| 单词 | neuroscientist |
| 例句 | His name and work would become increasingly appreciated as neuroscientists delved beyond behavioral studies and looked at the physical structures of the brain. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Can the research being done here, and by a new generation of neuroscientists, prevent similar tragedy? A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Earlier in the day, an unusually temperate February morning, one of Dr. Atchley’s cognitive neuroscientist students had asked him about the scientific validity of intelligent design. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z We were required to write a research paper for Psychology and I chose it as my subject, then used the paper as an excuse to interrogate every neuroscientist and cognitive specialist at the university. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “The research shows you can take older people who aren’t functioning well and make them cognitively younger through this training,” Earl Miller, a neuroscientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology told me. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z His neuroscientist mother and computer repair shop father. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z According to neuroscientists, what makes a creative thinker is the high activity in the association cortices sections of the brain—responsible for making new connections and for “eureka” moments. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z This new generation of neuroscientists isn’t antitechnology, despite their cautionary findings. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Among them is Daphne Bavelier, a neuroscientist at the University of Rochester, who has been one of the pioneers in trying to understand how technology could be used to expand and improve attention. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z His girlfriend and Dan follow the neuroscientist’s gaze to a group of three people standing nearby in the middle of the packed room. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z About two hundred neuroscientists gathered with support from the National Academy of Sciences to confront a new question: What is technology doing to our brains? A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Auditory neuroscientists say that children do remember what they hear in the womb. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Not long afterward, he built his first pair of NeuroLink glasses at his father’s computer repair shop, with his neuroscientist mother’s input. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The Sunday Feature is another reliably fascinating slot, and this week neuroscientist and writer David Eagleman explored the work of Italo Calvino. A week in radio: Ken Dodd and Italo Calvino on Radio 3 2012-06-07T20:30:04Z While Maharbiz and others are using electrodes and wires to physically force neurons to fire, some geneticists and neuroscientists are developing an alternative approach, engineering animals whose brains can be controlled with flashes of light. Science-fiction turns real: Genetically engineering animals for war 2013-03-23T19:00:00Z Harris, author of “The End of Faith and Letter to a Christian Nation,” responded to Dr. Alexander’s Newsweek piece by seeking the opinion of neuroscientist Mark Cohen, whose reply was unequivocal. Dr. Eben Alexander’s so-called after-life 2012-11-26T16:00:00Z The biggest stars of TED Talks often have a shorthand claim to fame: the “neuroscientist who discovered he was a latent psychopath” or “the 12-year-old app developer.” How to Game the Dystopian Future 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z The neuroscientist guides nervous listeners in how to actually honor their panic, and channel it into greater self-understanding. Newly Published, From the AIDS Crisis to Anthony Bourdain 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z The difference here is that Lewis is a neuroscientist, and so can tell us what is going on in our brains when we take a particular drug. Ninety Days by Bill Clegg; Memoirs of an Addicted Brain by Marc Lewis; The Fix by Damian Thompson – review 2012-07-07T23:05:03Z As a working neuroscientist, Lady Greenfield’s worries carry more weight than most. Will the internet eat your brain? 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z These kind of theories put Greyson on wobbly ground among neuroscientists, who mostly agree the mind to be a product of the brain. What do near-death experiences mean, and why do they fascinate us? 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z Christian Benedict, a neuroscientist at Uppsala University in Sweden who was not involved in the study, welcomed the research. Junk food cravings linked to lack of sleep, study suggests 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z She studies Jung; consults with Mark Solms, a neuroscientist; and ultimately revisits her dreams with a shaman. | 'The Edge of Dreaming': Dangerous Visions, Seen Then Pursued 2011-02-15T22:23:23Z Engineers, geneticists and neuroscientists are controlling animal minds in different ways and for different reasons, and their tools and techniques are becoming cheaper and easier for even us nonexperts to use. Science-fiction turns real: Genetically engineering animals for war 2013-03-23T19:00:00Z And Christine Baranski makes the most of a small part on “The Big Bang Theory,” playing Leonard’s mother, an icy neuroscientist and psychiatrist. The TV Watch: Old Boys? Network? Hardly. How About Lots of Tired Geezer Channels? 2011-01-27T23:14:39Z Bear in mind that it was not until the early 90s that neuroscientists established the mutable nature of memory that is now a given. Remember the bad and the good times to build your future 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z Marc Lewis, a neuroscientist and former addict who wrote Memoirs of an Addicted Brain, is keen to highlight that a lot of different approaches can be therapeutic. Baclofen: the controversial pill that could 'cure' alcoholism 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z Transcripts of the popular podcast hosted by the prolific neuroscientist and philosopher. New & Noteworthy, From Ants to Erin Brockovich 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z Not all neuroscientists agree with Carr and some psychologists are sceptical. The internet: is it changing the way we think? 2010-08-14T23:05:00Z As neuroscientists, we study how dietary factors such as sweeteners affect the brain's ability to perform critical functions, including metabolism, appetite and learning and memory. WHO’s recommendation against the use of artificial sweeteners for weight loss raises many questions 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z Is educating students about the nervous system – and potentially encouraging a new generation of neuroscientists – a less-justifiable use of animals than hunting out mines or earthquake survivors? The race to create 'insect cyborgs' 2013-02-17T00:05:32Z As a neuroscientist and molecular biologist, she was used to examining the smallest components of human and animal brains. She made a career out of studying the brain. Then hers veered off course. 