Selene Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Adolescents have long fascinated neuroscience researchers. Their enigmatic brains and behavior often leave lasting impressions -- and not always good impressions -- on friends, family, and society. Teenage boys in particular are prone to risky and destructive behavior that must be fully understood before attempts are made to control or harness it. We profiled a study on the subject just a few months ago. "The result is a series of 19 studies that approached the question from multiple scientific domains, including psychology, neurochemistry, brain imaging, clinical neuroscience and neurobiology. The studies are published in a special volume of Developmental Neuroscience, 'Teenage Brains: Think Different?'" http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/neuroscientists-make-huge-strides-toward-solving-the-mysteries-of-the-teenage-brain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek McGowan Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 the one brain study that I find, conceptually, extremely interesting and to hold the most possibility for our understanding of the brain is one, and excuse me that I can't remember the exact country that is doing this but it isnt the U.S., where they are attempting to build a super computer with one cpu core to correspond with every neuron in the brain! That would be of very practical use. the cores could be connected like neurons and patterned after our currrent map of the brain and then you can turn off groups of cores and see what happens. The cores wouldn't have to be cutting edge either so you could purchase 5 year old obsolete ones by the bucketful (it would still take up a huge amount of space) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darrell Hougen Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 the one brain study that I find, conceptually, extremely interesting and to hold the most possibility for our understanding of the brain is one, and excuse me that I can't remember the exact country that is doing this but it isnt the U.S., where they are attempting to build a super computer with one cpu core to correspond with every neuron in the brain! That would be of very practical use. the cores could be connected like neurons and patterned after our currrent map of the brain and then you can turn off groups of cores and see what happens. The cores wouldn't have to be cutting edge either so you could purchase 5 year old obsolete ones by the bucketful (it would still take up a huge amount of space) This is the closest thing I could find: http://www.artificialbrains.com/darpa-synapse-program Darrell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darrell Hougen Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Adolescents have long fascinated neuroscience researchers. Their enigmatic brains and behavior often leave lasting impressions -- and not always good impressions -- on friends, family, and society. Teenage boys in particular are prone to risky and destructive behavior that must be fully understood before attempts are made to control or harness it. We profiled a study on the subject just a few months ago. Must scientists always treat humans like oxen? Darrell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selene Posted September 5, 2014 Author Share Posted September 5, 2014 Must scientists always treat humans like oxen? Darrell Lol... Depends on who is being gored Darrell... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaalChatzaf Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 the one brain study that I find, conceptually, extremely interesting and to hold the most possibility for our understanding of the brain is one, and excuse me that I can't remember the exact country that is doing this but it isnt the U.S., where they are attempting to build a super computer with one cpu core to correspond with every neuron in the brain! That would be of very practical use. the cores could be connected like neurons and patterned after our currrent map of the brain and then you can turn off groups of cores and see what happens. The cores wouldn't have to be cutting edge either so you could purchase 5 year old obsolete ones by the bucketful (it would still take up a huge amount of space) An electronic computer or computer network has little in common functionally or structurally with an organic brain. Brains are not really computers. The closest analogy might be to a threshold logic circuit and that is a stretch.Ba'al Chatzaf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek McGowan Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 the one brain study that I find, conceptually, extremely interesting and to hold the most possibility for our understanding of the brain is one, and excuse me that I can't remember the exact country that is doing this but it isnt the U.S., where they are attempting to build a super computer with one cpu core to correspond with every neuron in the brain! That would be of very practical use. the cores could be connected like neurons and patterned after our currrent map of the brain and then you can turn off groups of cores and see what happens. The cores wouldn't have to be cutting edge either so you could purchase 5 year old obsolete ones by the bucketful (it would still take up a huge amount of space)This is the closest thing I could find:http://www.artificialbrains.com/darpa-synapse-programDarrellI do believe that that was it. Thanks, I hadn't read about this in years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Stuart Kelly Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 DARPA is heavy news in trying to generate artificial and covert manipulation.I have been collecting it's storytelling and neuroscience studies from wherever I can get them.Here is one that is easy to find: Spooky shit...Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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