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DATE: August 13, 2026 at 01:40AM
SOURCE: SCIENCE DAILY MIND-BRAIN FEED

TITLE: Human brain cells are far more powerful than scientists thought

URL: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260812015216.htm

A single human brain cell may be far more powerful than scientists once realized. Researchers found that cortical neurons can perform remarkably complex computations, giving them capabilities more like tiny biological computers than simple on-off switches. This could help explain why the human brain supports abilities such as language, imagination, and mathematics.

URL: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260812015216.htm

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#psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #BrainPower #Neuroscience #CorticalNeurons #BrainComputers #HumanBrain #NeuralComputations #LanguageImaginationMath #BiologicalComputers #CognitiveScience #BrainResearch

DATE: August 13, 2026 at 01:40AM
SOURCE: SCIENCE DAILY MIND-BRAIN FEED

TITLE: Human brain cells are far more powerful than scientists thought

URL: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260812015216.htm

A single human brain cell may be far more powerful than scientists once realized. Researchers found that cortical neurons can perform remarkably complex computations, giving them capabilities more like tiny biological computers than simple on-off switches. This could help explain why the human brain supports abilities such as language, imagination, and mathematics.

URL: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260812015216.htm

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#psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #BrainPower #Neuroscience #CorticalNeurons #BrainComputers #HumanBrain #NeuralComputations #LanguageImaginationMath #BiologicalComputers #CognitiveScience #BrainResearch

⏳ Why Does Time Feel Faster as We Get Older? The Science Behind Time Perception

https://curiositysphereblog.wordpress.com/2026/08/01/why-does-time-feel-faster-as-we-get-older/

⏳ Why Does Time Feel Faster as We Get Older? The Science Behind Time Perception

https://curiositysphereblog.wordpress.com/2026/08/01/why-does-time-feel-faster-as-we-get-older/

The Reality of Dreams

https://johnbronze.wordpress.com/2026/07/24/the-reality-of-dreams/

The Reality of Dreams

https://johnbronze.wordpress.com/2026/07/24/the-reality-of-dreams/

“We don’t know all that much about how you would write down what the #humanbrain does as an #algorithm, but it does look very much as if, considered as an algorithm, it’s significantly better than anything currently runnable on #silicon.” open.substack.com/pub/backofmi...

the legend of john henry's cer...

#Hypothesis: the #humanbrain is more susceptible #earworms first thing in the morning.

Lutein-zeaxanthin supplements may boost attention in teenagers https://www.diningandcooking.com/2707162/lutein-zeaxanthin-supplements-may-boost-attention-in-teenagers/ #abstract #analyzing #backgrounds #blue #BrainGears #BrainStorm #care #CircuitBoard #Computer #ComputerSoftware #concepts #cybernetic #cyborg #data #DigitallyGeneratedImage #Doctor #futuristic #gear #HealthcareAndMedicine #HumanBrain #HumanNervousSystem #Illustration #innovation #Intelligence #map #NerveCell #nutrition #patient #people #robot #science #silhouette #synapse #technology #thinking

Lutein-zeaxanthin supplements may boost attention in teenagers https://www.diningandcooking.com/2707162/lutein-zeaxanthin-supplements-may-boost-attention-in-teenagers/ #abstract #analyzing #backgrounds #blue #BrainGears #BrainStorm #care #CircuitBoard #Computer #ComputerSoftware #concepts #cybernetic #cyborg #data #DigitallyGeneratedImage #Doctor #futuristic #gear #HealthcareAndMedicine #HumanBrain #HumanNervousSystem #Illustration #innovation #Intelligence #map #NerveCell #nutrition #patient #people #robot #science #silhouette #synapse #technology #thinking

#HumanBrain #EnergyDemand #FatStorage #EvolutionaryBiology #Podcast #Science #Health #Nutrition #CalorieConsumption #wellnesszone #wellnessindustry #wellnessbox #wellnessweek #wellnessplanner #BrainPower https://mastodon.social/@biohackingpathway/116750295459505227

