Sebastian Seung: I am my connectome – Ted Talk

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Sebastian Seung is mapping a massively ambitious new model of the brain that focuses on the connections between each neuron. He calls it our “connectome,” and it’s as individual as our genome — and understanding it could open a new way to understand our brains and our minds.

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.Click link below for Ted talk:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA7GwKXfJB0

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The Brainstormer iPad app provides a cornucopia of ideas for creative minds

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One of the worst things a writer or an artist faces is the dreaded creative block when you can’t come up with an idea that drives you to draw or write. One tool to help you get past this blank canvas state is The Brainstormer iPad app from Tapnik.

The Brainstormer app is a basic collection of common brain storming lists. The app launches in wheel mode which allows you to spin a wheel and generate a combination of plot/conflict, style/setting and subject/location words. The more adventurous can choose to roll the dice in slot machine mode to get a random mix of words.

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.Click link below for article:

http://www.tuaw.com/2013/01/04/the-brainstormer-provides-a-cornucopia-of-ideas/

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The Mind Of A Mass Murderer: Charles Whitman, Brain Damage, And Violence (VIDEO)

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On August 1, 1966, Charles Whitman murdered his mother and his wife before traveling to the campus of the University of Texas, climbing inside the tower, and killing fourteen others. He was dubbed the infamous UT sniper, but his story involves much more than Marine Corps training and a proclivity for violence. In fact, Whitman complained of headaches and an altered mental state in the days and weeks leading up to the killings. His own suicide note read that “I do not really understand myself these days. I am supposed to be an average reasonable and intelligent young man. However, lately (I cannot recall when it started) I have been a victim of many unusual and irrational thoughts.”

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Charles Whitman (1963 Cactus, the student yearbook of the University of Texas)

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/27/mind-murderer_n_1384102.html?ir=Science&ref=topbar

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