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A Quarter Million Gamers Helped Build This Incredibly Detailed Map of the Brain (SingularityHub):
“In 2012, when Angry Birds was in its prime, Seung had an inspiration.
“What if,” he wondered, “we could capture even a small fraction of the mental effort that goes into Angry Birds (for brain mapping)? Think of what we could do.” [Read more…] about From Angry Birds to brain mapping: The Gamification of Neuroscience
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China launches brain-imaging factory (Nature):
“Neuroscientists who painstakingly map the twists and turns of neural circuitry through the brain are about to see their field expand to an industrial scale. A huge facility set to open in Suzhou, China, next month should transform high-resolution brain mapping, its developers say. [Read more…] about Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology (SIBET) to host “brain-imaging factory” enabling large-scale, standardized data generation
Brain changes seen in cabbies who take ‘The Knowledge (BBC Health):
“The structure of a London taxi driver’s brain changes during the grueling process of learning the quickest way around the capital, scans reveal. Dozens of trainee drivers had MRI scans before and after they acquired “The Knowledge”, memorizing hundreds of journeys and street names.
The University College London team, writing in Current Biology, found brain parts linked to memory grew bigger. [Read more…] about Study: Brain changes seen in cabbies who take ‘The Knowledge’
