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How our brains connect and disconnect our consciousness from any awareness of the environment around us continues to puzzle scientists. Imagine you are under general anesthesia for surgery. You wouldn’t want to be aware of what is happening to you in the operating room. Yet, over a third of all anesthetized patients, despite appearing to […]
Many of us are missing our favorite meals at restaurants shut down due to pandemic restrictions. But how exactly does ‘absence make the heart grow fonder’? A team of neuroscientists from The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) won the top BrainStorm Neuroscience Pitch Competition prize for research on how our preferences for rewards […]
Supporters of the Mind Science Foundation enjoyed a night of science and magic at its second annual BrainStorm Neuroscience Pitch Competition. The October 15th event featured three teams of brilliant young researchers pitching innovative brain research projects in competition for their share of a $60,000 pot, while world-renowned illusionist Mark Mitton emceed the evening and […]
San Antonio’s Mind Science Foundation awarded research funding to three internationally-renowned neuroscience research groups with the help of 300 of their members. The event was held on October 2, 2018, at the Pearl Stable in the historic Pearl Brewery. The research teams traveled to San Antonio from Chicago, Baltimore and the United Kingdom, to present […]
Welcome to 2016!! As we embark on a monumental year of thinking big, I resolve that the best laid plans have missions or themes… even if they eventually go awry! (That’s where the real fun and innovation lies.) But our blog theme for this year will be breaking out of our comfort zone. We will break […]
San Antonio was fortunate to have an excellent speaker last week as part of Trinity University’s Distinguished Scientist Lecture Series! Robert Bjork, PhD came to present on “How we learn vs How we think we learn.” His background in studying learning behaviors spans 3 decades and his award list is long and prestigious. He gave […]
On March 29, Dr. Heather Berlin, a neuroscientist to the stars, joined us on stage at the Pearl Stable to discuss The Neuroscience of the Unconscious Mind. Heather received her doctorate in experimental psychology/neuropsychology from the University of Oxford, Magdalen College and her Master of Public Health from Harvard University. Currently she researches brain-behavior relationships, the neural basis […]
Dr. Justin Hulbert, now an Assistant Professor and the Director of the Memory Control Laboratory at Bard College, has a long solid foundation in consciousness work. He is a recipient of the Walt Disney Company Foundation Scholarship, a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship and most outstandingly, an impressive affliation with the Mind Science Foundation! […]
By Deepan Guharajan, B.S. In the popular Pixar Movie “Inside Out”, the emotion, Joy, says “[Anger] cares very deeply about things being fair.” This becomes apparent when Riley—the protagonist in the film and whose emotions are heavily involved in her decisions—has a difficult time moving to a new city. Anger is first to assume authority and advocates for […]
Sunday, Sept 18, 2016 at Laurie Auditorium (Trinity University) will be a momentous day for the Mind Science Foundation. Please join us as we have a number of events that you will fire up your neurons and build the brain loving community of San Antonio. At 5:30pm, we will host our inaugural Brain Science Festival (#brainfest) […]