Combining data from cortical architecture, function, connectivity, and topography. The authors found 97 previously unidentified brain areas. It's jaw-dropping how this sort of discovery happens each year: it's like aliens peering at the Earth with improving technology and discovering the borders of 97 countries they'd missed before. Video below; paper here: http://www.nature.com/articles/nature18933.epdf
A new map of the human brain
From the Blog
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My favorite New Yorker cartoon. Ever.
I'm a sucker for time jokes.
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The Brain and the Now
I recently spoke at the Long Now Foundation's 20th anniversary event.
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David appointed Fellow with Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies
Posthumanism asks what happens when our technologies allow humans to enhance intellectual, physical, and psychological capacities beyond what biology can give us. Think bionics on crack.
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After school shootings: Why mental illness matters
School shootings spark debate ranging from gun control to bulletproof windows. But the most fruitful approach may be to prioritize our discussion of mental illness.
In other news...
New Yorker magazine profile
Read a profile of David in The New Yorker: The Possibilian: What a brush with death taught David Eagleman about the mysteries of time and the brain by Burkhard Bilger.
Possibilianism at PopTech
Click here to watch David's talk on possibilianism at PopTech. Executive director Andrew Zolli wrote: "This is one of the best talks ever at PopTech. Everyone should watch this."
Barnes and Noble Best Book
Barnes and Noble selected SUM as one of the Best Books of the Year.
