Neuron Network Goes Awry, and Brain Becomes an IPod

And now for something completely different...

With a shout out to the outstanding HuffingtonPost blog, here's a very cool story in the field of neuroscience:

Neuron Network Goes Awry, and Brain Becomes an IPod

(NY Times subscription likely required - it's free)

Cognitive neuroscience is one of my hobbies (I know, I have to get out more), so this is very interesting to me. I'm reminded of a Lionel Ritchie interview where he said that the "radio in his head" played original songs, and he just transcribed them. Some people are just lucky, I guess...