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The Cognitive Axon: February 2013
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Mental bloviations on the world as seen through the eyes of a pathological neuroscientist. Monday, February 11, 2013. I have moved to Psychology Today. The Cognitive Axon blog has evolved into a more professional form and is now White Matter Matters. Over at Psychology Today. Same great posts. half the whining. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Topics I Blog About. Tales from the science trenches. I have moved to Psychology Today. Uranium study pulled after author says data were falsified.
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The Cognitive Axon: Tales From The Science Trenches: Case of the missing editor
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Mental bloviations on the world as seen through the eyes of a pathological neuroscientist. Monday, December 5, 2011. Tales From The Science Trenches: Case of the missing editor. Almost immediately after my post yesterday a friend emailed me to share her story. I think it sets another good case for why proper editorial management is so important. If you or a colleague have a similar story or even a positive one about the submission process, please email me your tale. Case of the Missing Editor. We heard n...
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The Cognitive Axon: September 2011
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Mental bloviations on the world as seen through the eyes of a pathological neuroscientist. Thursday, September 15, 2011. Cloud computing in the brain. I meant to post on this earlier this summer but got distracted. work and life have a way of doing that. This past July saw one of my most grueling projects finally come to a close. Published in the Journal of Neuroscience and titled “ How each movement changes the next: an experimental and theoretical study of fast adaptive priors in reaching. I wont go in...
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The Cognitive Axon: Tales From The Science Trenches: An open-letter to Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Mental bloviations on the world as seen through the eyes of a pathological neuroscientist. Sunday, December 4, 2011. Tales From The Science Trenches: An open-letter to Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. In an ideal sense, the peer-review process is designed to provide useful critiques of scientific manuscripts so that the end result has minimal errors and justified conclusions. Recently my colleagues and I tried submitting a manuscript to the journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. The manuscript we submi...
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The Cognitive Axon: December 2011
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Mental bloviations on the world as seen through the eyes of a pathological neuroscientist. Saturday, December 10, 2011. Tales From The Science Trenches: The problem of journal addiction. Today's guest post comes from Joern Diedrichsen. Who is one of. The smartest, most creative scientists that I know. He studies motor control at University College London and has a provocative take on the pains of the current peer-review process and the addictive mentality that keeps bringing us back for more. And of cour...
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The Cognitive Axon: October 2011
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Mental bloviations on the world as seen through the eyes of a pathological neuroscientist. Monday, October 31, 2011. This post is the final installment of our collaborative venture (between Oscillatory Thoughts. Exploring the Zombie Brain. We hope you’ve enjoyed this little ride. Sincerely, Bradley Voytek Ph.D. and Tim Verstynen Ph.D. Bringing it all together: The Zombie Brain. Over the last ten days we’ve laid out our vision of the zombie brain. To recap, we’ve shown that zombies:. First identified this...
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The Cognitive Axon: July 2011
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Mental bloviations on the world as seen through the eyes of a pathological neuroscientist. Saturday, July 2, 2011. Virus-guided laser neurons and the need for creative exploration. Like all meetings, this year's Human Brain Mapping conference was packed with the ubiquitous blend of brilliance and social awkwardness that permeates nearly every neuroscience meeting. That's why I like science. Or "how did that work? Case in point, the story behind "virus-guided laser neurons" (also known as " optogenetics.
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The Cognitive Axon: Virus-guided laser neurons and the need for creative exploration
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Mental bloviations on the world as seen through the eyes of a pathological neuroscientist. Saturday, July 2, 2011. Virus-guided laser neurons and the need for creative exploration. Like all meetings, this year's Human Brain Mapping conference was packed with the ubiquitous blend of brilliance and social awkwardness that permeates nearly every neuroscience meeting. That's why I like science. Or "how did that work? Case in point, the story behind "virus-guided laser neurons" (also known as " optogenetics.
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The Cognitive Axon: Tales From The Science Trenches: The problem of journal addiction
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Mental bloviations on the world as seen through the eyes of a pathological neuroscientist. Saturday, December 10, 2011. Tales From The Science Trenches: The problem of journal addiction. Today's guest post comes from Joern Diedrichsen. Who is one of. The smartest, most creative scientists that I know. He studies motor control at University College London and has a provocative take on the pains of the current peer-review process and the addictive mentality that keeps bringing us back for more. And of cour...
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The Cognitive Axon: September 2012
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Mental bloviations on the world as seen through the eyes of a pathological neuroscientist. Thursday, September 20, 2012. Being Cautious About Consciousness. Last month a distinguished group of scientists gathered at Cambridge University to attend the Francis Crick Memorial Conference. At this conference, several prominent attendees signed The Cambridge Declaration of Consciousness. To be blunt, this declaration is both inflammatory and grossly irresponsible for two reasons. By signing this declaration, t...