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The Black Dog, Anxiety, Depression: Darwin understood something about anxiety that modern psychiatry still struggles to accept: You cannot think your way out of a body problem. Here’s the system he used to regulate his mind:

See new posts Conversation Lorwen Harris Nagle, PhD @LORWEN108 1:48 PM · May 10, 2026 4,699 Views Relevant View quotes Lorwen Harris Nagle, PhD @LORWEN108 28m Darwin was not the confident naturalist history remembers. He suffered panic attacks severe enough … Continue reading

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The Deep View: Quantum, AI spur biological breakthroughs

RESEARCH Quantum, AI spur biological breakthroughs For years, IBM has been at the forefront of quantum computing. At this year’s Think conference, that ambition was on full display. During the opening keynote, IBM CEO and Chairman Arvind Krishna highlighted quantum’s … Continue reading

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Harvard Medical School: Scientists Create First-Ever ‘Smell Map’. Comment 30+ years since TBI, as well as losing hearing in my right ear, I lost the sense of smell. The constact response people gave oh you are so lucky. Smell is important, I can vouch for this

Search Breadcrumb Scientists Create First-Ever ‘Smell Map’ A detailed diagram of smell receptors in the nose fills in missing details of how olfaction works Research 4 min read By CATHERINE CARUSO April 28, 2026 At a glance The future of federally funded … Continue reading

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A Persian scholar finished a single math book in 9th century Baghdad that quietly became the foundation for every line of code running on Earth today. Quote: “When Alan Turing built the first abstract model of computation in 1936, when John von Neumann designed the first stored-program computer in 1945, when every engineer at Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, and DeepMind writes code in 2026, they are working in a paradigm that started with one man in Baghdad twelve centuries ago.”

@ihtesham2005 A Persian scholar finished a single math book in 9th century Baghdad that quietly became the foundation for every line of code running on Earth today. I started reading about him at midnight and could not believe how many … Continue reading

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Axios: OpenAI’s new science experiment

OpenAI’s new science experiment   Illustration: Aïda Amer/AxiosOpenAI unveiled new AI models today built to help life sciences researchers work faster, Axios’ Megan Morrone reports. They’re designed to accelerate research, drug discovery and translational medicine, turning scientific discoveries into better health outcomes.  OpenAI’s first … Continue reading

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Time: The Neuroscience of the Self

The Neuroscience of the Self ADD TIME ON GOOGLE by Masud Husain Masud Husain is a professor of cognitive neuroscience at Oxford and the author of “Our Brains, Our Selves.” Apr 15, 2026 4:56 PM IST What makes up our … Continue reading

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How the Brain Replays Sight to Create Mental Images. Comment: as stated before post TBI I lost my mind’s eye. This is fascinating and contributes to Aphantasia

A new study explains that we generate mental images by reactivating the same brain cells we used to see the object in the first place. Credit: Neuroscience News How the Brain Replays Sight to Create Mental Images Featured Neuroscience Visual … Continue reading

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The brain’s ability to grasp the “gist” of a visual scene begins earlier than expected

News Release 25-Mar-2026 The brain’s ability to grasp the “gist” of a visual scene begins earlier than expected Researchers show that primary visual cortex encodes motion summaries and variability before higher brain regions transform them into category signals Peer-Reviewed Publication Institute … Continue reading

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Neuroscience.com Dopamine GPS.

Dopamine GPS: Visual Guidance Beyond Reward FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience ·March 19, 2026 Summary: For decades, dopamine has been cast as the brain’s “reward” chemical—the hit of pleasure when we get what we want. However, a new study reveals that dopamine also serves … Continue reading

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Neuroscience News: Brain’s “On-Switch” for Imagination Found. Comment: Post TBI, lost imagination. Search site Aphantasia. Quote: So profound a loss “Visual imagination, or “seeing in the mind’s eye,” is a unique function that allows people to relive past events, solve problems and envision the future.”

New research identifies the fusiform imagery node as the essential brain region for visual imagination, providing a biological basis for aphantasia. Credit: Neuroscience News Brain’s “On-Switch” for Imagination Found FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience ·March 3, 2026 Summary: About 3% of people are born … Continue reading

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