HAVANA SYNDROME ⏱09:42
the microwaves in cuba that cook spies' brains & make them hear things, dogs hearing their owners' voices in brain scanners & consciousness explained. again.
episode #17, 1st October 2021 #havana #microwave #cuba #dogs #consciousness image source
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our main brain stories this episode...
THE SPY WHO CAME IN TO BE COOKED
havana syndrome causes cia officers to hear sounds beamed into their brains from microwave guns operated by enemy spies. it's all backed-up by fifty-year-old research. bad research. bad, scant research. [read more...]
this story was in episode #17. original articles: Frey, 1962 (Journal of Applied Physiology), Lin & , Wang, 2007 (Health Physics), Lubner et al., 2020 (Frontiers in Neurology), reported in: The BBC by Gordon Corera on 9th September 2021 & The Washington Post by Andrea RodrÃguez on 13th September 2021 image source #microwave #sound #pressure #hearing
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SIT! LIE DOWN! STAY! FIXATE!
dogs in mri scanners listening to their owners' praising voice show larger activation in the auditory & learning-and-reward areas of their brain, as compared with listening to neutral or a stranger's voice. woof! [read more...]
this story was in episode #17. original article: Gábor et al., 2021 (NeuroImage), reported in: The Daily Mail by Shivali Best on 8th September 2021 image source #dog #MRI #scanner #speech #social
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CONSCIOUSNESS IS NEARLY SOLVED!
in time for christmas, sussex professor anil seth has written a book about consciousness, self & reality. it has been reviewed widely in the media & is available from bookstores, both good & bad [read more...]
this story was in episode #17. original article: Seth, 2021 (NeuroImage), reported in: The New Scientist by Anil Seth on 1st September 2021 & The Irish Times by Joe Humphreys on 16th September 2021 & The Guardian by Gaia Vince on 25th August 2021 #consciousness #self #book #tour