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Neuroscience is a rapidly developing field. I will post neuroscience-related news items here from time to time.

Burdick, A. (2017). Why Time Flies: A Mostly Scientific Investigation. https://www.amazon.com/Why-Time-Flies-Scientific-Investigation/dp/141654027X. Review by L. Getlen in NY Post http://nypost.com/2017/01/22/this-explorer-discovered-human-time-warp-by-living-in-a-cave/
The purpose of sleep? To forget, scientists say. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/02/science/sleep-memory-brain-forgetting.html
Yokose, J., Okubo-Suzuki, R., Nomoto, M., Ohkawa, N., Nishizono, H., Suzuki, A., … Inokuchi, K. (2017). Overlapping memory trace indispensable for linking, but not recalling, individual memories. Science, 355(6323), 398–403. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aal2690
Heavy alcohol use in adolescence alters brain electrical activity. http://www.psypost.org/2017/01/study-heavy-alcohol-use-adolescence-alters-brain-electrical-activity-46952?utm_medium=email&utm_source=flipboard. Cited Paper
Gene that enables memories, sense of direction produces schizophrenia-like symptoms when mutated. http://www.psypost.org/2017/01/gene-enables-memories-sense-direction-produces-schizophrenia-like-symptoms-mutated-46977 #hippocampus #schizophrenia
How East and West Think in Profoundly Different Ways. http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170118-how-east-and-west-think-in-profoundly-different-ways?ocid=global_future_rss
Sarel, A., Finkelstein, A., Las, L., & Ulanovsky, N. (2017). Vectorial representation of spatial goals in the hippocampus of bats. Science, 355(6321), 176–180. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aak9589. #hippcampus #perception
Han, W., Tellez, L. A., Rangel, M. J., Motta, S. C., Zhang, X., Perez, I. O., … Araujo, I. E. de. (2017). Integrated Control of Predatory Hunting by the Central Nucleus of the Amygdala. Cell, 168(1), 311–324.e18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2016.12.027.
Neuroscience Can’t Explain How an Atari Works. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/603362/neuroscience-cant-explain-how-an-atari-works/. #computation
The Health Effects of Cannabis and Cannabinoids: The Current State of Evidence and Recommendations for Research (2017). National Academy of Sciences Engineering and Medicine. https://www.nap.edu/catalog/24625/the-health-effects-of-cannabis-and-cannabinoids-the-current-state. #cannabinoids
Bacteria Send Electrical Pulses as Recruitment Ads. https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/01/bacteria-electrical-pulse/512825/ #electricalcommunication
Keep Your Eye on the Balls to Become a Better Athlete. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/04/sports/neurotracker-athletic-performance.html. #vision
A Break in the Search for the Origin of Complex Life. https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/01/our-origins-in-asgard/512645/. #evolution
Coming out of electroshock therapy. https://www.theatlantic.com/notes/2017/01/ect/512102/. #depression #bipolar #ect
Toddler temperament could be influenced by different types of gut bacteria. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150527091438.htm. #microbiome #development
What Happened Within This Player’s Skull. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/01/09/sports/football/what-happened-within-this-players-skull-football-concussions.html?_r=0. #concussion
Kim, A. J., Fenk, L. M., Lyu, C., & Maimon, G. (2017). Quantitative Predictions Orchestrate Visual Signaling in Drosophila. Cell, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2016.12.005. #perception
Gomez, J., Barnett, M. A., Natu, V., Mezer, A., Palomero-Gallagher, N., Weiner, K. S., … Grill-Spector, K. (2017). Microstructural proliferation in human cortex is coupled with the development of face processing. Science, 355(6320), 68–71. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aag0311. NPR story #adolescence #structuralMRI
Westlye, L. T., Kaufmann, T., Alnæs, D., Hullstein, I. R., & Bjørnebekk, A. (2017). Brain connectivity aberrations in anabolic-androgenic steroid users. NeuroImage: Clinical, 13, 62–69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2016.11.014. #connectivity
Meyniel, F., Goodwin, G. M., Deakin, J. W., Klinge, C., MacFadyen, C., Milligan, H., … Gaillard, R. (2016). A specific role for serotonin in overcoming effort cost. eLife, 5, e17282. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.17282. #reward
Seelye, K. Q. (2016, December 31). Kitty Dukakis, a Beneficiary of Electroshock Therapy, Emerges as Its Evangelist. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/31/us/kitty-dukakis-electroshock-therapy-evangelist.html. #depression #ect