#JeffBezos Is Funding a Wild Hunt for the #Brain’s ‘Core Algorithm’
Though the inspiration for #LLM's was rooted in biology, current frontier models have little in common with the #humanbrain. With #Flourish Reardon and Williams haven’t figured out how to build systems that match a human brain. What they have is a belief that an expert, well-resourced team—of #AI researchers and neuroscientists working essentially side by side—can find the answer.
https://www.wired.com/story/jeff-bezos-is-funding-a-wild-hunt-for-the-brains-core-algorithm/
https://archive.ph/oGSHM

#JeffBezos Is Funding a Wild Hunt for the #Brain’s ‘Core Algorithm’
Though the inspiration for #LLM's was rooted in biology, current frontier models have little in common with the #humanbrain. With #Flourish Reardon and Williams haven’t figured out how to build systems that match a human brain. What they have is a belief that an expert, well-resourced team—of #AI researchers and neuroscientists working essentially side by side—can find the answer.
https://www.wired.com/story/jeff-bezos-is-funding-a-wild-hunt-for-the-brains-core-algorithm/
https://archive.ph/oGSHM

Handwriting But Not Typewriting Leads To Widespread Brain Connectivity - A High-Density EEG Study With Implications For The Classroom
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https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10853352/ <-- shared paper
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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/learning/what-teenagers-are-saying-about-writing-by-hand-in-the-digital-age.html <-- shared media article
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#handwriting #typewriting #typing #digital #brainconnectivity #coherence #highdensityEEG #youngadults #humanbrain #learning #compherension #understanding #composition #brain #connectivity #memory #understanding #information #spatiotemporal #visual #proprioceptive #writing #composition #spelling #motorskills #creative #polished #AI #memory #composition #concentration

Handwriting But Not Typewriting Leads To Widespread Brain Connectivity - A High-Density EEG Study With Implications For The Classroom
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https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10853352/ <-- shared paper
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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/learning/what-teenagers-are-saying-about-writing-by-hand-in-the-digital-age.html <-- shared media article
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#handwriting #typewriting #typing #digital #brainconnectivity #coherence #highdensityEEG #youngadults #humanbrain #learning #compherension #understanding #composition #brain #connectivity #memory #understanding #information #spatiotemporal #visual #proprioceptive #writing #composition #spelling #motorskills #creative #polished #AI #memory #composition #concentration

Memory shapes who we are but what happens when years of it suddenly disappear? A rare medical case involving reported memory loss is sparking conversations about brain health, neurological science, and the limits of human understanding.
#MemoryLoss #BrainHealth #MedicalMystery #Neurology #Science #HealthNews #HumanBrain #CurrentEvents #HealthAwareness #Discussion

Memory shapes who we are but what happens when years of it suddenly disappear? A rare medical case involving reported memory loss is sparking conversations about brain health, neurological science, and the limits of human understanding.
#MemoryLoss #BrainHealth #MedicalMystery #Neurology #Science #HealthNews #HumanBrain #CurrentEvents #HealthAwareness #Discussion

English – The Conversation | Self-driving cars struggle to see at night or in fog – but imitating the human brain can make them safe by Pablo Hernández Cámara, Profesor e investigador. Departamento de Ingeniería Electrónica & Laboratorio de Procesado de Imágenes, Universitat de València, Universitat de València

AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information.

Self‑driving cars work well in clear daylight but become almost blind in darkness, rain or fog, because current AI vision systems lack the adaptive mechanisms that human eyes use. Researchers at the University of Valencia mimicked the brain’s “divisive normalisation”—a neuronal “volume‑control” that amplifies weak signals in dark scenes and attenuates bright ones—to modify standard AI models. Tests with real‑world European driving data, night‑time images from Switzerland and virtual simulators showed that the brain‑inspired models retained accurate object detection under fog and complete darkness, outperforming unmodified AI by more than 20 %. The study suggests that improving autonomous‑vehicle safety does not require larger computers or massive datasets, but rather can be achieved by borrowing evolution‑tested strategies from human vision, making AI systems more robust, adaptable, and trustworthy in all weather conditions.

