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Inventor ponders ethics of wiring human brain tissue into computers

Research has discovered a wide scope of brain-wave frequencies in humans, ranging from the very low levels of activity found in deep sleep (Delta waves); to a twilight state between deep sleep and wakefulness (Theta); to the creative, imaginative state (Alpha); to higher frequencies seen during conscious thought (Beta waves); to the highest frequen

Joe Dispenza • Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One

Neuroscience now recognizes that the brain and the body are so intimately intertwined that they cannot be thought of separately.

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Neurons generate and conduct electrochemical impulses, while glial cells provide the neurons with mechanical and metabolic support.

Andrew McGonigle • The Physiology of Yoga

Along with understanding that the electrical impulses in your brain occur in a certain quantity (cycles per second), it’s also important to be aware of the quality of the signal.

Joe Dispenza • Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One

Researchers at the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) and the University of Bonn are using a biophysical model to clarify how astrocytes interact with nerve cells to regulate rapid adaptation to new information.

Lorenzo Squadrani • Astrocytes: The Unsung Heroes of Learning and Memory - Neuroscience News

The first part is the input – dendrites coming from other PRs that signal the presence of lower-level patterns (generally, dendrites and axons are both nerve fibers, but dendrites receive neuron signals and carry them toward the neuron, while axons transmit nerve signals to other neurons³).

Tiago Forte • The Heart Is the Bottleneck

Your EEG is an ocean. Separating this signal out into different waveforms can tell us a bunch about what you’re experiencing. We might look at your beta waves, from 15-30 Hz, which are associated with your experience of active conscious processing. Or theta, from 4-7 Hz, which you make lots of in REM sleep, as well as flow, hypnagogic, and creative... See more

Kristin Posehn • Psychic Shit Happens All The Time

The human brain produces a continuous output of minute electrical signals. The

magnitude of these signals is so small that it is measured in microvolts (FV), or millionths of a volt. However, the signals can be accurately detected and recorded. To do this, the signals must first be picked up by electrodes attached to the surface of the scalp and the