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The End of a Blog, the Start of a New One

Category: Announcements
Posted on: January 27, 2008 8:06 PM, by Shelley Batts

My time here at Retrospectacle has been glorious, magnificent, awesome! However, I have decided to end things here and start a brand-spankin'-new blog (yes, here at ScienceBlogs) with Steve Higgins from Omnibrain as a co-blogger. I'm in my final grad year and felt that having a coblogger might relieve some of my time issues, as well as reinvigorate my love of science communication here.

But, we need your help to name our new blog! We're holding a contest to Name That Blog, with the winner receiving a slew of recent science books, a subscription to SEED, and a host of other sciency prizes. Plus my eternal love and adoration! The blog will be general wonderful science stuff with a neuroscience slant, so feel free to be creative as hell with the naming. Leave ideas in the comments here, or email them to me. Since there is a prize please be sure to let me know how to contact you in case you win. Multiple entries are fine! Thanks and good luck!

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1

Hmmm...."No smarter than the average parrot"

Posted by: PalMD | January 27, 2008 8:40 PM

2

(meaning parrots are smart, not grad students are dumb)

Posted by: PalMD | January 27, 2008 8:41 PM

3

"The Neural Net"
"The Brainstem"
"The Conarium" (a nice nod to Descartes)
"The Ghost in the Machine"
"The Action Potential"
"Transduction"

or...
"Beauty and the Beast"

Posted by: Anon | January 27, 2008 9:07 PM

5


some brainstorming ...

BrainsRUs

No Brain No Hope

The SEEDian Brain

Seeds With a Brain

NeuroTrash

AA Brain (so you can beat Bora's "A Blog..." in the Blog Index)

TOP THREE/ MOST ACTIVE (would probably get you a few extra visitors...)


Posted by: Alvaro | January 27, 2008 9:31 PM

6

"Retrobrain"

Too cheesy?

Posted by: Darek | January 27, 2008 9:36 PM

7

Brain Pan.

Posted by: Dan | January 27, 2008 9:37 PM

8

Since it's you and a co-neuro-blogger, why not Of Two Minds?

Posted by: speedwell | January 27, 2008 9:41 PM

9

New name -- "Some Nerve!"

;-)

Posted by: chezjake | January 27, 2008 9:47 PM

10

"'I Am Synaptic' - Wherein We Partake In The Thrilling Tale of One Neuron's Epic Struggle for Independence and Recognition As a Self in A World Gone Mad. Now With Extra Merchandise!"

Posted by: Janne | January 27, 2008 9:54 PM

11

Cranial Connections

Mens sana

Posted by: John S. Wilkins | January 27, 2008 10:05 PM

12

Gotta have something spiral, what with your study of the cochlea and Steve circling down the drain....(sorry, could not help it).

Posted by: Coturnix | January 27, 2008 10:10 PM

13

RetrOmni
NeurOmni
MindFeed
MindSweeper
ThinkBlog
NeoBrain

Posted by: John | January 27, 2008 10:17 PM

14

Since someone has already suggested "Retrobrain", how about "Omni-spectacle" (i.e., multiple viewpoints)?

A nod to your research: "The Auracle". Actually, "The Oracle" would make a nice, if maybe pretentious, blog name too.

A nod to Steve: "The Cocklea". (No, I don't know why I suggested that. It just sounded funny in my head.)

Or, for just a touch of the absurd: "I'm Not Sandra".

Posted by: Kurt | January 27, 2008 10:18 PM

15

How about "Oh, Synapse!"?

Posted by: Tyler DiPietro | January 27, 2008 10:30 PM

16

Following Bora's suggestion, how about "The Viral Spiral"? Or maybe just "Spirality"?

Posted by: Kurt | January 27, 2008 10:32 PM

17

I submit: Shelley & Steve Do Science
The Parrot & Pirate Speak
OmniSpectacle

BUT, the name's not important, keeping you blogging, so I can keep reading about stuff I know nothing about, is the important thing!

Posted by: J-Dog | January 27, 2008 10:37 PM

18

How about Head Trips?

