/sci/ - Science & Math

Can one do research with master's in neuroscience? What about bachelor's?

I'm extremely interested in tasks that have benefits for the brain such as improving information processing ability, speed, bimanual motor acquisition (eg piano), pattern identification etc.

I've read in publications that making connections between the macro-scale regions of the brain is key to increasing information processing ability, but what exactly can a person do to work towards this?

What are things found in research to be *over-archingly beneficial*? What I mean by that is practicing some task makes/strengthens connections that improve overall brain function (towards any specific thing such as info processing) and thinking ability.

Some side notes: I've noticed that people who read *a lot* are able to synthesize information very quickly from all sorts of different angles. I've also noticed that people who talk all day with different people, as part of there work, have great mental agility.

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Any /neuroscience/ bros here?

I'm majoring in linguistics, but on a whim I've decided to take a few neuroscience subjects in 2014 (have studied psych and biology before though, so it's not like it's totally unknown territory for me). I'm currently doing a bit of background research into the debate between computationalists and connectionists on the mind, and it's fascinating.

ITT: share stories, or interesting discoveries you've found if you've been involved in neuroscience studies, at a university or otherwise.

What causes ADD/ADHD?

What is consciousness?