Quick links from the past week in mind and brain news:
The New York Times reports that information overlords Google acquire creature-inspired military robot outfit Boston Dynamics. Honestly. It’s like humanity is attached to a big angry dog and someone keeps yanking the chain.
There’s an excellent and extensive MIT Tech Review piece on the development of neuromorphic chips.
Over 60% of people diagnosed with depression do not actually meet the diagnostic criteria, according to an American study covered in The Atlantic.
The New York Times has an interesting piece on how peak violence is in your first few years of life and how persistent adult violence may be a ‘missing dropoff’ from these period.
Long neglected, severe cases of autism get some attention. Excellent piece from the Simons Foundation.
Nature reports that narcolepsy is all but confirmed as an auto-immune disease. Big news.
Hi Kids, I’m Neuro The Clown! Genius comic strip from Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal.
Sifting The Evidence takes a careful look at dubious claims that aspirin could treat aggression.
There’s an interesting piece over at Nautilus on how your brain twists together emotion and place.
Neurocritic covers a curious case study: When Waking Up Becomes the Nightmare: Hypnopompic Hallucinatory Pain.
Mind Hacks 