Read more: https://theconversation.com/self-driving-cars-struggle-to-see-at-night-or-in-fog-but-imitating-the-human-brain-can-make-them-safe-282284

#UniversityofValencia #Selfdrivingcars #AIvision #Neuralnetwork #Humanbrain #Divisivenormalisation #Switzerland #Europeandatasets #Autonomousvehicles #Braininspired #

Human vision: what we actually see – and don’t see – tells us a lot about consciousness
#Science #Neuroscience #Psychology #Consciousness #HumanBrain #Vision #Perception #Mind #Brain #Awareness #PhilosophyOfMind #Neuropsychology #HumanMind #DeepThinking
https://the-14.com/human-vision-what-we-actually-see-and-dont-see-tells-us-a-lot-about-consciousness/

Human vision: what we actually see – and don’t see – tells us a lot about consciousness
#Science #Neuroscience #Psychology #Consciousness #HumanBrain #Vision #Perception #Mind #Brain #Awareness #PhilosophyOfMind #Neuropsychology #HumanMind #DeepThinking
https://the-14.com/human-vision-what-we-actually-see-and-dont-see-tells-us-a-lot-about-consciousness/

Reflections on Human and Artificial Intelligence

📰 Original title: I.N.

🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅

View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/reflections-on-human-and-artificial-intelligence/?redirpost=f209a88f-8f4c-4547-b469-ef844c4d2039

#artificialintelligence #cognition #humanbrain

15 sneaky signs someone is far more intelligent than you realize

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/15-sneaky-signs-of-intelligence-ex1

15 sneaky signs someone is far more intelligent than you realize

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/15-sneaky-signs-of-intelligence-ex1

#HumanBrain #EnergyDemand #FatStorage #EvolutionaryBiology #Podcast #Science #Health #Nutrition #CalorieConsumption #wellnesszone #wellnessindustry #wellnessbox #wellnessweek #wellnessplanner #BrainPower https://mastodon.social/@biohackingpathway/116047916257875178

Scientists once thought the brain couldn’t be changed. Now we know different
#Health #Neuroplasticity #BrainScience #Neuroscience #MentalHealth #BrainHealth #Learning #HumanBrain #Psychology #LifelongLearning #Memory #Stress #Sleep #Exercise #Research
https://the-14.com/scientists-once-thought-the-brain-couldnt-be-changed-now-we-know-different/

Scientists once thought the brain couldn’t be changed. Now we know different
#Health #Neuroplasticity #BrainScience #Neuroscience #MentalHealth #BrainHealth #Learning #HumanBrain #Psychology #LifelongLearning #Memory #Stress #Sleep #Exercise #Research
https://the-14.com/scientists-once-thought-the-brain-couldnt-be-changed-now-we-know-different/

#GutMicrobes Played Role in #Evolution of #HumanBrain, New Study Suggests

https://www.sci.news/biology/gut-microbes-human-brain-evolution-14461.html

#GutMicrobes Played Role in #Evolution of #HumanBrain, New Study Suggests

https://www.sci.news/biology/gut-microbes-human-brain-evolution-14461.html

No, your brain doesn’t suddenly ‘fully develop’ at 25. Here’s what the neuroscience actually shows
#Science #Neuroscience #BrainDevelopment #FrontalLobe #Psychology #BrainHealth #Neuroplasticity #Research #GenZ #ScienceExplained #MentalHealth #HumanBrain
https://the-14.com/no-your-brain-doesnt-suddenly-fully-develop-at-25-heres-what-the-neuroscience-actually-shows/

No, your brain doesn’t suddenly ‘fully develop’ at 25. Here’s what the neuroscience actually shows
#Science #Neuroscience #BrainDevelopment #FrontalLobe #Psychology #BrainHealth #Neuroplasticity #Research #GenZ #ScienceExplained #MentalHealth #HumanBrain
https://the-14.com/no-your-brain-doesnt-suddenly-fully-develop-at-25-heres-what-the-neuroscience-actually-shows/

Unlocking the Brain's Hidden Learning Blocks

https://techlife.blog/posts/scientists-uncover-the-brains-hidden-learning-blocks/

