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National Science Foundation Visualization Challenge. 2013. Entry Details for National Science Foundation Visualization Challenge. (Public Voting will end on Nov 29). nsf-scivis.skild.com.

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Comparative Cognition Lab. 2013. Comparative Cognition Lab. New Haven, CT: Yale University.

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Talbot, Christopher and Luke Kidney. 2012. WebGL Neuroanatomy Atlas. (This is an interactive 3D atlas that allows you to explore brain stem and spinal cord neuroanatomy). talbot.frisbeebiotech.com.

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Carey, Benedict. 2011. Memory Implant Gives Rats Sharper Recollection. June 17. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Davis, Jake H., and David R. Vago. 2013. [http://www.frontiersin.org/consciousness_research/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00870/full Can enlightenment be traced to specific neural correlates, cognition, or behavior? No, and (a qualified) Yes]. frontiersin.org/consciousness_research/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00870/full.

Finn, Amy S., Margaret A. Sheridan, Carla L. Hudson Kam, Stephen Hinshaw, and Mark D’Esposito. 2013. Longitudinal Evidence for Functional Specialization of the Neural Circuit Supporting Working Memory in the Human Brain. San Francisco, CA: Academia.edu.

Gurkan, U. A., Fan, Y., Xu, F., Erkmen, B., Urkac, E. S., Parlakgul, G., Bernstein, J., Xing, W.*, Boyden, E. S.*, Demirci, U.* (* co-corresponding authors). 2013. Simple precision creation of digitally specified, spatially heterogeneous, engineered tissue architectures. 25(8):1192-1198. Advanced Materials.

Knight, Helen. 2013. The brains behind research on the brain: Mehmet Fatih Yanik develops tools to answer some of the central questions in neuroscience. Cambridge, MA: MIT News correspondent.

Markoff, John. 2013. Obama Seeking to Boost Study of Human Brain. February 17. New York, NY: The New York Times.

McGreevey, Sue. 2012. Meditation’s positive residual effects: Imaging finds different forms of meditation may affect brain structure. November 13, Cambridge, MA: HarvardScience.

MrSeb. 2011. MIT Creates Chip to Model Synapses. November 16. hardware.slashdot.org.

Research Reveals Exactly How the Human Brain Adapts to Injury. 2013. Research Reveals Exactly How the Human Brain Adapts to Injury. January 16. Science Daily.

Reuell, Peter. 2012. Sniff mechanics: Research explores how odors are processed in the brain. December 20. Cambridge, MA: news.harvard.edu.

Roast, Roger. 2011. Localizing Language In the Brain. August 31. science.slashdot.org.

Sharot, Tali, Tamara Shiner, Annemarie C. Brown, Judy Fan, and Raymond J. Dolan. 2009. Dopamine Enhances Expectationof Pleasure in Humans. academia.edu/4278710/Dopamine_Enhances_Expectation_of_Pleasure_in_Humans. Current Biology.

Smith, Karen E., Eric C. Porges, Greg J. Norman, Jessica J. Connelly and Jean Decety. 2013. Oxytocin receptor (OXTR) gene variation predicts empathic concern and autonomic arousal while perceiving harm to others. Social Neuroscience.

Soulskill. 2011. Controlling Monkey Brains and Behavior With Light. July 28. tech.slashdot.org.

Soulskill. 2011. How Technology is Changing the Brain. November 11. tech.slashdot.org.

Trafton, Anne. 2013. Making connections in the eye: Wiring diagram of retinal neurons is first step toward mapping the human brain. August 7. Cambridge, MA: MIT News Office.

Zhang, Sarah. 2011. Brain navigation: Research team turns terabytes of image data into model of neural circuits. August 26. Cambridge, MA: The Harvard Gazette.

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Artificial Brain Simulation. 2012. Artificial Brain Simulation - Thalamocortical System, 3.5 Billion Synapses, 16.7 Million Neurons. Ivan Dimkovic Youtube channel.

Au, Wagner James. 2011. Brain-Computer Interface for Disabled People to Control Second Life With Thought Available Commercially Next Year. August 11. New World Notes.

Boyden, Ed with Juan Enriquez. 2011. Ed Boyden: A light switch for neurons. Monterey, CA: TED Talks.

Deisseroth, Karl. 2011. Controlling the Brain with Light (Karl Deisseroth, Stanford University). Stanford, CA: Youtube.com.

Hawkins, Jeff. 2013. OSCON 2013: Jeff Hawkins, "On Open Intelligence". youtube.com.

Miesenboeck, Gero. 2010. Gero Miesenboeck reengineers a brain. Monterey, CA: TED Talks.

Reynolds, Gretchen. 2011. How Exercise Can Keep the Brain Fit. July 27. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Savage-Rumbaugh, Sue. 2013?What Bonobos Can Teach Us. (At Great Ape Trust, TIME 100 honoree Dr. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh studies the cognitive development of bonobos, perhaps humankind's closest relatives). TIME.com.

Searle, John. 2013. John Searle: Our shared condition -- consciousness. Geneva, Switzerland: TEDxCERN.

Seung, Sebastian. 2010. Sebastian Seung: I am my connectome. Monterey, CA: TED Talks.

Wahls MD, Terry. 2011. TEDxIowaCity - Dr. Terry Wahls - Minding Your Mitochondria. (Dr. Terry Wahls learned how to properly fuel her body. Using the lessons she learned at the subcellular level, she used diet to cure her MS and get out of her wheelchair). Iowa City, IA: TEDx.

Wallisch, Pascal. 2014. The neurobiology of happiness: Pascal Wallisch at TEDxNYU. New York, NY: TEDxNYU.

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The Brain. 2011. [http://www.healthline.com/human-body-maps/brain Brain: The brain, with the spinal cord, comprises the body's central nervous system. This is the major control network for the body's functions and abilities]. Healthline.

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