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No Ficción podcast
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.
El Periodico de Aragon
An interview with Rodrigo Quian Quiroga by jounalist Juan Bolea
Podcast
radio podcast featuring the work of Rodrigo Quian Quiroga
El Periodico (Spain)
an interview by Valentina Raffio Barcelona - Domingo, 15/07/2018
Diario Medico
an interview by Antoni Mixoy . Barcelona 3 julio, 2018
The British Society for Literature and Science Review Rodrigo Quian Quiroga's book
Rodrigo Quian Quiroga, The Forgetting Machine: Memory, Perception, and the Jennifer Aniston Neuron
il Giornale (Italy)
Borges e la memoria reviewed by Massimiliano Parente
Avenire (Italy)
Borges e la Memoria review by Giuseppe O. Longo
Good Morning News (Italy) Borges e la memoria review by Maria Kodama
Maria Kodama reviews 'Borges e la memoria' di Rodrigo Quian Quiroga
The Scientist - May 2018 featured our work on computer programs sifting through spikes in nerve cells
Our work on computer programs sifting through spikes in nerve cells activity was featured in The Scientist.
Rodrigo Quian Quiroga: Interview for BS141, Memory and Perception (BS 141) January 25, 2018
Forgetting Machine: Memory, Perception, and the "Jennifer Aniston Neuron.
Podcast in People Behind the Science 437: Dr. Rodrigo Quian Quiroga: Unraveling the Mechanisms Behind Memory in the Human Brain
Maledetti ricordi (se sono troppi) (Damn memories (if they are too many))
«Noi in un colpo d’occhio percepiamo tre bicchieri su un tavolo; Funes tutti i rami e i grappoli e i frutti di un pergolato....
Anteprima letteraria: Borges e la memoria di Rodrigo Quian Quiroga (Literary preview: Borges and the memory by Rodrigo Quian Quiroga)
Dal 8 Marzo, in libreria “Borges e la memoria” di Rodrigo Quian Quiroga edito da Erickson
Les traces neuronales de nos souvenirs conceptuels Le cerveau à tous les niveaux Mardi 27 février 2018
Quelle est la trace matérielle de nos souvenirs dans notre cerveau ? Voilà une question qui a fait couler beaucoup d’encre. La réponse dépend du niveau d’organisation que l’on considère. Par exemple, nos connexions nerveuses (ou synapses) sont extrêmement plastiques et dynamiques, il n’y a plus de doute là-dessus. Les travaux de Cirelli et Tononi sur le sommeil ont par exemple montré que durant la journée, nos diverses interactions avec le monde font augmenter non seulement le nombre de récepteurs au glutamate dans les synapses excitatrices du cortex, mais que la surface même du bout de l’axone et de l’épine dendritique qui se font face (mais sans se toucher) augmenterait d’environ 20 %. Et l’inverse se produirait durant la nuit, c’est-à-dire une diminution d’environ 20 % de la surface synaptique chez pratiquement toutes nos synapses (sauf peut-être celles des souvenirs marquants de la journée qui, elles, ne diminueraient pas, mais ce n’est pas le sujet d’aujourd’hui… plutôt celui d'un épisode récent de Sur les épaules de Darwin).
Una neurona de nuestro cerebro se denomina "Jennifer Aniston"
Rodrigo Quian Quiroga quien que se fue de la Argentina hace diez años, ha descubierto en un estudio de la Universidad de Leicester que pacientes que no reaccionaban ante estímulos comunes, muestran una mejoría al ver una foto de la actriz de Friends.
Scientific American featured the work of CSN
In 2005 neuroscientist Rodrigo Quian Quiroga published a paper identifying single neurons that would light up in an individual's brain every time that person saw a particular celebrity—Jennifer Aniston and Michael Jordan were two examples. As amusing and remarkable as this finding seemed, even more than a decade later, researchers are still no closer to understanding how neurons firing in certain brain areas leads to recognition of faces or, most important, how the brain controls specific behaviors in the human body.
Looking for new ways to study this mystifying organ, researchers are now turning to computer science algorithms to help them gather data on the brain. Their discoveries could mean big strides in creating brain-controlled prosthetic devices. Helen Shen covers these exciting new findings in this issue’s cover story, “Cracking the Brain’s Enigma Code.”
People Behind the Science Podcast - Stories from Scientists about Science, Life, Research, and Science Careers
Latest podcasts by Professor Rodrigo Quian Quiroga
