Brandon Rasman, PhD
@NeuroRazz
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Neuroscientist. Sharing concepts about movement control for animals and robots. Also on space travel, autonomous vehicles, surfing
Joined May 2024
One of the best and most unique experiences I had was when I went surfing after a morning of parabolic flight experiments (micro, partial and hyper-gravity). Perceptually, my senses and motor coordination felt very different in the water. I only noticed a little disorientation.
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The NASA Twins Study. Published in Science in 2019, this is one of the most comprehensive and interesting studies to date investigating the effects of long-duration space flight on the human body. One twin on the ISS for a year, his twin on Earth serving as a genetically
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Maybe air conditioning should be encouraged instead of vilified… @levelsio.
Long-term study suggests that the more heatwaves people are exposed to, the more it accelerates body ageing.
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Will soon cover in depth an informative study that used a robotic balance simulator to investigate human balance control
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Great paper from 2023 updating our understanding of the famous homunculus (“little man”) representation in the brain. This work provides neuroimaging data suggesting the representation should include coordinating complex movements involving multiple muscles through connections
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Love this view.
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Imagine how much back pain will be prevented when robots are helping with physical tasks . Back pain is the single leading cause of disability worldwide.
@davidpattersonx Your estimates are about right. However, intelligent robots in humanoid form will far exceed the population of humans, as every person will want their own personal R2-D2 and C-3PO. And then there will be many robots in industry for every human to provide products & services.
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Post from a while back, thought of it with all the discussion about the negative effects of alcohol and its declining popularity. @hubermanlab are you familiar with this effect of alcohol on the vestibular system?.
When you consume alcohol, it enters your bloodstream and diffuses into various tissues, including the inner ear. The endolymph in the semicircular canals (of the vestibular system) has a specific density, which is normally close to that of the surrounding tissues. Alcohol,
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The next time you read or hear debates about which sensors are required for autonomous driving…. if the discussion does not include any or all of the following topics:. - sensor acuity, resolution, bandwidths.- data filtering techniques .- sensor fusion approaches (e.g.
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Facts About Falls (via CDC):. - One out of 10 falls results in an injury that causes the older adult to restrict their activities for a day or more or to seek attention from the healthcare system. - Each year, there are about 3 million emergency department visits due to older.
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This is why surfers chase storms.
Fkn spent!! Just got out of water. Shredding and skimming the life out of Hurricane Erin’s energy and sucking every bite of pleasure out of those sick stone balling waves. Fkn stoked and riding this surf high to the clouds. 🤙 🏄♂️
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Beautiful.
Here's an illustration i did of some cerebellums. with cute little labels :) #bioart #sciart #neuroscienceart #brainart
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Hard to watch this and not feel awe and inspiration.
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Highly recommend reading this recent review paper in which the authors suggest that active inference (linked to the free energy principle) can be used to model consciousness. This may have implications for understanding the principles of consciousness for both natural and
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Learn Control Theory. It equips you with a versatile framework for problem solving across various disciplines and real world challenges. Engineering, automation, robotics, AI, economics, finance, biology, medicine, neuroscience, environment & energy. the list goes on.
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Is it me or is the train moving?. Very interesting study recently published in The Journal of Neuroscience in which the authors study and model human balance control under different sensory contexts. They find that the human nervous system resolves sensory conflicts through
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