Comments on: Memory and Sleep

Memory and Sleep

homunculus — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:55:42 -0800

Mapping Memory. "Turn the human brain upside down and all around to see how memories are saved (or lost)." National Geographic has a great interactive 3D map of the brain as part of an excellent feature on memory.

The New York Times has a good article on the crucial role sleep plays in learning and memory. It's part of a special issue devoted to sleep. Via Neurophilosophy.

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 16:14:48 -0800

Great resource! Know I'll be able to target specific areas with my hammer, in my ongoing attempts to completely erase the past.

By: tepidmonkey

tepidmonkey — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:42:49 -0800

Memory/the brain/evolution are endlessly fascinating. Thanks for the post. (Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to go tend to my ever-dwindling neurons.)

By: caution live frogs

caution live frogs — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:54:32 -0800

This is cool and all, but it doesn't really compare with the human brains I see in the lab. It's weird holding something that used to be in someone's head. It's even weirder to start dissecting it. Human brains are strange anyway. Rat brains, they look normal to me. Humans have all that stupid cortex all over. Who needs cortex? The hypothalamus is where the action is in my book.

By: homunculus

homunculus — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:33:57 -0800

Who needs cortex? Yeah, fuck that guy.

By: homunculus

homunculus — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:44:59 -0800

Abandoned brains