Encephalon 16 is up

By purepedantry on February 12, 2007.

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Encephalon is Up

The reignited Encephalon is up at Sharp Brains. The next Encephalon is being hosted on March 3rd at Mind Hacks. Email encephalon{dot}host{at}gmail{dot}com to submit.

The 40th edition of Encephalon, which is now up at Mind Hacks, includes some excellent entries from the usual suspects. The next edition will be at Pure Pedantry on March 17th. If you'd like to contribute, email permalinks to your neuroscience or psychology blog posts to encephalon{dot}host{at}…

Encephalon #7

Encephalon #7 is up at OmniBrain. Remember to submit to the Synapse this weekend to be hosted at Mind Hacks.

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