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*The Entangled Brain* is out now! I wrote it with the general reader in mind, so if you want to learn about the brain from a fresh perspective give it a try.
I'll write some threads with some of the main themes soon ๐ง
Luiz Pessoa
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Luiz Pessoa
@PessoaBrain
Neuroscientist interested in cognitive-emotional brain
Author of The Entangled Brain (MIT Press); The Cogitive-Emotional Brain
Neuroscience & Philosophy Salon
- My book **The Entangled Brain** by MIT Press is out and provides an introduction to the brain to non-specialists while embracing the complexity of how brains help bring about behaviors. I'll be posting ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ in the coming 1-2 weeks
- Neuroscientists hearing AI people talk about the brain. (sorry couldn't resist)
- ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐'๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป? Laurent Perrinet asked about the timing but processing it not sequential in the brain. His figure is below: neuromatch.social/@laurentperrinโฆ I'll follow up in a thread.
- Absolutely stunning ๐ฃ๐๐ช๐ง๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐๐๐ง๐ค๐จ๐จ-๐๐ง๐ข ๐๐ค๐ข๐ข๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ค๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ฅ๐ช๐จ. Have to celebrate evolution once again! Super short summary: scientificamerican.com/article/how-ocโฆ The actual paper is a beauty: sciencedirect.com/science/articlโฆ (via @KanakaRajanPhD et al.)
- That's how well connected the ๐ฎ๐บ๐๐ด๐ฑ๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ is! One of my favorite diagrams. (actually undercount by very large margin: 500-1000 connections estimated)
- How should we understand the brain? What are good categories to study it, things like "perception", "cognition", "emotion"? Paul Cisek nails it!
- Want to learn about the brain from a fresh, novel perspective? I wrote a book to introduce the brain to everyone! Does not assume prior knowledge. @BNBuzz is offering a 25% discount with the code PREORDER25, today and tomorrow only. barnesandnoble.com/w/?ean=9780262โฆ @mitpress
- Interested in neuroscience and learning about it from a fresh perspective? ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐! Here's chapter 1. The book should be of interest if you are also a philosopher with interest in biology. cognitionemotion.wordpress.com/2021/02/20/theโฆ ๐งถabout the chapter.
- ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ book of the week! Larry Swanson's book, a gem. Short and accessible, should be titled: "What is a brain?" or something like that as it describes the foundations of how nervous systems are organized. (I read the first edition, need to now read the second)
- EMOTION AND COGNITION ARE NOT SEPARATE ALTHOUGH THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR 2000+ YEARS. THEY ARE NOT DISTINCT DOMAINS OF THE MIND-BRAIN, THEY INTERACT, IN FACT THEY ARE INTEGRATED. ACTUALLY SOME PEOPLE THINK THERE ARE NO MEANINGFUL BOUNDARIES TO BE DRAWN HERE...
- ๐๐ผ๐๐ป ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ผ-๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐บ! How deep is the brain? The shallow brain hypothesis nature.com/articles/s4158โฆ
