Scientists have discovered human brain signals traveling across the outer layer of neural tissue that naturally arrange themselves to resemble swirling spirals.
Totally, like if you were an alien trying to study a computer, you can look at an individual transistor all you want but at some point you need to look at how all the different complex network systems work together to make a software program.
The language of computer programming has worked it’s way more and more even into clinical neurology. I talk about motor programs for instance when trying to explain dystonias, where the brain activates a set of movement patterns that’s not at all what the person was trying to do. You might find functional neurologic disorders interesting. Super common problem that needs a lot more research. Many patients have trouble grasping the idea of a “software” problem in the brain so don’t talk about it and don’t realize just how common it is. Fmri has started to help uncover the abberant patterns that lead to these disorders.
Totally, like if you were an alien trying to study a computer, you can look at an individual transistor all you want but at some point you need to look at how all the different complex network systems work together to make a software program.
The language of computer programming has worked it’s way more and more even into clinical neurology. I talk about motor programs for instance when trying to explain dystonias, where the brain activates a set of movement patterns that’s not at all what the person was trying to do. You might find functional neurologic disorders interesting. Super common problem that needs a lot more research. Many patients have trouble grasping the idea of a “software” problem in the brain so don’t talk about it and don’t realize just how common it is. Fmri has started to help uncover the abberant patterns that lead to these disorders.