The Spike
The science of the brain, from the scientists of the brain
Editors
Mark Humphries
Uses his brain to understand brains. Is that possible? Neuroscience: https://humphries-lab.org
Latest Posts
2018: a mildly muddled review of the year in neuroscience
Time to torch the textbooks
When Cortex Stops Making Sense
When cortex is useless, what do we learn?
Brains as Analog Computers
Brains might compute, but not digitally.
Handing Science Over to the Machines
And other consequences of rewarding quantity, not quality
Ben Barres tells his story in his own words
His new autobiography will make you laugh, cry, and appreciate the underdogs of the brain
Yes, the brain is a computer…
No, it’s not a metaphor
How To Find Out If Your Brain Is a Computer
And end dumb arguments about metaphors
There is no such thing as a computational person
We need to get past the essentialist mindset about coding
Occam’s dice
Distrusting biological metaphors
Preparing for a neuroscience PhD
You don’t need a neuroscience background, and it might even help if you don’t. You do, however, need research experience.
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