Neuroscience – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Wed, 25 Feb 2026 16:10:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Neuroscience – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 Why Is Calretinin (CALB2) Important In Neuroscience Research? https://brewminate.com/why-is-calretinin-calb2-important-in-neuroscience-research/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 16:10:27 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=270419 Calretinin (CALB2) is a calcium-binding protein found in particular nerve cells in the brain and nervous system. Calcium

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]]> Measuring the Mind: From Ancient Conceptions of Intelligence to Modern Testing https://brewminate.com/measuring-the-mind-from-ancient-conceptions-of-intelligence-to-modern-testing/ Mon, 24 Nov 2025 15:24:21 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=266271 Intelligence is best understood not as a fixed or isolated attribute but as a complex, evolving concept shaped

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]]> Brodmann’s Grids to Neural Networks: The Historical Cartography of the Brain https://brewminate.com/brodmanns-grids-to-neural-networks-the-historical-cartography-of-the-brain/ Tue, 26 Aug 2025 14:11:19 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=261482 As neuroscience advances, the temptation will be to see each new map as definitive. Yet history counsels humility.

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]]> Mind within Flesh: Ancient Inquiries into the Brain and the Nature of Thought https://brewminate.com/mind-within-flesh-ancient-inquiries-into-the-brain-and-the-nature-of-thought/ Tue, 19 Aug 2025 14:45:10 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=261020 The ancient study of the brain was never purely scientific nor purely mystical. It arose from the effort

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]]> Telepathic Tremors: How Scientists Are Learning to Decode Inner Speech https://brewminate.com/telepathic-tremors-how-scientists-are-learning-to-decode-inner-speech/ Tue, 19 Aug 2025 14:44:25 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=261002 Whether this technology remains a specialized medical tool or evolves into a broader social force will depend on

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]]> How We’re Wired: A Brief History of Neuroscience since Antiquity https://brewminate.com/how-were-wired-a-brief-history-of-neuroscience-since-antiquity/ Wed, 09 Aug 2023 14:32:17 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=215331 The earliest reference to the brain occurs in an ancient Egyptian papyrus. Introduction From the ancient Egyptian mummifications to 18th-century scientific

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]]> A History of the Anatomy of the Brain Learned over Several Centuries https://brewminate.com/a-history-of-the-anatomy-of-the-brain-learned-over-several-centuries/ Wed, 09 Aug 2023 14:31:43 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=215342 In antiquity, the search for knowledge of the brain anatomy was marked by several protagonists. By Dr. Luiz

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]]> Digitizing Life: Collaboration and the Decade-Long ‘Human Brain Project’ https://brewminate.com/digitizing-life-collaboration-and-the-decade-long-human-brain-project/ Fri, 19 May 2023 14:00:58 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=205574 Whether this controversial 1 billion-euro project achieved its aims is unclear. Introduction Recent years have seen both impressive advances

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]]> The Shape of Thought: Santiago Ramon y Cajal and Neuroscience in the 19th Century https://brewminate.com/the-shape-of-thought-santiago-ramon-y-cajal-and-neuroscience-in-the-19th-century/ Fri, 19 May 2023 14:00:42 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=210884 The magical moment when early brain pioneer Santiago Ramón y Cajal saw a brain cell for the first

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]]> How to Train Your Brain and Sharpen Your Mind https://brewminate.com/how-to-train-your-brain-and-sharpen-your-mind/ Thu, 02 Sep 2021 17:08:49 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=160965 Sometimes, your brain fails to keep up with the times. It can be very frustrating when you start

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