I have been able to confirm the reason why so many people are leaving the Paul Allen Brain Project in droves. Apparently, Paul Allen’s sister, Jody Patton, who manages the Paul Allen Brain Project, is an “arrogant”, “overbearing”, and “incompetent” “dictator” who micro-manages in excess, and whose winning personality poisoned the work atmosphere and […]
Thomas D. Albright, Thomas M. Jessell, Eric R. Kandel, and Michael I. Posner
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The goal of neural science is to understand the biological mechanisms that account for mental activity. Neural science seeks to understand how the neural circuits that are assembled during development permit individuals to perceive the world around them, how they […]
Few have heard of Numenta, a small company located in Menlo Park, CA, that was founded in March 2005 by Jeff Hawking (inventor of the Palm Pilot and author of the book, “On Intelligence”) and Dileep George (in addition to being a co-founder of Numenta, he is also the principal architect), that is devoted to […]
I wish I had some exciting neuroscience news to report but none at the moment catches my fancy. Lots of deadlines coming up, including the Society for Neuroscience abstract submission (May 15, which will probably get pushed back a few days). I couldn’t help noticing that the Paul Allen Brain Institute has turned […]