#HumanBrain #CentralNervousSystem #Brain #Learning #Neuroscience

Unlocking the Brain's Hidden Learning Blocks

https://techlife.blog/posts/scientists-uncover-the-brains-hidden-learning-blocks/

#HumanBrain #CentralNervousSystem #Brain #Learning #Neuroscience

"A spatial transcriptomic atlas of autism-associated genes identifies convergence in the developing human thalamus", Aivazidis et al. 2025
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.05.685843v1

"The developing thalamus showed the most prevalent expression of autism susceptibility genes... Within the thalamus, excitatory neurons showed the most enriched expression"

Makes a lot of good sense relative to the hyper- and hypo-sensitivity in autism: the neurons that relay sensory signals to the brain are impacted the most.

Browse the gene expression data:
https://www.stageatlas.org/

#neuroscience #autism #HumanBrain

"A spatial transcriptomic atlas of autism-associated genes identifies convergence in the developing human thalamus", Aivazidis et al. 2025
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.05.685843v1

"The developing thalamus showed the most prevalent expression of autism susceptibility genes... Within the thalamus, excitatory neurons showed the most enriched expression"

Makes a lot of good sense relative to the hyper- and hypo-sensitivity in autism: the neurons that relay sensory signals to the brain are impacted the most.

Browse the gene expression data:
https://www.stageatlas.org/

#neuroscience #autism #HumanBrain

Hundreds of genes act differently in the brains of men and women
#Science #Brain #Genetics #Neuroscience #BrainResearch #MenAndWomen #Biology #Health #SexChromosomes #Alzheimers #Parkinsons #Male #Female #Woman #Man #HumanBrain #SexDifferences
https://the-14.com/hundreds-of-genes-act-differently-in-the-brains-of-men-and-women/

Hundreds of genes act differently in the brains of men and women
#Science #Brain #Genetics #Neuroscience #BrainResearch #MenAndWomen #Biology #Health #SexChromosomes #Alzheimers #Parkinsons #Male #Female #Woman #Man #HumanBrain #SexDifferences
https://the-14.com/hundreds-of-genes-act-differently-in-the-brains-of-men-and-women/

Tracking the #neural activity of #undergrads reveals how the #humanbrain learns to #code

https://techxplore.com/news/2025-10-tracking-neural-undergrads-reveals-human.html

Tracking the #neural activity of #undergrads reveals how the #humanbrain learns to #code

https://techxplore.com/news/2025-10-tracking-neural-undergrads-reveals-human.html

Autism may be the price of human intelligence, linked to human brain evolution

https://academic.oup.com/mbe/article/42/9/msaf189/8245036?login=false

#HackerNews #Autism #Intelligence #Evolution #HumanBrain #Research

Autism may be the price of human intelligence, linked to human brain evolution

https://academic.oup.com/mbe/article/42/9/msaf189/8245036?login=false

#HackerNews #Autism #Intelligence #Evolution #HumanBrain #Research

The #humanbrain runs on less power than a 60-watt light bulb.

https://interestingfacts.com/fact/the-human-brain-runs-on-less-power-than-a-60-watt-lightbulb/

The #humanbrain runs on less power than a 60-watt light bulb.

https://interestingfacts.com/fact/the-human-brain-runs-on-less-power-than-a-60-watt-lightbulb/

Daniel Yon Explains Why Your Brain Is a Brilliant Illusionist | Scientific American

September 12, 2025

How Your Brain Constructs—And Sometimes Distorts—Your Experience of the World

 In his new book, Daniel Yon explains how our brain is constantly constructing reality

By Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi & Alex Sugiura

https://playlist.megaphone.fm/?e=SAM4518074123&light=true&artwork=false

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman.

You probably think you’re listening to my voice right now. But what if I told you that you’re actually experiencing a sophisticated hallucination?

Perception isn’t the passive process that most of us imagine it to be, with our senses simply recording reality and sending it up to our brains for processing. Instead, our brains are constantly constructing theories about what’s going on around us—and sometimes our brains get reality wrong.

