WE ARE KNOWMADS
A blogsite for liquid navigators
We have a washing machine in the brain
One of the best known methods of torture is sleep deprivation. The consequences are familiar to all of us who are parents. You wake up the next day thinking that nothing good can happen that day. You drag yourself down to your daily chores, with one of the biggest downfalls the possibility of two or three such nights of bullfighting.
Sleep stands for the good functioning of our cognitive and emotional capacities, as well as other less well-known functions. As recently discovered, it plays a crucial role in removing substances that accumulate in the brain. Yes, folks, we also run the washing machine at night.
When creating enters the body: a look to the embodiment of creativity
When thinking about creating a bunch of neuroscientific evidence pointing to the brain describes it as a mainly cognitive process. However, a broader view coming from interdisciplinary approaches shows it may be a human capability that we experience with our whole body.
On cyborgs, neurotechnology and neurorights
"I don't feel like I wear technology. I don't feel like I wear technology. I feel like I am technology”. This is how Neil Harbisson expressed a decade ago, recognized as humanity's first cyborg, his relationship with his sensor implanted in a bone in his head. He was born with a vision defect that did not allow him to appreciate colors and decided to correct this through an antenna implanted in his head through which he can receive auditory frequencies of the colors of the visible spectrum in the environment, in addition to infrared and ultraviolet. He can also accept images and telephone calls.