From the Blog
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My favorite New Yorker cartoon. Ever.
I'm a sucker for time jokes.
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Six Easy Steps to Avert the Collapse of Civilization
Watch a talk I gave at the Long Now Foundation about my hopes that the advent of the internet will mitigate threats that brought down previous civilizations.
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A new map of the human brain
New paper in Nature describes the most highly detailed map of the human cortex so far.
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BrainCheck
How can you collect data reflecting the changes in cognitive function that appear when someone has a concussion? BrainCheck combines neuroscience with a mobile platform to gauge changes from baseline.
In other news...
SUM is Book of the Year: Chicago Tribune
SUM was chosen as the best book of 2009 by Chicago Tribune's Pulitzer-winning literary critic Julia Keller.
Neurolaw: The Brain on Trial
Want to know how neuroscience will force major changes in our criminal justice system? Read David's article The Brain on Trial in The Atlantic. Now anthologized in 2012 Best American Science and Nature Writing.
New Scientist interview on the V.E.S.T.
Your reality need not be constrained by your biology. Read the interview here.