Posted by: John Schmitty | January 27, 2008 11:10 PM

19

Maybe since it's the two of you joining forces, something with "pons" or some variation of "pons Varolii" ?

Posted by: andy | January 27, 2008 11:28 PM

20

How do you say "two-headed monster" in Latin?

Posted by: Coturnix | January 27, 2008 11:32 PM

21

How about Once A Pons A Time?

Posted by: Gar Gar | January 27, 2008 11:40 PM

22

Brodmann Area 42

An auditory processing part of the brain and it includes the answer to Life, the Universe and Everything


Plus it sounds like a rock band from the 80's

Posted by: JYB | January 27, 2008 11:42 PM

23

How about Newron or Homunculus?

Posted by: jamie | January 27, 2008 11:51 PM

24

May I suggest The Wetware Papers?

Posted by: Brian X | January 28, 2008 12:30 AM

25

Isn't the obvious name "Bird Brains"?

Posted by: John McKay | January 28, 2008 12:46 AM

26

what about "neuroblog"?

cheers

Posted by: asdf | January 28, 2008 1:45 AM

27

Good Vibrations.

Posted by: Ian Findlay | January 28, 2008 4:12 AM

28

I like speedwell's "Of Two Minds" -- just ambiguous enough to be intriguing.

Posted by: Larry Ayers | January 28, 2008 4:21 AM

29

Two blog titles I have thought of using:

Misfiring Synapses
Mental Riotings (c/o Charles Darwin)

You can have them. :D

Posted by: Heathen Dan | January 28, 2008 5:18 AM

30

Hmm.

Going Out of Our Heads - almost the same as a nifty Fatboy Slim song.
Up the Brainstem

I really like Speedwell's Of Two Minds as well, but of course, if you eventually invite a third it becomes a little irrelevant.

Posted by: The Flying Trilobite | January 28, 2008 5:42 AM

31

The Brain Bank? Picking my Brain? Two Hemispheres?

Or, inspired by Young Frankenstein, "After 5pm, leave Brain under door", or "Abbie Normal". If you've seen the film, you get the gag.

Posted by: tomh | January 28, 2008 6:15 AM

32

What about something like "Brainhacking", or perhaps only "Brain" or, even better "Cerebrus". It could also be "Nervous Brain", or "Over the Spine", you name it.

Posted by: Italo M. R. Guedes | January 28, 2008 6:26 AM

33

cogitoergoblog
synapticfantastic

Posted by: Jonathan | January 28, 2008 7:47 AM

34

Omniblog

Posted by: kraant | January 28, 2008 8:03 AM

35

Neurotoxic (for the goths!)
Hemispheres
Livin' la Vida Limbic (Paul MacLean meets Ricky Martin)
Praxis

It's a pity that "Corpus Callosum" is already taken, it'd be really appropriate here...

Posted by: Sam Wise | January 28, 2008 8:19 AM

36

noospherical

Posted by: HD | January 28, 2008 8:32 AM

37

I don't have a suggestion right now. I just wanted to wish you well on your new endeavor. I have enjoyed this one.

Posted by: kevin | January 28, 2008 9:23 AM

38

I think speedwell nailed it with Of Two Minds.

Posted by: bob koepp | January 28, 2008 9:34 AM

39

Nervous Breakdown

Posted by: Tegumai Bopsulai, FCD | January 28, 2008 9:47 AM

40

Nucleus Solitarius

Posted by: FutureMD | January 28, 2008 9:49 AM

41

An ex-Parrot (a little MP never hurt anyone)

Posted by: BMatthews | January 28, 2008 9:51 AM

42

Frontal Cortex and Corpus Callossum are already taken. How about
Hippo Campus
Nervous Tic
The Unbearable Being of Lightness
Organ of Corti

Posted by: Tegumai Bopsulai, FCD | January 28, 2008 9:53 AM

43

Theme Song for Nervous Breakdown

Posted by: Tegumai Bopsulai, FCD | January 28, 2008 9:56 AM

44

Variant:
Neural Breakdown

Posted by: Tegumai Bopsulai, FCD | January 28, 2008 9:58 AM

45

Thy Name is Lesion?

Posted by: Suze | January 28, 2008 10:01 AM

46

blooming cheek of life

I found out about your contest from PZ at Pharyngula. He had a paragraph from Frankenstein, which included the above phrase, which his steel trap of a mind seems to have missed.

hmmm.... how about some variation of biped and brain? Old definition of human as featherless biped and all...or other cochlear and cerebral combinations

Hairy Biped
Bipeds 'n Brains
Bipeds with Brains
Hairy Brains
Hearing Brains
Hidden Organs
The Auditory Mind
Listening and Learning
A Bird In the Mind
Brains 'n Your Ears

be sure to spam your new blog url

Posted by: bob kamper | January 28, 2008 10:03 AM

47

Nerve-ish Breakdown

Posted by: EyeNoU | January 28, 2008 10:14 AM

48

"Gray's Neurotic Brain"


You bring in your African Gray parrot (gray, neurotic) and Omnibrain (brain). Or you could pretend your bird isn't neurotic (ha!) and just go with:

"Gray's Brain"

Posted by: Moses | January 28, 2008 10:21 AM

49

"The Origin Of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Blog"

And don't bitch about the length, it worked for Jaynes.

Posted by: Sarcastro | January 28, 2008 10:30 AM

50

OmniGray

Oh. And on the extremely unlikely chance I win, follow the link and post anywhere.

Posted by: Moses | January 28, 2008 10:34 AM

51

A Hair Brained Scheme

Posted by: EyeNoU | January 28, 2008 10:35 AM

52

How about:
"The Ghost is the Machine."

Posted by: locksmyth | January 28, 2008 10:45 AM

53

Better than One

Posted by: H. Humbert | January 28, 2008 10:48 AM

54

OK, here's another one: Good Thinking

Posted by: speedwell | January 28, 2008 10:53 AM

55

Nucleus Ambloguus
Emblogiform Nucleus
Viva Las Vagus
Lateral Lemdiscuss
Pyramidal Discussation
Binaural
Modiolus
Scala Media
Articulate Fasciculus

Sorry, some of those are terrible neuropuns. ;-)

Posted by: Barn Owl | January 28, 2008 11:00 AM

56

Neuralis Circulus

Posted by: Ken Mareld | January 28, 2008 11:04 AM

57

Jell-O Don't Think
ProNeuroSpectacle
Corpus Colusom (spelling?)

Posted by: mike | January 28, 2008 11:19 AM

58

In the spirit that you will collaborate yet retain individuality:

Syncytium
or
Syncytial Potential

Posted by: Anonymoustache | January 28, 2008 11:19 AM

59

Grey Matter Matters?

Posted by: BadAunt | January 28, 2008 11:30 AM

60

Hybrid Vigor

Posted by: SpotWeld | January 28, 2008 11:33 AM

61

If Life has taught me anything, it is that when one is feeling a bit at sea, a little perplexed, the best course of action is to ask oneself the question "Ah, but would it make a good band name?"

So, I immediately went to my ancient list of proposed band names and came up with some possibilities for you which are not nearly as juvenile as most on the list ( I happen to believe that the very best name for a cover band is "Tune Pang"... Sigh. ) and which might be appropriate:

1) The Nervous Accomplice ( an old Perry Mason episode)

2) Pavlov's Cat

3) Fan Mail from a Flounder (from the Rocky and Bullwinkle show)

4) Rinse Thoroughly

5) Dubious Nucleus


The list goes downhill from here. Pretty rapidly, I'm afraid. :)


Posted by: Gingerbaker | January 28, 2008 11:34 AM

62

Bird's Eye View!

It's a tad corny, but it does incorporate aspects from both of your respective sets of interests and/or study. It also has a high-level connotation, vaguely along the same lines as the names of your individual blogs.

Posted by: jope | January 28, 2008 11:35 AM

63

With the whole Frankenstein/Shelley thing and the rebirth theme, I like the name "Re-Animated."

