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Free will: it’s not what you think it is
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June 20, 2013
To my knowledge, no neuroscientist hypothesizes that there is magic in our heads. However, it appears this is a hypothesis that flies by the editors at the New York Times. The title of this op-ed piece says it all: “beyond […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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#icanhazpdf more public than a publication?
Björn
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June 27, 2013
This anecdote made my day today. On a Drosophila researcher mailinglist, someone asked if anybody on the list had access to the Landes Bioscience journal ‘Fly‘. I replied by wondering that if #icanhazpdf on Twitter didn’t work, the days of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...
#icanhazpdf more public than a publication?
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…and now for some lock-picking cockatoos
Björn
Brembs
July 5, 2013
Yesterday, Alex Kacelnik published yet another fascinating discovery – one of many over the years out of his lab. This time, they show how birds can pick even five consecutive locks to get to a food reward: According to the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...
…and now for some lock-picking cockatoos
Tweetlog: neuroscience and #openaccess
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Tweetlog: neuroscience and #openaccess
Björn
Brembs
July 5, 2013
This is the tweetlog covering July 3-5: Interesting! We find something similar in flies: Live fast, die young: Long-lived mice are less active https://feedly.com/k/16RDz21 It smells fishy: Copper prevents fish from avoiding danger https://feedly.com/k/12gw14F @biocs @google Yes! I hated to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Flashback: The neurobiology of self-learning
Björn
Brembs
July 8, 2013
During my flyfishing vacation last year, pretty much nothing was happening on this blog. Now that I’ve migrated the blog to WordPress, I can actually schedule posts to appear when in fact I’m not even at the computer. I want […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...
Flashback: The neurobiology of self-learning
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The Conversation: The looming crisis in science
Björn
Brembs
July 9, 2013
This is a slightly edited (amended, essentially) version of my article published today at The Conversation. In cases where a problem within a community is detected and collective action is required to address the problem. one needs to strike a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...
The Conversation: The looming crisis in science
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Publisher selects the best open access science – authors complain
Björn
Brembs
July 24, 2013
You’d be forgiven if after reading the title of this post, you thought scholars have started to revolt against journal rank. Unfortunately, while there is DORA and of course the evidence that journal rank is like homeopathy, most researchers are […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...
Publisher selects the best open access science – authors complain
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Flashback: Creationists, this is the evidence you have to beat!
Björn
Brembs
August 15, 2013
During my flyfishing vacation last year, pretty much nothing was happening on this blog. Now that I’ve migrated the blog to WordPress, I can actually schedule posts to appear when in fact I’m not even at the computer. I’m using […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...
Flashback: Creationists, this is the evidence you have to beat!
Unquestioning dogma: the gatekeepers of science
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Unquestioning dogma: the gatekeepers of science
Björn
Brembs
September 1, 2013
During my flyfishing vacation last year, pretty much nothing was happening on this blog. Now that I’ve migrated the blog to WordPress, I can actually schedule posts to appear when in fact I’m not even at the computer. I’m using […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...
Special issue on publishing reform?
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Special issue on publishing reform?
Björn
Brembs
September 5, 2013
I’ve just been invited to edit a special issue in the MDPI journal ‘publications‘ on a topic I can specify. If I do it, I thought it should revolve around replacing journal rank (i.e., altmetrics, ALM, etc.) and other (technical?) […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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