Thinking out loud on neuroscience, research, and ideas.
A careful walkthrough of Raichle's 2015 Annual Review paper — what the default mode network is, why the concept of the brain being "at rest" is misleading, and what DMN research implies for understanding disorders of consciousness. I draw on the neuroimaging literature to contextualise the claims.
Walking through Draganski et al.'s 2004 Nature paper — the evidence for grey matter change after three months of training, its methodological limitations, and what it genuinely implies for learning and rehabilitation.
A discussion of Devinsky's Lancet Neurology review on sudden unexpected death in epilepsy — epidemiology, proposed mechanisms, and the case for making SUDEP risk communication a routine part of clinical practice.
Norman Doidge's popular account of neuroplasticity is widely read — but how much of it holds up against the peer-reviewed literature? I assess the claims carefully: what is well-supported, what is overstated, and what the book gets right despite its excesses.
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