreed-upon meaning. ... This is sensible, though I'm not sure I agree with the time scales; I'd say...
Joseph J. Strout
joe@...
Nov 17, 2000 5:40 pm
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... Oh yes, I remember thinking when I read that, "ooh, I should point this passage out to MURG..." Thanks Randal! It's great to hear such venerable...
Joseph J. Strout
joe@...
Nov 17, 2000 5:40 pm
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Hello everyone, ... As far as I know that is more or less true. I would however like to point out that the studies showig similar activity during actual vision...
Ansgar Koene
A.Koene@...
Nov 17, 2000 7:04 pm
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Here's a pointer to some major papers concerning the molecular basis of cognitive processes such as learning. The papers are free for downloadng from Science...
Ansgar Koene
A.Koene@...
Nov 17, 2000 7:09 pm
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Hello agian, here are a couple of abstracts of talks from the recent SFN (Society for Neuroscience) conference (Nov4-9, 2000, New Orleans, LA). Reports on...
Ansgar Koene
A.Koene@...
Nov 17, 2000 7:52 pm
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ripped from SCIENCE-WEEK November 17, 2000 [...] 1. NEUROBIOLOGY: ON REGIONAL DIFFERENCES IN CORTICAL ORGANIZATION New postmortem studies of human brain tissue...
Eugene.Leitl@...
Nov 19, 2000 3:42 pm
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Hi all, In the trend of Joe's recent post of a good review of the neuroscience by Kandel and Squire, here's another well-recommended review of neuroscience ...
Randal Koene
randalk@...
Nov 19, 2000 7:27 pm
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From: Makoto Taketani <taketani@...> The following recent paper may be of interest to those in this list interested in new methods to study in-vitro...
Eugene.Leitl@...
Nov 21, 2000 3:28 pm
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From: David Willshaw <D.Willshaw@...> IOPP, publishers of NETWORK, of which I am Editor-in-Chief, has made their journals freely accessible...
Eugene.Leitl@...
Nov 21, 2000 3:28 pm
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From: Nigel Goddard <Nigel.Goddard@...> Research and System Support Institute for Adaptive and Neural Computation Division of Informatics University of...
Eugene.Leitl@...
Nov 21, 2000 3:28 pm
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From: Gregory D.Smith <gregs@...> COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE POSITION The Department of Mathematics at Arizona...
Eugene.Leitl@...
Nov 21, 2000 3:28 pm
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From: Terry Sejnowski <terry@...> The following special supplement to Nature Neuroscience is available free at: ...
Eugene.Leitl@...
Nov 21, 2000 3:28 pm
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From: Terry Sejnowski <terry@...> DEADLINE: JANUARY 6, 2001 COMPUTATIONAL NEUROBIOLOGY GRADUATE PROGRAM Department of Biology - University of California,...
Eugene.Leitl@...
Nov 21, 2000 3:41 pm
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http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/290/5492/736 Synapses Call the Shots Marcia Barinaga Neuroscience research is shedding light on how neurons delegate...
Eugene.Leitl@...
Nov 25, 2000 4:34 pm
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http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/290/5492/744 Untangling Dendrites with Quantitative Models Idan Segev, Michael London Our understanding of the...
