Upcoming Event: A Perfect Mind (London, 03 July 2010)

Coming to The See Further Fest (Celebrating 350 years of The Royal Society):

"A Perfect MInd".

Thank You British Psychological Society Research Digest Blog!

The British Psychological Society Research Digest blog has been very generous in interviewing BrainBlog for its current series of peeks into the lives of psychologists and neuroscientists who write blogs.

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Thank you!

Director Errol Morris on Anosognosia

Part one (of five) from today's New York Times:

The Anosognosic’s Dilemma: Something’s Wrong but You’ll Never Know What It Is (Part 1)
By ERROL MORRIS
June 20, 2010, 9:00 PM

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NCDEU

NCDEU is an annual conference that presents advances in treatment and in clinical trials for a number of psychiatric conditions. It is a relatively small conference with a nicely organized agenda of workshopa, presentations, and poster sessions.

The website for the conference can be found here, which includes the program.

NCDEU

Off to the NCDEU conference in Florida. More from there!

OBIT: Dr. Fred Plum

From The New York Times:

Fred Plum, Neurologist Who Helped Coin ‘Persistent Vegetative State,’ Dies at 86
By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN
Published: June 11, 2010

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MEDIA: NPR Radio: Military Brain Injuries

Military Still Failing To Diagnose, Treat Brain Injuries by T. CHRISTIAN MILLER and DANIEL ZWERDLING. Includes a link to the NPR All Things Considered presentation.

Dana Foundation's What are your Favorite Books about the Brain?

Have some favs? Vote at the Dana website:

http://danapress.typepad.com/weblog/2010/06/what-are-your-favorite-books-about-the-brain.html

Fun!

NIH Videocast: Network Neuroscience

From the 17th of May, 2010:

Network Neuroscience - Connectivity and Dynamics of the Human Brain
by Dr. Olaf Sporns
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"Nervous systems are complex networks of interconnected neural elements that engage in spontaneous or evoked dynamics. Recent advances in the quantitative analysis and modeling of complex networks have provided new insights into the architecture of brain, structural and functional connectivity ¬ its small-world topology, efficient information flow, low wiring cost, modularity, and hubs. This talk provides an overview of this emerging field, with an emphasis on how complex network approaches can reveal structure/function relationships in the human brain."

NIH-Supported Study Looks for Earliest Changes in the Brain That May Lead to Alzheimer's Disease

An NIH news release:

NIH-Supported Study Looks for Earliest Changes in the Brain That May Lead to Alzheimer's Disease
02 June 2010
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