Quote: “No one is reading these books with any measure of surprise that Biden wasn’t all there in private, behind the scenes. That’s because Biden wasn’t all there in front of the scenes, either.” commentary.org/articles/tevi-…

:Trends in Cognitive Sciences The interoceptive origin of reinforcement learning cell.com/trends/cogniti…

🧠 ¿Puede la meditación mejorar la cognición en el deterioro cognitivo? Nuevo meta-análisis (25 ECA, 2.095 participantes) evalúa su eficacia en Quejas subjetivas (QS), Det Cognitivo leve (DCL) y E. Alzheimer. Resultados prometedores. Hilo breve 🧵👇 [1/6]

May Working Memory Training be the "silver bullet" to upskill students in the AI era? sharpbrains.com/blog/2025/06/2…

The big day has finally arrived! Today, we presented the 2025 Top 10 Emerging Technologies report at the Summer Davos in Tianjin, China. This document is the result of a year's work with the amazing World Economic Forum team. Find it here: 👉weforum.org/publications/t…… #AMNC25

Technically speaking...when everyone knows that everyone knows that everyone has read When Everyone Knows that Everyone Knows...THEN sudden and massive change can happen.

Charlie Munger: "[With] reading, you can take in so much — and you can take it in on your own time schedule." "It's just God's gift. If you're into self-education, there's nothing like reading. And, of course, people who do a lot of it have an enormous advantage."

In this piece of brain tissue the size of sand grain are 200,000 neurons and nearly 2.5 miles of axons. While it may seem small in size, it was previously thought impossible to map. The road to this beautiful image is both a scientific and human triumph: alleninstitute.org/news/scientist…

This week's World Economic Forum meeting in China was an exceptional opportunity to discuss the technologies redefining our time and the role of chemistry in building a more sustainable future. Have a look at the report here: weforum.org/publications/t… #AMNC2025

This pigeon was not expecting the plane to go that fast

NICE says "Alzheimer's drug" donanemab and lecanemab should not be provided on the UK's National Health System (NHS) given risks and cost-benefit assessment sharpbrains.com/blog/2025/07/0…

Scientists at UCLA Health have introduced a groundbreaking digital “translator” for brain studies—bridging communication between different brain atlases. @lucinauddin is the senior author of the study published in the journal Nature Communications. Learn more: ucla.in/4lkNMPZ

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The fireworks in your mind. 🧠✨ This sparkling video shows the neurotransmitter glutamate being released into synapses, made possible by an indicator developed by Abhi Aggarwal, Kaspar Podgorski, and team. #HappyNewYear #NYE

Nuevas pruebas de que las neuronas del hipocampo siguen formándose hasta bien entrada la edad adulta 🖌 Ana Hernando agenciasinc.es/Noticias/Ident…

Neuroplasticity is the ability of the brain to modify itself in response to learning & new experiences. It really is a superpower.

Carl Sagan on why books are human’s greatest invention: “What an astonishing thing a book is. It's a flat object made from a tree with flexible parts on which are imprinted lots of funny dark squiggles. But one glance at it and you're inside the mind of another person, maybe

today's @wsj deciding to cover my latest essay on agency is crazy meta. it's proof that the bar to make something that can emerge - the idea of merit through action using AI, in this case - is not beyond reach. it doesn't _require_ you have stamps and credentials. i have a boring

Resistance training reverses muscle aging. Older adults who started resistance training: 🏋️‍♂️ Improved strength from 59% to 38% weaker than young adults 🧬 Reversed expression of 179 age-associated genes (particularly mitochondrial)

Five conditions for evidence-based brain training to deliver clear, durable benefits sharpbrains.com/blog/2025/07/0…