Here to explain this mind-bending way of looking at, well, the mind, is Daniel Yon, an associate professor of cognitive neuroscience and director of the Uncertainty Lab at Birkbeck, University of London. Daniel is also the author of a recent book called A Trick of the Mind: How the Brain Invents Your Reality.

Thank you so much for coming on to chat with us.

Daniel Yon: Thank you for having me.

Feltman: So why don’t you start by telling me a little bit about your background and how it led you to write your latest book.

Yon: Yeah, so I’m an experimental psychologist and a cognitive neuroscientist, so that means my day job is to try and understand how your mind and brain work and how what happens inside your skull kind of makes the world that you live in.

So the motivation behind my new book, A Trick of the Mind, is that I think that the work that’s been going on in my lab and that which colleagues have been working on around the world gives us a brand-new way of thinking about how our brains work: that your brain is like a scientist. And I think this new idea …

Feltman: Hmm.

Yon: Can shed a lot of light on both the wonderful things [laughs] that your brain gets right but also the ways that our minds and brains can mislead us and get us to perceive and believe things that may not be true.

Feltman: Right. So you, you say that our brains are constantly hallucinating reality and that this is “a feature, not a bug.” Can you explain more what that means for our listeners?

Editor’s Note: Read the rest of the story, at the below link.

Continue/Read Original Article Here: Daniel Yon Explains Why Your Brain Is a Brilliant Illusionist | Scientific American

#2025 #America #Books #Brain #Education #Hallucinations #Health #Human #HumanBrain #HumanExperience #Libraries #Library #LibraryOfCongress #Memories #Perception #Reading #Research #Science #ScienceQuickly #ScientificAmerican #Technology #UnitedStates

Import AI 424: LLM and human brain similarities https://importai.substack.com/p/import-ai-424-facebook-improves-ads #AI #HumanBrain (similar in some ways)

Import AI 424: LLM and human brain similarities https://importai.substack.com/p/import-ai-424-facebook-improves-ads #AI #HumanBrain (similar in some ways)

How does cerebral #BloodPerfusion map onto micro-, meso- & macro-scale brain structure? @misicbata &co characterize blood perfusion in the #HumanBrain, revealing how it changes with age & in #NeurodegenerativeDisease @PLOSBiology https://plos.io/46AEURS

How does cerebral #BloodPerfusion map onto micro-, meso- & macro-scale brain structure? @misicbata &co characterize blood perfusion in the #HumanBrain, revealing how it changes with age & in #NeurodegenerativeDisease @PLOSBiology https://plos.io/46AEURS

#Millipede Molecules Scramble #Ants – And Might Help Heal the #HumanBrain

https://scitechdaily.com/millipede-molecules-scramble-ants-and-might-help-heal-the-human-brain/

#Millipede Molecules Scramble #Ants – And Might Help Heal the #HumanBrain

https://scitechdaily.com/millipede-molecules-scramble-ants-and-might-help-heal-the-human-brain/

Mapping the Mind: A Tour Through the Brain’s Fascinating Landscape

#HumanBrain #Neuroscience #BrainScience #MindAndBody #BrainMapping #NeuroJourney #BrainDevelopment #Mindfulness #BrainFacts #NeuroscienceExplained

https://youtube.com/shorts/YSP_hNM1tHU?feature=share

🎩🤖 Oh, Apple! Always the bearer of "earth-shattering" #news. Turns out #AI isn't the savior we all thought it was—who knew #algorithms can't actually reason? Guess we'll have to keep that pesky human brain on standby a little longer. 😂🙄
https://leotsem.com/blog/the-illusion-of-thinking/ #Apple #humanbrain #humor #HackerNews #ngated

A neuroscientist explains why it’s impossible for AI to ‘understand’ language
#Tech #AI #LanguageUnderstanding #Neuroscience #ArtificialIntelligence #ChatGPT #MeaningMaking #HumanBrain #Linguistics #Chomsky #MachineLearning #TechEthics
https://the-14.com/a-neuroscientist-explains-why-its-impossible-for-ai-to-understand-language/