THE FACETIME ILLUSION ⏱07:43
how your brain lives in the past, the virus causing multiple sclerosis, consciousness explained three times, the scanner that talks scots & a news dump
episode #24, 11th February 2022 #illusion #face #MS #consciousness #MRI #dump image source
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our main brain stories this episode...
THE PRESENT IS AN ILLUSION
twelve online experiments find our perception of faces is biased by preceding videos of the same face changing slowly. this interesting finding is hyped, first by the authors, second by the media, into time-warping nonsense. [read more...]
this story was in episode #24. original article: Manassi & , Whitney, 2022 (Science Advances), reported in: The Daily Mail by Shivali Best on 1st February 2022 #vision #face #illusion #time #memory
VIRUS CAUSES MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
analysis of over 10 million health records of us military personnel reveals a greatly-increased risk of developing multiple sclerosis after infection with the epstein-barr virus. [read more...]
this story was in episode #24. original article: Bjornevik et al., 2022 (Science), reported in: The Irish Times by Gina Kolata on 14th January 2022 & The New Scientist by Michael Le Page on 13th January 2022 #epsteinbarr #virus #military #population
CONSCIOUSNESS EXPLAINED THRICE
three more books explaining consciousness have been published & reviewed in the news media. it's just a matter of time before one of these books actually explains consciousness. keep printing! [read more...]
this story was in episode #24. reported in: The Guardian by Andrew Anthony on 6th February 2022 & The New Scientist by Richard Webb on 26th January 2022 & Science News by JP O'Malley on 5th January 2022 #consciousness #book #review #mind #brain
NEURO LINGUISTIC PROGRAMMING
having an magnetic resonance imaging scan can be anxiety-generating. the latest mri scanners in aberdeen can now address their patients in the local dialect of doric. £1.2 million pounds well spent. [read more...]
this story was in episode #24. reported in: Irish Independent by Dan Barker on 28th January 2022 #mri #doric #scotland #language #upgrade
BRAIN NEWS ROUNDUP
after 5 weeks away from the brain news, there are mountains of stories to cover. most of the stories are about food, alcohol, ai, dementia, sleep & dogs. [read more...]
this story was in episode #24. #brain #science #news #roundup