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Is The Brain an Analog Computer? Consciousness as Dynamic Brainwave Organization | Earl Miller

Professor Earl Miller discusses, Mind-Body Solution podcast.

Earl K. Miller is the Picower Professor of Neuroscience at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has faculty positions in The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory and the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences. He holds degrees from Kent State University (B.A.) and Princeton University (M.A., Ph.D.) as well as an honorary Doctor of Science from Kent State University.

For decades, neuroscience treated the brain like a digital machine — storing information in synaptic connections and sustaining activity like a switch flipped on. But what if that model is incomplete?

In this conversation, I sit down with Earl Miller, MIT professor and head of the Miller Lab, to explore a growing shift in cognitive neuroscience: the brain may compute using dynamic electrical waves.

We discuss how oscillations coordinate millions of neurons, how waves interact with spikes in a two-way system, why large-scale brain organization may depend on rhythmic patterns, and what this means for artificial intelligence.

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A Reflection on Movement Disorders Fellowship Training in Deep Brain Stimulation: Past and Future

A Reflection on Movement Disorders —Fellowship Training in Deep Brain Stimulation: Past and Future.

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) has been an integral part of movement disorders care for decades. However, differences exist in techniques for surgical implantation of DBS and clinician experience with DBS systems, including use of new software, programming approaches, and postsurgical management of patients. DBS technologies have been rapidly advancing, and indications for DBS are increasing, including for psychiatric symptoms and epilepsy. The heterogeneity in the scope and utility of DBS is perhaps mirrored in education and training, despite efforts to develop competency measures for trainees. These advancements in DBS and the varying opportunities offered at each fellowship contribute to challenges for program directors to establish and implement consistent expectations. Similar challenges have been observed in other fields using neuromodulation.

Ritual Chambers of the Andes: Used in Secret, Near Death Simulations

What if everything you thought you knew about the ancient Inka was wrong? History tells us they were master builders, but what if their most impressive structures were never meant for the dead at all? New evidence from the mysterious chullpa towers of Sillustani and Cutimbo reveals something far more extraordinary: these megalithic chambers were not tombs, but carefully engineered portals for a secret ritual of “living resurrection.”

This ancient practice, known to initiates from Egypt to China, from the Essenes beneath Mount Sion to the philosophers of Greece, allowed a living candidate to journey voluntarily to the Otherworld and return, risen, with first-hand knowledge of the cosmos. The same ritual echoes through the empty sarcophagi of Egypt, the suppressed Gospels of early Christianity, and the secret rites of the Knights Templar. And now, encoded in stone on the high Andean plateau, the chullpas of Peru whisper the same forbidden truth.

Forget what the history books taught you. The real story is stranger, older, and infinitely more profound.

Abstract: Stressing the details in the link between chronic stress and liver cancer…

Here, Xuetian Yue discover chronic stress promotes aminopeptidase N expression to increase glutathione synthesis and inhibit ferroptosis in models of liver cancer.

1Department of Cellular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences;

2Key Laboratory for Experimental Teratology of Ministry of Education and Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences; and.

3Key Laboratory for Experimental Teratology of the Ministry of Education, Department of Histology and Embryology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Cheeloo Medical College, Shandong University, Jinan, China.

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Post-Humans of All Tomorrows-3D Size Comparison

In All Tomorrows by C. M. Kosemen, also known as Nemo Ramjet, humanity’s distant descendants are reshaped across millions of years into wildly divergent “post-human” species after being genetically engineered by the godlike alien Qu. These forms range from tiny, almost vermin-like organisms and sessile, colony-bound beings to aquatic leviathans, aerial gliders, and towering, heavily built giants as each adapted to extreme planetary environments and radically different evolutionary pressures. Some retain echoes of recognizable humanity, while others are so transformed they blur the line between animal, ecosystem, and living architecture. In this size comparison, we’ll explore the full spectrum of these post-human forms, from the smallest engineered remnants to the most massive macro-organic descendants.

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https://all-tomorrows.fandom.com/wiki/Qu.
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Video Conferencing, Web Conferencing, Webinars, Screen Sharing

Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars across mobile, desktop, and room systems. Zoom Rooms is the original software-based conference room solution used around the world in board, conference, huddle, and training rooms, as well as executive offices and classrooms. Founded in 2011, Zoom helps businesses and organizations bring their teams together in a frictionless environment to get more done. Zoom is a publicly traded company headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Engineered CAR-NK cells appear more ‘attack-ready’

Researchers at the Ribeirao Preto Blood Center and the Center for Cell-Based Therapy (CTC) conducted a study using the NK-92 cell line to test new models of chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) with specific costimulatory domains, such as 2B4 and DAP12. The tests showed that these components helped make the cells “ready to attack,” thereby increasing their ability to destroy tumors. The results were published in the journal Frontiers in Immunology.

The CTC is one of the Research, Innovation, and Dissemination Centers (RIDCs) supported by FAPESP. It is based at the Ribeirao Preto Blood Center and is linked to the general and teaching hospital (“Hospital das Clínicas”) of the Ribeirao Preto Medical School of the University of São Paulo (FMRP-USP).

CAR-based cell therapies are revolutionizing cancer treatment, especially for hematological tumors. However, although it is already known which components work best in CAR-T cells, many questions remain about which intracellular signals make CAR-NK cells more effective.

Artificial intelligence in medicine: How it works, how it fails

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming healthcare, with large language models emerging as important tools for clinical practice, education, and research. To use it safely and effectively, healthcare professionals need to understand how it works, and how it fails. Using practical clinical examples, the authors explain the subset of AI called large language models, highlighting their capabilities and their limitations.

Key Points

  • AI is trained on vast amounts of data, which can itself be biased, leading to biased results.

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