Today at the 3rd symposium on the connection between physics and metabolism in brain functions, I will speak on metabolic considerations for cognitive modeling:

BREAKING: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.” More to follow.

Sometimes you put such nice bait on the hook that you yourself become the fish

It turns out that discovering, articulating, and describing phenomena is pretty complicated, actually

The fact that this category permits inference and can score bonus points yet very realistically might not be the biggest is disturbing

Did you have to nerf the category

Do emails in category C have to actually say this, or is reasonable inference sufficient

(Serial Experiments Lain, 1998)

SPAN was a very good conference the first time around, so I encourage scholars to submit to its second meeting. Follow @socphilneuro.bsky.social for their updates:

John Graham Dalyell said of a planarian worm that it "is privileged to multiply its species in proportion to the violence offered to its otherwise delicate frame. It may almost be called immortal under the edge of the knife." New research addresses neurogenesis during planarian regeneration:

The International Symposium on the Connection Between Physics and Metabolism in Brain Functions is soon, with talks on: Quantum Biology Physical Approaches to Brain Metabolism Mechanodiseases Clinical Translation and Patient Perspectives And me closing on metabolism and cognition Please share

Hivemind: does anyone here have experience with (and ideally recommendations for) hosting services for academic podcasts? If so, please respond to this post or contact me directly.

The sign on the back entrance to the office: