TWiN explores the use of speech brain-computer interfaces to restore communication to people with paralysis, and reveals strategies for protecting private inner speech.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Vivianne Morrison, and Tim Cheung

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• Keeping private inner speech from brain-computer interfaces (Cell)
• Mind-reading brain implant with password protection (Nature)
• Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

Music is by Ronald Jenkees

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TWiN explores how theta phase shifts mediate contextual perception of facial expressions during everyday social interactions.

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• Neural computations underlying contextual processing in humans (Cell Rep)
• Previous experience shapes perception (Front Human Neurosci)
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Music is by Ronald Jenkees

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TWiN reviews the underlying neurobiological mechanisms of overeating and obesity, the role of the hypothalamus and reward systems in controlling food intake and energy balance, and how dysregulation in these systems leads to overeating.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Vivianne Morrison, and Tim Cheung

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• Neurobiology of overeating (Neuron)
• Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

Music is by Ronald Jenkees

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