Another NeuroThursday lined up for you: this one on marijuana safety! It’s less harmful than many drugs (including alcohol binge drinking), but I wouldn’t call it Mostly Harmless.
A quick but important #NeuroThursday this week, for those unwinding from a stressful day: marijuana safety! pic.twitter.com/6Oh1ow4flz
— Benjamin C. Kinney (mostly on Bluesky) (@BenCKinney) June 9, 2017
This week’s NeuroThursday is a long one, but I had a lot of cool stuff to explain. Neural networks: how they work, and what they’re all about!
This week, we bring you an artificially constructed #NeuroThursday: what exactly is a "neural network?" pic.twitter.com/p1sk6WrJzO
— Benjamin C. Kinney (mostly on Bluesky) (@BenCKinney) June 2, 2017
For this week’s NeuroThursday, I started writing one on Elon Musk’s NeuraLink, but it only ended up being five tweets‘ worth of material. So I called that my “placebo NeuroThursday,” and followed it up with a full-length one on the placebo effect!
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/867913671187419137.html
Twitter:
A few hours ago I posted a fake NeuroThursday. Which is only appropriate, because the real #NeuroThursday (now) is about placebos! pic.twitter.com/LhgEULvHNw
— Benjamin C. Kinney (mostly on Bluesky) (@BenCKinney) May 26, 2017
This week’s all new, never-seen-before NeuroThursday: on déjà vu, and the details of human memory that make this phenomenon possible.
Yes, you've seen #NeuroThursday before, but it can't have been this episode, because tonight is my first time tackling déjà vu! pic.twitter.com/2UyvYM8iLu
— Benjamin C. Kinney (mostly on Bluesky) (@BenCKinney) May 12, 2017
NeuroThursday took a nap last week, but it’s returned with dreams of explaining why sleep deprivation is a thing – and why it’s probably your thing.
#NeuroThursday has awoken from its nap, and it's here to explain the secrets of sleep – especially its deprivation! pic.twitter.com/SXDD8gbi64
— Benjamin C. Kinney (mostly on Bluesky) (@BenCKinney) April 28, 2017
For this week’s NeuroThursday, I tackle the recent scientific evidence for psychic powers – and why it’s unconvincing despite getting published in a major peer-reviewed scientific journal.
This week, a #NeuroThursday by request: psychic powers. Telepathy, telekinesis, precognition: any substance to these claims? pic.twitter.com/Iu52K1vFd4
— Benjamin C. Kinney (mostly on Bluesky) (@BenCKinney) April 14, 2017
For the tenth NeuroThursday, I explain why our arms are so much more complex than the movements they have to perform. With bonus Soviet Science Photos!
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/850186980562546690.html
Twitter thread:
A simpler #NeuroThursday this week: why is the human arm so complicated? Also known as: the "degrees of freedom" problem. pic.twitter.com/NViyrINpL0
— Benjamin C. Kinney (mostly on Bluesky) (@BenCKinney) April 7, 2017
Time for another week of #NeuroThursday! Maps in the brain, and how they lead us to the conclusion “the brain is enslaved to the body.”
Tonight's #NeuroThursday returns to some of the so-called neuroscience basics: how the body & world are mapped upon the brain. pic.twitter.com/uBydWp4beY
— Benjamin C. Kinney (mostly on Bluesky) (@BenCKinney) March 31, 2017
This week’s NeuroThursday neuroscience explainer: Hand Dominance! Just how dominant is it, anyways? (Less than you think.)
Today on #NeuroThursday I ask what should be a simple question: are you really better at stuff with your dominant hand? pic.twitter.com/Clz1DEP6cP
— Benjamin C. Kinney (mostly on Bluesky) (@BenCKinney) March 24, 2017
For NeuroThursday this week I fulfilled a promise from last time: explaining the variability of the brain, and what it means for a single neuron to have countless functions!
Two weeks ago I made a solemn promise to y'all. Hold tight for #NeuroThursday on brain variability! https://t.co/DaAi3QFpC8
— Benjamin C. Kinney (mostly on Bluesky) (@BenCKinney) March 17, 2017