http://www.frontiersin.org/Human_Neuroscience/10.3389/fnhum.2012.00147/abstract

Research has shown that the brain is constantly making predictions about future events. Theories of prediction in perception, action and learning suggest that the brain serves to reduce the discrepancies between expectation and actual experience, i.e., by reducing the prediction error.…

Neuroscience Bulletin, the official publication of Chinese Neuroscience Society, has just published a special issue on Pain and Itch (Volume 28, Number 2 / April 2012). This special issue provides a timely focus on recent progress in our understanding of the mechanisms of pain and itch. We hope this issue will provoke new studies that provide a better understanding of the mechanisms underlying pain and itch, eventually leading to more effective treatments of devastating chronic pain and itch…

I would like to draw your attention to a new brain cell simulator for iPhone and iPad. It's a great way to introduce passive models and Hodgkin-Huxley models in class, demonstrate at a meeting or run simulations on the go.

Check it out at: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/brain-lab/id496299796?mt=8