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#Zoomposium with Professor Dr. #Petra #Ritter: “The #simulation of #brains

Ms. Ritter is co-founder and leader of the co-design project “The #Virtual #Brain”, which is part of the #European #Open #Science #Cloud (EOSC) and “is a #neuroinformatics platform for the #simulation of complete #brain networks using biologically realistic #connectivity.

More at: philosophies.de/index.php/2023

or: youtu.be/XrTWh0n8yDY

Neijing Neurology
Dr. Neal and Mel Hopper explore Mel's fascination with neurology. Their conversation explores what Neijing Nature-Based Medicine has to say about modern brain science and discusses what steps we may be able to take to bridge the gap between our tech-obsessed societies and our slowly evolving primitive brains.
youtube.com/watch?v=A2Ryp32kkt

PsyPost: Dopamine and social media: Why you can’t stop scrolling, according to neuroscience. “That satisfying feeling after doomscrolling through endless TikTok videos or impulsively shopping online mimics the relief of scratching an itch. This is dopamine at work — a brain chemical (neurotransmitter) responsible for feelings of reward and accomplishment. Whether indulging in viral videos […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/17/dopamine-and-social-media-why-you-cant-stop-scrolling-according-to-neuroscience-psypost/

ResearchBuzz: Firehose | Individual posts from ResearchBuzz · Dopamine and social media: Why you can’t stop scrolling, according to neuroscience (PsyPost) | ResearchBuzz: Firehose
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"On the whole, the research shows, conservatives desire security, predictability and authority more than liberals do, and liberals are more comfortable with novelty, nuance and complexity. If you had put Buckley and Vidal in a magnetic resonance imaging machine and presented them with identical images, you would likely have seen differences in their brain, especially in the areas that process social and emotional information. The volume of gray matter, or neural cell bodies, making up the anterior cingulate cortex, an area that helps detect errors and resolve conflicts, tends to be larger in liberals. And the amygdala, which is important for regulating emotions and evaluating threats, is larger in conservatives."
scientificamerican.com/article
#brains #polotics #communication

Scientific American · Conservative and Liberal Brains Might Have Some Real DifferencesBy Lydia Denworth