{"id":278270,"date":"2010-02-04T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-04T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"tag:www.mindhacks.com:\/\/8a60f385264048dbf5e6da485764c174"},"modified":"2010-02-04T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-04T18:00:00","slug":"eureka-brain-special-and-more-fighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/278270","title":{"rendered":"Eureka brain special and more fighting"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Times<\/i> has just released its monthly science magazine, Eureka, with a special issue on the brain and all the articles freely available online.<\/p>\n

There doesn’t seem to be a way to link to a whole issue, but inside you’ll find an excellent piece<\/a> on the use of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to temporarily switch off bits of the working brain, a profile<\/a> of neurosurgeon Huma Sethi, an article<\/a> on commercial brain-computer interfaces, a remarkable piece<\/a> on how old injuries can ‘return’ to affect phantom limbs as well as an exploration<\/a> of the link between brain activity and sporting skill.<\/p>\n

Probably my favourite is an article<\/a> on how forensic science and criminology are increasingly using neuroscience, and there’s also an account<\/a> of a writer’s experience of being brain scanned and a description<\/a> of the Total Recall project which aims to digitally record everything about day-to-day life.<\/p>\n

There’s also a piece by me, where I go to head-to-head<\/a> with Baroness Susan Greenfield<\/a> in the Fight Club section where we debate ‘Is screen culture damaging our children\u2019s brains?’.<\/p>\n

Greenfield goes for the usual “maybe.. perhaps… could it be?… tada! compulsive gambling and schizophrenia!” argument, so I hope I’m a little more evidence-based. Anyway, you can read for yourself.<\/p>\n

I also debated exactly the same thing with psychologist Tracey Alloway<\/a> live earlier today, and you can read the transcript here<\/a>. It’s more in-depth but is less coherent and has typos and bad jokes.<\/p>\n

Also don’t miss out on the fantastic downloadable brain poster, which is available online as a (big) jpg file<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I’m still reading through all the articles but the ones I’ve read so far have been excellent. A motherlode of neuroscience reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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