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2025-09-05 13:35:44 UTC

In this "Big picture" debate, @npub1583…dgxr explores the controversy around the terminology used to characterize emotions—and invites 13 experts to chime in.
https://www.thetransmitter.org/the-big-picture/emotion-research-has-a-communication-conundrum/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=org-social&utm_campaign=20250905-perspectives-big-pic-emotion-research-com-conundrum

2024-12-13 12:12:01 UTC

Neuroscience textbooks can be prohibitively expensive for some undergraduate students. A new open-access alternative seeks to change that. Francisco J. Rivera Rosario sat down for a Q&A with Liz Kirby to discuss open-access neuroscience in the classroom.
https://www.thetransmitter.org/books/open-access-neuroscience-comes-to-the-classroom-qa-with-liz-kirby/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=org-social&utm_campaign=20411213-q&a-liz-kirby

2024-10-09 15:02:34 UTC

Unlike the primary sensory brain areas that process sights and sounds, the one that decodes scents also responds to other stimuli, such as images and words associated with an odor, according to a study published today in Nature.
By Angie Voyles Askham
https://www.thetransmitter.org/sensory-systems/double-duty-neurons-in-primary-olfactory-cortex-pick-up-on-more-than-just-scent/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=org-social&utm_campaign=20241009-double-duty-neurons-olafactory-cortex

2024-09-13 13:21:04 UTC

Some experimental findings are inconsistent with the dominant model of reward prediction error, highlighting the need for alternative testable and falsifiable models for dopamine function. Vijay Namboodiri explains: https://www.thetransmitter.org/dopamine/dopamine-and-the-need-for-alternative-theories/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=org-social&utm_campaign=20240913-alternative-theories