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theblackworkshop: Two in One House / Clavienrossier...

Sat, 25 May 2013 11:33:00 +0200

theblackworkshop:

Two in One House / Clavienrossier Architectes

marcedith: …sharon-lai:She will be loved by...

Sat, 25 May 2013 11:30:53 +0200

marcedith:

…sharon-lai:She will be loved by ~Proud-of-your-love…

nevver: le Bat

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:11:01 +0200

nevver:

le Bat

neurosciencestuff: Pay attention: How we focus and...

Sat, 25 May 2013 08:55:03 +0200

neurosciencestuff:

Pay attention: How we focus and concentrate

Scientists at Newcastle University have shed new light on how the brain tunes in to relevant information.

Publishing in Neuron, the team reveal the interplay of brain chemicals which help us pay attention in work funded by the Wellcome Trust and BBSRC.

By changing the way neurons respond to external stimuli we improve our perceptual abilities. While these changes can affect the strength of a neuronal response, they can also affect the fidelity of that response.

Lead author Alex Thiele, Professor of Visual Neuroscience explains: “When you communicate with others, you can make yourself better heard by speaking louder or by speaking more clearly. Neurons appear to do similar things when we’re paying attention. They send their message more intensely to their partners, which compares to speaking louder. But more importantly, they also increase the fidelity of their message, which compares to speaking more clearly.

“Our earlier work has shown that attention is able to affect the intensity of responses – in effect the loudness - by means of the brain chemical acetylcholine. Now we have shown that the fidelity of the response is altered by a different brain chemical system.”

In the paper, the team reveal that the quality of the response is altered by means of glutamate coupling to NMDA receptors (a molecular device that mediates communication between neurons). Carried out in a primate model, these studies for the first time isolate different attention mechanisms at the receptor level.

The research builds on the team’s previous studies and has potentially significant implications not only for our understanding of how our brains work but also give an insight into conditions such as schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s disease and attention deficit disorder, and may aid in the development of treatments for them.

horreure: “Working Girls,” Doutzen Kroes by Mario Testino for V...

Sat, 25 May 2013 08:46:45 +0200

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“Working Girls,” Doutzen Kroes by Mario Testino for V magazine, Spring 2007

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stylistnotions: Brown and Grey, Mark Rothko, 1969.

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:28:34 +0200

stylistnotions:

Brown and Grey, Mark Rothko, 1969.

"Re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your..."

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:23:23 +0200

“Re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul, and your very flesh shall be a great poem and have the richest fluency not only in its words but in the silent lines of its lips and face and between the lashes of your eyes and in every motion and joint of your body.”

- Walt Whitman (via idterab)

violentwavesofemotion: Liegender Frauenakt nach rechts, by...

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:03:03 +0200

violentwavesofemotion:

Liegender Frauenakt nach rechts, by Gustav Klimt (1912-1913.)

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visualgraphic: Intergalactical Beer

Sat, 18 May 2013 06:35:35 +0200

visualgraphic:

Intergalactical Beer

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"The truth was a mirror in the hands of God. It fell, and broke into pieces. Everybody took a piece..."

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:33:51 +0200

“The truth was a mirror in the hands of God. It fell, and broke into pieces. Everybody took a piece of it, and they looked at it and thought they had the truth.”

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- Rumi

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