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May 31

The Observer Watching You From Within

A deep dive into metacognition and its implications for intelligent technology — When you’re by yourself, content and at peace with whatever task you’re doing at the moment, are you ever interrupted by the intrusive feeling that someone is watching you? Or, do you feel silently watched all the time? Perhaps you’re reading this and are actually very concerned by these questions…

Neurotechnology

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The Observer Watching You From Within
The Observer Watching You From Within
Neurotechnology

22 min read


Apr 26

Bunny & Her Buttons: Animal Cognition and Communication

For the most part, I have a pretty standard TikTok feed: I get a few DIY videos here and there, a fair share of movie and show reviews, and a weird amount of instant ramen hacks. I never imagined, though, that I would ever watch a video of a talking…

Neuroscience

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Bunny & Her Buttons: Animal Cognition and Communication
Bunny & Her Buttons: Animal Cognition and Communication
Neuroscience

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Jan 23

Locked out of the Now

The Neuroscience of the fleeting nature of our mind. From intrusive thoughts to repetitive thoughts: how our evolution and the default mode network can work against our attempts to live in the present moment. Humans are the only known animals whose minds are not confined to time or space. While…

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Locked out of the Now
Locked out of the Now

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Dec 16, 2022

Tracking The Dark Side

What is there to find in your eyes? Imagine a pair of glasses that could detect if you were looking at a far away object and would automatically zoom in for you; a keyboard that types as your eyes glance from word to word; or even a search tool that…

Neuroscience

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Tracking The Dark Side
Tracking The Dark Side
Neuroscience

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Dec 4, 2022

Why we need “Other Minds” in the Tech Industry

Diversity in Demographics and Specialties — People are becoming increasingly aware that since 2014, major tech companies such as Apple and Google have released diversity reports of their company demographics, which — to our shock but also in line with prior expectations — were not at all diverse. These reports from major companies showed a huge…

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Why we need “Other Minds” in the Tech Industry
Why we need “Other Minds” in the Tech Industry

10 min read


Nov 30, 2022

Talking Minds: Can Minds Talk to Other Minds?

Brain-to-brain interfaces potential to create a dual mind, a social network of connected brains, an AI of multiple human minds, and a lot more. — The development of language is arguably one of the most important innovations in human history. It has allowed us to communicate with one another in ways never thought possible — to communicate information so very precisely — and it has such a great linguistic diversity, with over 7000 different languages…

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Talking Minds: Can Minds Talk to Other Minds?
Talking Minds: Can Minds Talk to Other Minds?

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Nov 26, 2022

Pay Attention to This!

In a world where attention spans are shortening due to daily social media use, how can we begin to regain focus and become more mindful? — Recently, I’ve discovered a mysterious change in my study habits: I’m no longer able to concentrate on one task for a long period of time. When I work, I often switch between reading from my textbook and other unrelated activities, such as scrolling on my phone, getting up to walk…

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Pay Attention to This!
Pay Attention to This!

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Nov 25, 2022

How We Sleep

Exploring Sleep Among Common Animal Models — While its exact function and role remains unknown, the importance of restful sleep is incontestable. Lack of sleep leads to impaired cognitive function, an increased drive to sleep, and can have long-lasting impacts on health. …

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How We Sleep
How We Sleep

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Nov 20, 2022

The Sanctity of Neuroscience

The horizon shatters. Ever so slightly at first, the night breaking into a thousand pieces of fractured heaven, flung outward and high across a blanket of green, the velvet glow melted by the shining morning star. Life gleams. With the dreary shell of human existence now broken, you see the…

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The Sanctity of Neuroscience
The Sanctity of Neuroscience

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Nov 15, 2022

The embodiment of color perception

Hermann von Helmholtz, a German physicist claimed that we do not have direct access to the world and its constituents (Patton, 2018). We can only access the events they lead to in our brains. For example, looking at the sky and realising that there is a full moon most notably…

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The embodiment of color perception
The embodiment of color perception

7 min read

Neurotech@Berkeley

Neurotech@Berkeley

20K Followers

We write on psychology, ethics, neuroscience, and the newest in neural engineering. @UC Berkeley

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