If individual neurons were as intelligent as little minions, how would we know? The experimental paradigms today assume they are not, what should we change to find out? In my […]
How Intelligent Are Neurons?
Lab Talk
Astrocytes in Charge
Over the last decade or so it has been found that astrocytes exert control over synapse formation, synaptic transmission, blood flow and host of other things suggesting that they may […]
Effect of EEG Reference Choice on Outcomes
In EEG, voltages recorded at each electrode are computed with reference to another electrode. The choice of this electrode reference impacts a number of EEG measures. Choice of the reference electrode […]
Individual Variability in Adolescent Brain and Behavior
Little is known about the developmental trajectory of the brain through adolescence but a few studies suggest there is large inter-person variability and differences that are culturally determined. In a […]
Beyond the Brain: Embodied Cognition
The feedback loops between brain and body are profound, leading to the possibility that cognition is not simply a function of the brain alone but of brain and body together. […]
Down a Rabbit Hole? A History of EEG Analysis
The analysis of the EEG signal in terms of frequency bands has its origins in the technical workarounds of the 1930s when there were no computers – workarounds acknowledged even […]
Ethics in EEG
New directions and applications in EEG have significant implications for the future of society and raise the need for ethics frameworks. Last week the South China Morning Post reported that […]
Alpha, Alpha Everywhere: What Does it Mean?
Activity in the alpha band has been a subject of much interest since the first recording of EEG. However methodological inconsistencies and confounding changes across a multitude of conditions obscure […]
The Insidious Costs of Poor Scientific Data Management
Data takes time and money to collect and is the core raw material of a lab but often it is managed poorly and not utilized efficiently. How can you get […]
Turning Brainwaves to Sound
Turning brainwaves recorded with EEG into sound has a fifty year history in art. With clever approaches to the signal, ‘listening’ to the EEG can go beyond art and into […]