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Groundbreaking research highlighted in Cell article

Posted by pftw1 at Nov 18, 2019 11:40 AM | Permalink

Centre Director identifies a fundamental difference between human brains and those of other animals in ‘Plugging in to Human Memory: Advantages, Challenges, and Insights from Human Single-Neuron Recordings’.

Centre Director named a finalist in Discovering Excellence Awards

Posted by pftw1 at Oct 09, 2019 11:50 AM | Permalink

Professor Rodrigo Quian Quiroga has been named as a finalist in this year's Discovering Excellence Awards at the University of Leicester.

El artista

Posted by pftw1 at Sep 26, 2019 11:35 AM | Permalink

Centre Director interviewed by Information Technology journal

Memory Castles video now available

Posted by pftw1 at Sep 19, 2019 12:40 PM | Permalink

New 360 VR video explores the faculty of human memory

BBSRC grant awarded

Posted by pftw1 at Sep 17, 2019 11:25 AM | Permalink

Centre for Systems Neuroscience awarded a prestigious BBSRC grant

Secretos guardados en la memoria

Posted by pftw1 at Sep 02, 2019 11:30 AM | Permalink

Centre Director delivers memory masterclass for Argentine TV.

'Akakhievitch revisited' published by Physics of Life Reviews

Posted by pftw1 at Aug 16, 2019 03:20 PM | Permalink

'Akakhievitch revisited: Comment on ”The unreasonable effectiveness of small neural ensembles in high-dimensional brain” by Alexander N. Gorban et al.' by Rodrigo Quian Quiroga published by Physics of Life Reviews

Research on faces linked to 'concept cells'

Posted by pftw1 at Jun 07, 2019 12:10 PM | Permalink

Nature article reveals how Doris Tsao's work on faces is related to the Centre's research on 'concept cells'.

Pint of Science comes to Leicester

Posted by pftw1 at May 23, 2019 10:20 AM | Permalink

Pint of Science series of talks on popular science comes to Leicester for the first time.

Centre Director elected Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences

Posted by pftw1 at May 21, 2019 10:20 AM | Permalink

The Director of the Centre for Systems Neuroscience, Professor Rodrigo Quian Quiroga, has been elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences.

NeuroCienciaFicción: news and reviews

Posted by pftw1 at Jan 29, 2019 11:50 AM | Permalink

Rodrigo Quian Quiroga's book NeuroCienciaFicción is discussed in several new articles:

La Nación: "La ciencia ficción, otro modo de entender lo que está ocurriendo."

Búsqueda: "La última frontera."

Estacion Libro: "El cine lo supo antes."

La ciencia ficción, otro modo de entender lo que está ocurriendo

Posted by pftw1 at Jan 15, 2019 12:20 PM | Permalink

Another way of understanding. In this article, Professor Rodrigo Quian Quiroga examines what science fiction can tell us about our ability to interpret the world.

Why do some people remember more than others?

Posted by pftw1 at Jan 02, 2019 10:15 AM | Permalink

In these articles, Rodrigo Quian Quiroga explains how memories are stored and why memory is selective.

No Ficción podcast

Posted by pftw1 at Dec 11, 2018 01:55 PM | Permalink

Implanting memories and reading minds: science fiction or science fact? In this episode of No Ficción, Rodrigo Quian Quiroga discusses how neuroscience is turning screenwriters' dreams into reality.