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&Brainbows& Shed Light on Mind's Wiring: Oct 31, 2007 3:00pm 1 review neuroscience, brain, visualizations
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/10/071031-brainbows-mouse.html; Mouse brain's intricate circuitry. in National Geographic by Amitabh Avasthi
Genetically engineered mice furnished with fluorescent proteins are providing the most detailed pictures yet of the brain's intricate circuitry. Mouse brain's intricate circuitry. Another great visualization.

New Challenges to Our Most Cherished Beliefs About Self and the Human Spirit - U…: Oct 17, 2006 5:45pm 5 reviews science, brain, consciousness
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/health/articles/061015/23soul.htm; Is There Room for the Soul? in US News and World Report by Jay Tolson This is a surprisingly good article on the nature of consciousness -- providing a survey of the current state-of-the-art in cognitive science research. It covers the question from a number of perspectives and interviews many of the leading current researchers. """ A mind is a tough thing to think about. Consciousness is the defining feature of the human species. But is it possible that it is also no more than an extravagant biological add-on, something not really essential to our survival? """ URL: Is There Room for the Soul?
DENIS POROY. AP Francis Cricksmiles while speaking after receiving an award from the British government at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in San Diego for his lifelong work with DNA.
A thought provoking long article. Could we have been duped all along to think that we were so special because of our possession of consciousness? Is our consciousness no more than a non-essential add-on? Well to get the answers given by Francis Cricksmiles you'll have to make the effort to go read what he writes... it's well worth your time.

http://home.comcast.net/~markk2000/thurston/thesis.html: Jan 30, 2006 1:05pm 1 review brain, consciousness, animism
http://home.comcast.net/~markk2000/thurston/thesis.html; Entoptic imagery in art, associated with trance states in their broadest interpretation including dream states, is a pan-human phenomenon. Human biology is common to all of us; culture varies. Our ancestors 30-40,000 years before us surely shared our bio

Ancient Altered States: Jan 30, 2006 12:34pm 5 reviews cognitive-science, brain, animism
http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/dept/d10/asb/anthro2003/readings/altered_states.html; The first stage of the hallucinogenic experience�"whether brought on by drugs, sensory deprivation, fasting, or rhythmic movement�"is characterized by recurring geometric patterns, known variously as "phosphenes" or "entoptics."

Entoptic Patterns: Jan 30, 2006 12:27pm 0 review brain, animism
http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/avenue/pd49/pockets/weird/entoptic/entop/en...; Interest in these visual precepts stems from the late 19th Century, but the original laboratory work from which these images are drawn was by Heinrich Klüver in the 1920s.

Altered States: The Origin of Art in Entoptic Phenomena: Jan 30, 2006 12:21pm 2 reviews cognitive-science, brain, consciousness, animism
http://www.wynja.com/arch/entoptic.html; J.D. Lewis-Williams and T.A. Dowson (1988) in their article 'The Signs of All Times' propose a neurobridge backwards in time to the Upper Palaeolithic by which we can gain insight into the nature of the origins of art.

How to Save the World: Dec 30, 2005 2:03pm 1 review brain, reality, worldviews
http://blogs.salon.com/0002007/2005/12/29.html; What madness has so gripped the collective psyche of the human species that we continue to charge headlong to our own demise and that of all (but the hardiest, which we are not) life on Earth? This is what I want to learn when I read about human conscious

Research clarifies how brain replenishes memory-making molecules | Science Blog: Dec 22, 2005 9:46am 1 review science, brain
http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/research_clarifies_how_brain_replenishes_memor...; New research on living neurons has clarified how the brain refreshes the supply of molecules it needs to make new memories.

Online papers on consciousness: Oct 16, 2005 12:02pm 18 reviews cognitive-science, literature, brain, consciousness, archives
http://consc.net/online.html; This is a directory of 2160 online papers on consciousness and related topics. Suggestions for addition are welcome. Most papers are by academic philosophers or scientists. The listings are divided into three separate pages, as follows: * Part I: Philosop

Brain circuitry findings could shape computer design: Oct 16, 2005 11:59am 2 reviews neuroscience, brain, computer
http://cbcl.mit.edu/cbcl/news/files/liu-tp-picower.html; MIT neuroscientist, Guosong Liu, has found that human neurons compute in trinary, using the equivalents of -1, 0 and 1. By contrast, all computers compute in binary, using just 0 and 1. Because trinary computation can "cancel out," the human brain is able