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Hydraulic neuron model

I recently came across a web page that described a computer working with water instead of electricity. There is a very smart idea of a logical gate with two input jets of water and two outputs: when there is no input water, there is no output; when there is one input, the water flows through [...]

The prehistorical man

Why are there not so many women in computational neuroscience?

I just had a look at a paper about « Gender, culture, and mathematics performance« , in which the authors strongly suggest that differences in mathematics performance are essentially due to sociocultural factors rather than biological ones.

I don’t know if you had the same experience as [...]

The importance of stupidity in scientific research

I recently read a very interesting essay entitled « The importance of stupidity in scientific research » and I wanted to share it with you. The author observes that feeling stupid is an essential aspect of research, because you are supposed to understand something that nobody currently does (as opposed to trying to solve a very difficult [...]