Posted by: Mike Haubrich, FCD | January 28, 2008 11:38 AM

64

Of all the nerve
MAJUSCULE

Posted by: Tegumai Bopsulai, FCD | January 28, 2008 11:43 AM

65

Nervous Chord

Posted by: Tegumai Bopsulai, FCD | January 28, 2008 11:52 AM

66

How about a nod to Douglas Adams?

Maybe call it pan-galactic gargle blaster
or simply fourtytwo
or Plural zone
or even Magrathea

Posted by: Helioprogenus | January 28, 2008 11:56 AM

67

Dura Matters
Shelly and Steve's Excellent Adventure

Posted by: Tegumai Bopsulai, FCD | January 28, 2008 12:00 PM

68

To Kill A Mocking Bird

Posted by: Tegumai Bopsulai, FCD | January 28, 2008 12:02 PM

69

A Blog Too Far
Blog on the River Kwai

Posted by: Tegumai Bopsulai, FCD | January 28, 2008 12:05 PM

70

They're Slinky and the Brain (Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain!)
You can decide on who is who :)

Posted by: Jake | January 28, 2008 12:15 PM

71

I really like Luciferase Dreams

Posted by: AaronRowe | January 28, 2008 12:18 PM

72

Corpus Callosum

(PS, Shelley, I'm finally posting regularly on my blog, linked at URL.)

Posted by: Charlie (Colorado) | January 28, 2008 12:20 PM

73

Brainstuff

Posted by: Ced | January 28, 2008 12:44 PM

74

Lead Astray

("The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray," Wilde.)

Posted by: todd. | January 28, 2008 12:50 PM

75

Cooking for Zombies

Posted by: mr_subjunctive | January 28, 2008 1:03 PM

76

How about an anagram or neuroscience

"Our Nice Scene"

Posted by: Peter C Scott | January 28, 2008 1:10 PM

77

Kuru-a-Gogo
Another Word for Horse (deriv.: "Babydoll," Laurie Anderson)

Posted by: mr_subjunctive | January 28, 2008 1:12 PM

78

Didn't look through the other comments, but "Gray Matters" and "Neuronapalooza" immediately come to mind.

Posted by: Opiwan | January 28, 2008 1:41 PM

79

How about Neurwegian Blue? It's a combination of Norwegian Blue (the dead parrot from Monty Python's "Parrot Sketch") with Neuro-
Get it? Eh?
*crickets chirping*

Posted by: Strider | January 28, 2008 1:51 PM

80

Sorry dont have the time to read through and make sure no one else said it, but how about

Semiconscious
or
Semi-Conscious
or for that matter
semiconscience

Posted by: Angelo | January 28, 2008 1:55 PM

81

'Of Two Minds' is great.
What about:

Chimeric Mind?
Gemini Mind?
Siamese Dreams?

Best of luck with the new blog, Shelley. I'll be there!

Posted by: Tritc | January 28, 2008 2:03 PM

82

You mentioned science communication, and one name came into mind immediately. How about a tip-of-the-hat to him?

"Saganomics"

Posted by: Chris | January 28, 2008 2:03 PM

83

May I suggest "But Not For Love", a quote from As You Like It. If you remember, the full quote is: "Men have died and worms have eaten them, but not for love."

Seems apt, somehow.

Posted by: werewolf | January 28, 2008 2:15 PM

84

How about Bad Bad Brain? Then you'd have a blog theme song.

Since there's two of you, the plural might be OK as well -- Bad, Bad Brains.

Posted by: The Neurocritic | January 28, 2008 2:38 PM

85

How about: "The Plexus"?

Posted by: Peter | January 28, 2008 2:52 PM

86

Synapses for two.
Mind-Body Duality
Parroting Science

or just "Braaaiiinns. Nom. Nom. Nom."

Posted by: Dave Godfrey | January 28, 2008 2:56 PM

87

Headonism Two?

Posted by: Sigmund | January 28, 2008 3:08 PM

88

Ni!
(if you need an explanation it's not the one ;)

Posted by: Gunnar | January 28, 2008 3:13 PM

89

Bloggin About the Noggin

Posted by: Alec T | January 28, 2008 3:30 PM

90

Just thought of another one: "Medulla oBlogata"

Posted by: Chris | January 28, 2008 3:40 PM

91

I think you ought to go with the old comedy duo sound!

