DanielBor
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Heard Hugo Williams at Trinity College, Camb, tonight - witty, clear poems combined with fascinating anecdotes, but shamefully tiny audience
about 3 hours ago
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Interesting article showing attention boost not so much due to greater neuron activity, but less interneuron correlation:
about 16 hours ago
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RT @: Story in the Guardian about us scanning Fiona Shaw for the Wellcome
about 16 hours ago
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@ Lovely blogpost. I adore Cloud Atlas too - my favourite Mitchell novel, but Number9dream is almost as good. Enjoy!
5:35 AM Nov 22nd
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Recent Women In Science symposium from my old department. UK+neuro bent, but excellent gen advice for women scientists:
11:06 AM Nov 20th
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My new piano's arrived - well the piano is my age, but it's new for me - very excited indeed!
5:23 AM Nov 19th
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@ Sure smaller brain more efficient (and prob less smart). But debate started from unpublished story. Maybe wait for proper evidence?
1:33 PM Nov 14th
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@ Yep seen these dolphin pics before - amazing. Makes human brains look v simple in comparison - Doug Adams might have had a point!
1:29 PM Nov 14th
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Working on 3rd draft of same chapter in a week. Noticing throughput inversely proportional to draft number - and twitter browsing
8:23 AM Nov 14th
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@ I've no idea if slightly smller brain better, but do you really think cond delay sig factor? e.g. do smaller people have faster RT?
6:52 AM Nov 14th
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@ ..and good correlation between brain size and body size, so for env not gene reasons prob brain size now larger than 5000 years ago.
4:29 AM Nov 14th
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@ thnx for bloglink - will check it out. My point that def we're still evolving, but for env reasons we're also getting bigger...
4:27 AM Nov 14th
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@ Accept humans still evolving, but v sceptical that brain shrinking (e.g increase in body size reasons) - what's original paper?
3:54 AM Nov 14th
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Just bought a lovely tall upright piano (Yamaha U1, 2nd hand). Comes on Thursday. Extremely excited!
5:44 AM Nov 13th
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Agree over-interp of many fMRI studies,but disagree can't learn all ab mind in future: Tallis on neurohype: (via @)
4:44 AM Nov 12th
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V. exciting results RT @ Stem cell treatment restores cog ability after brain tumor - important implications
12:09 PM Nov 10th
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Back from long w.e. with in-laws in Durham and feeling relieved to be writing 3rd chapter again - lots of thoughts needing to go on paper
2:38 AM Nov 9th
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@ It was, thnx! Maybe meet up with you in another Peter writers' dinner sometime? Welcm back from China, btw. Hope you had a great time
1:39 AM Nov 6th
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3rd my agent @ organised dinner w Ian and lots of other fascinating writer-types. Big regret was only got to chat to 1/2 of them
1:13 AM Nov 6th
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2nd Ian Stewart public Roy Soc lecture (he was introduced as author of Sci of DiscOworld book!) - funny, fun, very clear talk.
1:10 AM Nov 6th
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- Name Daniel Bor
- Location Cambridge, UK
- Web http://www.google...
- Bio Cambridge Cognitive neuroscientist and author of upcoming popular science book RAVENOUS FOR WISDOM (published by Basic Books, due spring '11)
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