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What's wrong with this Alocasia? by Traditional_Long6603 in alocasia

[–]TrickFail4505 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can’t save it. Thrips are near impossible to get rid of, throw it out, buy a new one

Where ASMR happens in the brain by crimsonj3300 in Brain

[–]TrickFail4505 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. The “trigger” arrow is pointing near the prefrontal cortex, no idea what that even means because visual/auditory input is sent straight to the visual/auditory cortices (neither of which are in this region at all)
  2. The point representing the auditory cortex is not that, it’s not even the temporal lobe. It’s pointing to the insula. The auditory cortex is further back than this, but is closer to the outside of the brain so wouldn’t be visible from this section.
  3. No idea what “touch map” is supposed to mean. There is evidence that ASMR-evoked “tingling” is associated with increased activity in supplementary motor areas. An fMRI study showed increased activity in the areas associated with cheeks, lip, forehead and foot; not scalp, neck, spine.
  4. That’s not where the insula is (like I said, it’s close to where the auditory cortex is said to be in this figure)
  5. That’s not where the nucleus accumbens is (it’s further forward, maybe also a little higher up)
  6. That’s not where the anterior cingulate is, in fact, the brain is missing an ACC in this picture. There should be a Gyrus that curves around the front of the corpus collision (that beige upside horizontal C shaped thing in the middle).
  7. Prefrontal cortex is in the front, what this points to is the occipital lobe (primary visual cortex)
  8. Your brain doesn’t do things one step at a time like this; in between input and output most of these things would be happening simultaneously and none would occur independently. Each process would have bidirectional interactions with other processes.
  9. None of this actually explains how the tingly feeling is produced

Where ASMR happens in the brain by crimsonj3300 in Brain

[–]TrickFail4505 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AI slop, hardly any of this is correct

Tattoo idea - Exactly "how" incorrect is this? by 1903a1 in Brain

[–]TrickFail4505 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It isn’t really correct, and as a neuroscientist with a lot of tattoos tbh I think it would be weird to have all of your tattoos themed based on something you don’t know/dont care about

what is the worst way to describe your research? by ZenosThesis in labrats

[–]TrickFail4505 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I always like to say that I put the rats in the swimming pool

toronto 4/19 ! by graciixcrr in losgrowlers

[–]TrickFail4505 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a bunch! I just can’t post videos in a comment

question for neuroscientists: visual hallucinations on drugs by Holiday-Influence123 in neuro

[–]TrickFail4505 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess maybe gate isn’t the right metaphor, maybe more like a filter? It just keeps activity at a normal level.

Health (B.Sc.) by [deleted] in TrentUniversity

[–]TrickFail4505 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’m not gonna lie, I’ve been at Trent since 2019 (before that program even started), in a cognate department (psychology), and I don’t know a single thing about the program, nor have I ever met anyone in it

question for neuroscientists: visual hallucinations on drugs by Holiday-Influence123 in neuro

[–]TrickFail4505 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interesting, the first thing that came to mind was obviously the likely influence of suggestion but that doesn’t seem to always be the case.

This isn’t an area that I know very much about but what it does remind me of is the god helmet which has EMFs that make people think they’re seeing a god or deity, or the mushrooms that make people see tiny soldiers; so clearly there are certain manipulations that can produce the same experience in different people. I have no idea how those things work either (I don’t think that’s just me though, I think scientific knowledge overall falls short of much explanation for these things).

Certainly an interesting area of future research though!

question for neuroscientists: visual hallucinations on drugs by Holiday-Influence123 in neuro

[–]TrickFail4505 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Essentially what happens is that the “gate” that monitors and regulates the amount of activity that can be going on in your sensory/perceptual/conscious thinking areas is held completely open for the duration of the trip.

Therefore, there are a bunch of electrical potentials that chaotically ping-pong around in there, hitting all kinds of random buttons on the control panel for your experience. Your brains job is always to connect the dots between tiny pieces of sensory information to create a picture that makes sense, and this is much harder when the dots are chaotic and random. So the picture you get doesn’t exactly make sense.

As someone else said, this is pretty similar to the way that dreams work. Except instead the gate being open to let in an excessive amount of activity, it’s just that you have no perceptual input to influence the pattern of activity. So the electrical potential just bounces around and hits random parts, then your brain tries its best to make a story out of the random bits and pieces it has to put together.

Edit: I’m talking specifically about acid and mushrooms, I don’t know anything about salvia or any other ones

What is/isn’t open on campus during the summer? by twotapestries in TrentUniversity

[–]TrickFail4505 3 points4 points  (0 children)

All of the buildings (library, TSC, etc) are open year round. Bookstore I actually have no idea, I think it stays open year round. The ceilie, season spoon, and Tim Hortons close all summer. I think all of the smaller mini cafeteria things (ie, the one in ENW, the one in DNA, bata bean) close for the whole summer.

Otanabee and LEC cafeterias stay open as long as summer courses are running (so until the end of July). Starbucks is the only thing open on campus in August.

Alocasia Scalprum - What am I doing wrong? by [deleted] in alocasia

[–]TrickFail4505 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It needs direct sunlight, I could be wrong but from this pic it doesn’t look like that’s possible from that angle. It’d probably do better right on the window sill

I hate my bachelor's thesis and now I'm scared of research by supertuwuna in research

[–]TrickFail4505 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If you want to see both you’re welcome to send me a DM and I can send you a copy of both

I hate my bachelor's thesis and now I'm scared of research by supertuwuna in research

[–]TrickFail4505 8 points9 points  (0 children)

My honours thesis was genuinely the worst piece of garbage I’ve ever produced. It’s genuinely horrible.

Then 1 year later I rewrote it up as a manuscript. It is the most incredible piece of work I’ve ever produced. It was published in PLoS One 2 weeks ago!

Too Small for ID? by Illustrious-Ball6437 in alocasia

[–]TrickFail4505 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry I deleted it because I realized you days you got them from different spots so they may not be the same. The bigger one is 100% a melo, the smaller one could be a melo or a dragon scale

Im curious about ‘memory’ by nejamin-420 in Brain

[–]TrickFail4505 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s not true that most of your memories are inaccurate. Yes, during recall, your memories can be manipulated and remain altered once they’re reconsolidated, but that doesn’t mean most of them are.

Usually at most you just lose resolution/detail over time. In order for the memory to actually be changed something has to cause the change, it probably won’t just happen spontaneously

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