This week it’s back to normal – some favorites, then brain and anthropology, rounded out with sports.
Top of the List
Pink Tentacle, Edo-Period Kappa Sketches
The Japanese creature of legend seen in fantastical illustrations
BrainHood Project – Neurocultures
The intersection of neuroscience and artistic production – a collaborative endeavor
Doomsday Lab, The Enteric Nervous System, Our Gastrointestinal Overlord
One billion neurons at work! Brings new light to the old adage, The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach
Sean Mallin, If Bailed-Out Bankers Were Treated Like Welfare Recipients…
One of the funniest and most apt cartoons I’ve seen about the financial crisis
Brain
Pam Beluck, In New Procedure, Artificial Arm Listens to Brain
It’s all about connections, connections, connections
Becoming Human: Brain, Mind and Emergence
Videos from the Stanford conference with some heavy hitters
PhysOrg, Readers Build Vivid Mental Simulations of Narrative Situations, Brain Scans Suggest
Lots of other fields have already told us this – but it’s nice to see those brain areas light up anyway
Neuroanthropology 