Neuroscience Daily for 23 September: Human Brain Is Two, New Study Links Deep, New Study Uses Neural

Neuroscience Daily for 23 September follows 3 stories from r/neuro and r/neuroscience, moving through human brain is two, new study links deep, new study uses neural. Chapters 00:00:00 — Intro 00:00:07 — Human Brain Is Two 00:01:09 — New Study Links Deep 00:02:08 — New Study Uses Neural 00:03:18 — Closing 1. Human Brain Is Two Stanford Medicine reports a study suggesting that the human brain develops from two distinct neural progenitor systems. The researchers traced one pathway toward the forebrain and midbrain, and another toward the hindbrain, which manages automatic functions such as breathing, swallowing and heartbeat. Source link Reddit discussion 2. New Study Links Deep Nature Neuroscience reports a human study connecting Alzheimer’s-related tau in the frontal cortex with changes in deep non-REM sleep waves. Researchers combined tau PET imaging, sleep EEG and memory measures in older adults, then checked the relationship against an independent group using cerebrospinal-fluid markers. Source link Reddit discussion 3. New Study Uses Neural The University of Utah describes a study using neural networks to model how structured experience shapes learning. Researchers trained networks on a timing task that was modeled on a mouse experiment, comparing a gradual path from simpler trials with a direct jump into the full task. Source link Reddit discussion Episode closing.