"Batts and Higgens! 2 Brains are better than 1!" And I do a caricature of both of you in parrot feathers for the header.

Posted by: Carl Buell | January 28, 2008 3:40 PM

92

Oh Carl, would you?! :D I love that!

Posted by: Shelley Batts | January 28, 2008 3:49 PM

93

How about "Gray Matters", (which I think you used as a sub-header for parrot-related posts)?


Posted by: John P. Baumlin | January 28, 2008 3:58 PM

94

Pavlov's Parrot? Brains of a Feather?

Actually, my vote, if I had one, would go to Viva Las Vagus. That's so bad it's good.

Posted by: bill | January 28, 2008 4:00 PM

95

The comments from Pharyngula are running with Frankenstein versions. I just have to put mine in here too.

Abby Normal.

Posted by: Mercurious | January 28, 2008 4:35 PM

96

Never Mind

Posted by: Tegumai Bopsulai, FCD | January 28, 2008 5:06 PM

97

How about "Anastomosing". But if I win give all the free stuff to the current site manager for Pharyngula because that person thought of it!! (Whoever the current site manager person is who is running their blog at the moment. I forget.)

Posted by: 386sx | January 28, 2008 5:15 PM

98

Here's what I think:

Contemporal
Dura Matters
Frontospectacle/Frontospecs (as opposed to Retro-)
Omnithoughts
Neurospectacle
P-theory
Perceptacle
PSY
Retromnispectacle Brain (just kidding)
Scicology

Which one is least likely?

Posted by: Freiddie | January 28, 2008 5:23 PM

99

Well, I guess I just can't resist. My initial entry is

Batts Brain

Posted by: Ed | January 28, 2008 5:39 PM

100

Glial Club

Posted by: Sonja | January 28, 2008 6:22 PM

101

*cue Elvis Presley*

Bright internetz gonna set my brain
Gonna set my brain on fire
Got a whole lot of bloggin' that's ready to post
So get those comments up higher
There's a thousand nociceptors firin' somewhere
And I'm just the nerve to get the message up there
Viva Las Vagus
Viva Las Vagus

Posted by: Barn Owl | January 28, 2008 6:40 PM

102

If you want some bad ideas, look no further.

In reference to the famous anti-drug commercial, "The Frying Pan" (huge non sequitir, I know).

Also "Eggheads" or "Eggiweggs" (with an irreverent Clockwork Orange reference to boot with that last one).

Give me time. I'll have more.

Posted by: Kevin L. | January 28, 2008 6:45 PM

103

I kinda like Kurt's suggestion of "I'm Not Sandra" but hey, you can rename yourself Sandra if you want to. Although, in my experience I had to point out to plenty of readers who skimmed past the bylines that I'm Not Steve. :)

SuperBrains!

Posted by: Sandra Kiume | January 28, 2008 8:28 PM

104

how about "fox and owl" - The fox is always looking for new ideas and the owl is always processing them.

Posted by: steve | January 28, 2008 8:32 PM

105

"BWAAAAAAINS!" (with proper zombie intonation.

Posted by: cory | January 28, 2008 8:47 PM

106

On second thought, "Grey Matters", grey with an "e". I do like that spelling of grey better.

Posted by: John P. Baumlin | January 28, 2008 9:31 PM

107

"Sport of Nature"...it will send a few people to the thesaurus but thats not a bad thing.

Posted by: greensmile | January 28, 2008 9:38 PM

108

Corpora callosa - (plural of corpus callosum) the nerve fibers joining the two hemispheres of the brain.

Tar and Feathers.
Names suck.
Ecneicsoruen.

Posted by: Tatarize | January 28, 2008 9:45 PM

109

'Retrospectacle' being the name of Thomas Dolby's greatest hits album, you could go with the title of a song, or another album:

Hyperactive!
Aliens Ate My Buick!
The Flat Earth
I Scare Myself

You get the idea (and no, I'm not going to post that other title, you know which one).

