How Visual Illusions Make Your Brain Flip
How Visual Illusions Make Your Brain Flip. Interesting research on trying to identify the region of the brain which causes you to switch between two ways of viewing certain optical illusion. The study points to the superior parietal lobe being involved, but I found the study method even more interesting than the results. Check out […]
Optical Illusions and Visual Phenomena
Optical Illusions and Visual Phenomena. A great collection of optical illusions by Michael Bach. What’s great is that he actually explains why it happens, and you get to play around with the animations and see how that affects the illusion. Saw this first on Carl Zimmer’s blog where he points to a particularly trippy optical […]
Bobby McFerrin demonstrates the pentatonic scale
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/5732745[/vimeo] Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale from World Science Festival. Bobby McFerrin demonstrates the power of the pentatonic scale, using audience participation, at the event “Notes & Neurons: In Search of the Common Chorus”, from the 2009 World Science Festival, June 12, 2009. Worth watching, just to see how the audience […]
Drinking Alcohol May Make Head Injuries Less Harmful | Popular Science
Drinking Alcohol May Make Head Injuries Less Harmful | Popular Science. Another of my news items for PopSci.com, apparently a little alcohol in the blood could help survive head injuries. Alcohol in the blood probably contributed to some of those head injuries in the first place, so somewhat mixed blessings I guess…
A Squirt of Stem Cell Gel Heals Brain Injuries | Popular Science
A Squirt of Stem Cell Gel Heals Brain Injuries | Popular Science. Not as cool as swarms of insect-robots, but likely to be a lot more useful sooner. The scientists developed a gel that can be loaded with chemicals and stem cells, and seems to help brain injuries heal. Follow the title link for the […]