#humanbrains — Public Fediverse posts

Human brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world

https://news.ucsc.edu/2025/11/sharf-preconfigured-brain/

#HackerNews #HumanBrains #PreconfiguredUnderstanding #Neuroscience #CognitiveScience #BrainResearch

@kate

OMG this is, as you say, staggeringly serious: (from the abstract) “Scientists have now confirmed that the most abundant form of plastic in the Atlantic is in the form of nanoplastics, smaller than a micrometer. These particles are everywhere: in rain, rivers, and even the air. They may already be infiltrating entire ecosystems, including the human brain, and researchers say prevention—not cleanup—is our only hope.” 😐
Prevention! What hope is there of that? We’re doomed!

#Prevention #PublicHealth #Plastics #MicroPlastics #Nanoplastics #ecosystems #humanBrains #ReconnectingConsequencesToCauses

CW: Paywall. New Scientist

Why did humans evolve big brains? A new idea bodes ill for our future | New Scientist

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26334991-100-why-did-humans-evolve-big-brains-a-new-idea-bodes-ill-for-our-future/

#Brain
#BrainSize
#HominidBrains
#HumanBrains
#BigBrains
#BrainShrinkage
#Paleontology
#Archeology
#ModernHumans
#Evolution

#Science

#Humanbrains are getting bigger, here’s why that’s good news

https://talker.news/2024/03/29/human-brains-are-getting-better-heres-why-thats-good-news/

#Genetics may protect against #disease linked to eating #humanbrains

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2422978-genetics-may-protect-against-disease-linked-to-eating-human-brains/

#Computerchips in #humanbrains: How #Americans view the #technology amid recent advances

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/02/01/computer-chips-in-human-brains-how-americans-view-the-technology-amid-recent-advances/

Insect brains are much smaller and simpler than human brains, but they have some surprising similarities. Insects and humans have specialized brain regions for processing sensory information, learning and memory, and social behavior. They also share some common genes and neurotransmitters that regulate brain function. Insect brains can help us understand how our own brains evolved and worked. #insectbrains

#humanbrains #neuroscience https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/how-similar-are-insect-brains-to-human-brains

#DonaldHoffman - How Do #HumanBrains #Function?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o71HwjFT4ow&ab_channel=CloserToTruth

#Philosophy #Science #Neuroscience #PhilosophyOfScience #Human #Humans #Brain #Brains #ReductiveFunctionnalism #Perception #Vision #CreativeVision #Locke #JohnLocke #CloserToTruth #RobertKuhn