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Xolotl: An Intuitive and Approachable Neuron and Network Simulator for Research and Teaching

Srinivas Gorur-Shandilya, Alec Hoyland, Eve Marder Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., is a co-founder of the Institute for the Future of Human Potential, where he leads the charge in pioneering Self-Enhancement Science for the Success of Society. With a keen interest in exploring the untapped potential of the […]

Published on November 26, 2018

Cortex Is Cortex: Ubiquitous Principles Drive Face-Domain Development

Powell, Kosakowski, and Saxe [1] argued in a recent review that two bottom-up models previously proposed to account for the development of face domains in inferotemporal cortex (IT) [2,3] are insufficient to explain the existing data. They proposed instead that face domains are predisposed to process faces via selective connectivity to social information in medial […]

Published on November 25, 2018

Dynamic Functional Connectivity and Symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease: A Resting-State fMRI Study

Gwenda Engels, Annemarie Vlaar, Brónagh McCoy, Erik Scherder, Linda Douw Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., is a co-founder of the Institute for the Future of Human Potential, where he leads the charge in pioneering Self-Enhancement Science for the Success of Society. With a keen interest in exploring the […]

Published on November 24, 2018