Posted by: Tlazolteotl | January 28, 2008 10:01 PM

110

Intellivores
intellivores united
intellivore nation
intellivore universe
the intellivore tribe

Posted by: fersch | January 28, 2008 10:14 PM

111

There are so many clever ones! Here's my suggestion: Brainiacs.

Posted by: Marilyn Terrell | January 28, 2008 10:40 PM

112

"The Macrobionic Bird"

Posted by: danley | January 28, 2008 11:12 PM

113

"Neurothology"

Posted by: danley | January 28, 2008 11:16 PM

114

"The Gelatinous Parrot"

Posted by: danley | January 28, 2008 11:24 PM

115

The anagram generator, when fed the string "retrospectacleomnibrain", comes up with this great one:

Parrot Sentience Micro Lab

Posted by: speedwell | January 29, 2008 12:04 AM

116

I suppose that if you added additional bloggers, by the way, you could change Of Two Minds to The Mind Set.

Posted by: speedwell | January 29, 2008 12:25 AM

117

"A Tale of Two Brains"

Posted by: Kevin L. | January 29, 2008 12:42 AM

118

"Isn't it neuronic (don't you think)?"

Posted by: Kevin L. | January 29, 2008 12:45 AM

119

"Brain Overlords"
"Brains in Space"

Posted by: Kevin L. | January 29, 2008 1:11 AM

120

"Joined at the Head"

Posted by: hungry | January 29, 2008 2:49 AM

121

Just A Neuron Away
Vagal Connection
After reading all the above suggestions, Viva Las Vegas sounds the best to me. Have fun finding your new name!

Posted by: mary | January 29, 2008 3:09 AM

122

It's similar to what's already been said, but "The Blog With Two Brains!" (starring Steve Martin?)

Or maybe "Jive Mind", with a little funky, dancing brain for a mascot? Too Silly? Ok.

How about "This American Lobe?" NPR might pick it up.

Maybe "Of Minds and Men?" Maybe not.

"Neuro Imagining"

"Fired Neurons"

Well, that's all I could think of. Hope they aren't TOO terrible, if nothing else.

Posted by: October Mermaid | January 29, 2008 3:30 AM

123

I've been saving band names for a reason like this. (My favorite is Hookers in Burkhas) but my next fave could work for your blogs: FMBOI-fetal monkey brains on ice- a project I worked on long ago.

Posted by: Dior | January 29, 2008 7:40 AM

124

"The Brains that Wouldn't Die"

Posted by: Kevin L. | January 29, 2008 8:23 AM

125

"Yorick's Skull" or "Yorick's Brain"

Posted by: Kevin L. | January 29, 2008 8:27 AM

126

"A Stroke of Genius"

...Okay, that one's probably wrong in many ways (though not the "genius" part)...

Posted by: Kevin L. | January 29, 2008 8:30 AM

127

Batts & Balls

Posted by: EyeNoU | January 29, 2008 9:01 AM

128

Action Pluripotential

Posted by: Tegumai Bopsulai, FCD | January 29, 2008 9:12 AM

129

Inspired by Rebecca Watson: "Thinky Meats"

Posted by: Kevin L. | January 29, 2008 11:21 AM

130

Wulst Neuroblog Evah!

Posted by: Barn Owl | January 29, 2008 11:59 AM

131

Going for a cartoon reference: "Pinky and The Brain," or some variation thereof, perhaps "Thinky and The Brain"

Posted by: Kevin L. | January 29, 2008 12:20 PM

132

BrainFusion

Posted by: Sunshine Lemme | January 29, 2008 4:43 PM

133

I've got it: "Brainspawn." As it is, ScienceBlogs is direly lacking Futurama references.

Posted by: Kevin L. | January 29, 2008 5:14 PM

134

I'd just like to voice my support for Mercurious' sugestion, Abby Normal. Alternatively, Abby Normal Brain. Of course I may be biased.


Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Igor, would you mind telling me whose brain I did put in?
Igor: And you won't be angry?
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: I will NOT be angry.
Igor: Abby someone.
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Abby someone. Abby who?
Igor: Abby Normal.
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Abby Normal?
Igor: I'm almost sure that was the name.
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Are you saying that I put an abnormal brain into a seven and a half foot long, fifty-four inch wide GORILLA?
[shakes and grabs him]
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME?

Classic!

Posted by: Abby Normal | January 29, 2008 5:41 PM

135

Sci Matters.

Posted by: Rachel | January 30, 2008 12:56 PM

136

Damn, just came up with these before checking previous posts... thought I was so clever and original! Ah well, guess these get my vote for what its worth - here's what I had written:


1. Corpus callosum
...as it will be a link between two halves of the newly formed whole, co-ordinating information

another alternative:

2. Hybrid vigour
...reflecting that you're combining the strengths of two lineages

Posted by: Chris Glen | January 30, 2008 9:50 PM

137

Hemispheres

...or some variation of the sort. From an evolutionary perspective, the development of the hemispheres was very significant. The distinction of the two allowed for many important functions. (Or something like that, I'm no expert but I hope you get the gist of what I'm saying...)

Posted by: undergrad mind | January 31, 2008 2:46 AM

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bwain blahg
bwain has flavah
i r in ur bwain

Posted by: brandon | January 31, 2008 11:54 AM

139

icanhasneuroscience
or any icanhas* combo thereof

Posted by: Will | January 31, 2008 6:58 PM

140

Thought-München (with spelling variations possible)

In honor of our botfly friend. :)

Apart from that, perhaps:

Neuroscope

(...or Neuroskeptic, to give a slightly negative twist)

Posted by: Aaron | January 31, 2008 8:45 PM

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neural news
fasciculata non grata
electroencephaloblogger
telencephalic tales
neural groove
mind and other matters
three pounds of thought
frontal lobotomy
megalencephalic minds
synaptic cleft
retrocognition
reflex arc

Posted by: Doc | January 31, 2008 9:45 PM

142

Hey Shelley,

good luck with the new blog! I have a suggestion - I left it under your newest post about the contest, but I am re-posting it here as I see most people left their comments on this post.
My suggestion is:

Cerebrathon

This is a cross between cerebration and marathon - as both of you guys are PhD students, I think I do not need to explain anything about why I chose "marathon"!

Posted by: steppen wolf | January 31, 2008 9:56 PM

143

Or how about-
fragrant mind- ala BNL
altered consciousness
lucid lemniscus
receptive aphasia-not sayin' you can't comuunicate. it
could be an inside joke.
dendritic critics- ouch thats bad
myelinated madness
hypnogogic hallucinations
synaptic storm
I better just quit while I'm ahead. :-D

Posted by: Doc | January 31, 2008 10:03 PM

144

Ready for a bad one? This is going to hurt.

Inspired by your latest post: "Brain Brain Brain"

Or - I might kick myself for suggesting this - "McBrainersons"

Posted by: Kevin L. | January 31, 2008 10:18 PM

145

Thread peaked at:

Batts and Higgens!
as illustrated by Carl Buell

You can't not.

Heck, you could title it * with a Carl Buell banner.

Posted by: Hank Roberts | January 31, 2008 11:55 PM

146

Or Higgins!
Whatever.
Just the banner!

Posted by: Hank Roberts | January 31, 2008 11:56 PM

147

Neuromance

Posted by: Karen | February 1, 2008 5:33 AM

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Quivering Gray
Burning Feathers
The Blog with Two Brains
Doublethink
Brainity and Combs
The Braininators
Trepanation Monthly
and... I'll stop now.

btw, Thanks for the excellent postings so far. I look forward to the new double double blog blog.

Posted by: elmlish | February 1, 2008 11:51 AM

149

Neural Transmissions
Neural Nerds
Little Gray Cells
Swarm Intelligence
Recombination

Posted by: jvarisco | February 1, 2008 7:34 PM

150

you could name it OmniBrian, I'd be so honored.

Posted by: Brian | February 2, 2008 12:26 PM

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