What is the resolution of an fMRI?
How well do fMRI measurements correlate with neural activity? Neuroscientist Paul King weighs in via Quora: What most people say is that fMRI correlates …
BRAIN Initiative: Interim Report to the NIH Director
We stand on the verge of a great journey into the unknown—the interior terrain of thinking, feeling, perceiving, learning, deciding, and acting …
Behind the Scenes of EyeWire for YouTube #GeekWeek
YouTube GEEK WEEK is coming and we’re opening up our doors to the world! We’re excited to invite all geeks to tour …
Play EyeWire and Contribute to Neuroscience Research at MIT
EyeWire is a game to map the brain from Seung Lab at. Anyone can play and you need no scientific background. Over …
What is the highest resolution humans can distinguish?
EyeWire is all about understanding vision. Today guest blogger Paul King answers a question rarely considered question: just how well can a …
New Feature: Retroactive Points for Trailblazing!
The dreaded trailblaze has become an EyeWire bonus! Trailblazing, or mapping a cube for the first time, is worth 50 points. Many …
How Do We See In Color?
Cones, the photoreceptor cells in the retina responsible for color vision, recognize either red, green or blue (these primary colors correspond to …
EyeLearn on EyeWire!
In 2010, the NIH announced that it would award 40 million to fund the Human Connectome Project. The goal of this …
What is a connectome?
What is a connectome, anyway? We asked on Quora and David Zhou, Masters Student at Carnegie Mellon University, answered. A connectome is a wiring diagram of …