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z Looking to the future, some neuroscientists envisage a dramatic transformation of criminal law. Human behaviour: is it all in the brain – or the mind? 2013-06-29T23:05:40Z Consider the case of Amy Bishop, the neuroscientist arrested for shooting six colleagues, killing three, at a department meeting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Arts & Leisure Preview: Violence That Art Didn?t See Coming 2010-02-24T19:11:00Z “The facial muscle movements themselves have no inherent psychological meaning,” said Barrett, a psychologist and neuroscientist who has written for The New York Times. In ‘Smile,’ Why the Grins Are So Grim 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z These are complicated problems, especially for a neuroscientist who, like Gifty, was raised in an evangelical home. Review | Yaa Gyasi’s ‘Transcendent Kingdom’ is a book of blazing brilliance 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z Wherever neuroscientists have looked, they’ve found brain regions that are busy. Sex’s feel-good evolution: Charles Darwin’s erotic shocker 2014-03-09T20:00:00Z With today’s sophisticated brain-imaging techniques, neuroscientists can examine how the brain processes environments, even with the complex limitations of, say, someone who’s blind, or autistic, or has dementia. Are neuroscientists the next great architects? 2012-11-11T14:00:00Z Mandy, we learn, has been turned down from top medical schools, and while this frustrates her desire to become a neuroscientist, it does show she has other possibilities in her future. "As We See It": An imperfect step forward for representing autism on screen 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z A second organization that promotes similar research, the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics, includes not only psychologists but philosophers, sociologists and neuroscientists. Do You Like ‘Dogs Playing Poker’? Science Would Like to Know Why 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z But I'm also reminded of the warnings uttered by the neuroscientist Susan Greenfield when she talks about the dangers of reducing our intellectual worlds to virtual reality. Poem of the week: The Two Deserts by Coventry Patmore 2011-03-28T11:18:29Z And neuroscientist Dr Adrian Owen will explain how we can speak to people in comas. Guerilla scientists infiltrate Secret Garden Party 2010-07-23T17:58:00Z “Ghosting is an ‘avoidant’ quality,” says neuroscientist and sex therapist Nan Wise. From ghosting to oversharing: the new rules of breakups 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z These days, she "basically keeps on going," finding pleasure in teaching, hiking, running, her friends and her new husband, neuroscientist Charles Gross. Joyce Carol Oates writes memoir of grief 2011-02-11T13:01:04Z It's because we use more than our mouths when we taste; neuroscientist Dana Small observed that, "to our brains, 'taste' is actually a fusion of a food's taste, smell, and touch into a single sensation." How I enjoyed eating when I lost my sense of smell and taste 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z For many modern neuroscientists, Freud’s thought is dead, buried and best forgotten. Review | A brain researcher on what Freud got right 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z Heather Berlin, a neuroscientist, will join Mr. Eyre in conversation and provide a biological perspective on those feelings. Spare Times Listings for April 3-9 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z We’ve been rooting around in rat brains for ages; neuroscientists often send electrical signals directly into rodents’ skulls to elicit certain reactions and behaviors. Science-fiction turns real: Genetically engineering animals for war 2013-03-23T19:00:00Z Photograph: Tristram Kenton This autumn a group of neuroscientists, medical students, doctors and psychiatrists got together at the University of Warwick to work out what we now know about the way the brain works. A new discovery for science and art: the cultural divide is all in the mind 2012-11-24T16:02:57Z Sandra Aamodt, neuroscientist and author of “Why Diets Make Us Fat,” says that a lot of the health problems we associate with obesity are actually a consequence of not getting enough exercise. Perspective | Why you should stop trying to lose weight 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z The conference also outlined a major benefit of the Twilight series and books like them: neuroscientists said that if certain skills, such as literacy, do not develop properly before adolescence, they may be lost forever. Vampires: a force for good or evil? 2010-09-27T15:00:00Z In this episode of The Conversation Weekly, we speak to three experts who study the gut microbiome: a gastroenterologist, a neuroscientist and a biological engineer. The bacteria and microbes in your gut can affect your body and mental health 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z “When she makes up her mind, there’s a ferocity of will there that is hard to kind of fathom. And she’s a neuroscientist. This is what she knows. That’s a very difficult combination to contest.” She made a career out of studying the brain. Then hers veered off course. 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z This is at least one thing that accounts for the salary discrepancies between most people who majored in English and neuroscientists. A Rose Is a Rose Is … Your Experience of a Rose? A Writer Plumbs Consciousness 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z Oliver Sacks, the neuroscientist and author who died of cancer last year, will be honored in a tribute to open this year’s World Science Festival in New York. Oliver Sacks to Be Honored at World Science Festival 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z As a trained neuroscientist, however, Carpenter sees light as more than just a subject; it’s an experiment, too. Todd Carpenter on art, neuroscience and seeing the light 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z Stuart Firestein, a teacher and neuroscientist, has written a splendid and admirably short book about the pleasure of finding things out using the scientific method. Ignorance by Stuart Firestein; It's Not Rocket Science by Ben Miller – review 2012-07-19T10:00:04Z In his book “Lying,” neuroscientist Sam Harris writes, “Most forms of private vice and public evil are kindled and sustained by lies.” What made George Santos lie so much? Experts weigh in on his deception. 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z But to visual neuroscientists like us, all this speculation begs the question as to why clock hands were set to oblique 8:20/10:10 positions in the first place. The illusions of advertising 2013-05-16T21:35:00Z Take psychologist and neuroscientist Elaine Fox, who is on Horizon tonight talking about her book Rainy Brain, Sunny Brain. In praise of cynicism 2013-07-10T17:27:31Z "Understanding the biological basis of pleasure leads us to fundamentally rethink the moral and legal aspects of addiction," writes neuroscientist David Linden. Human behaviour: is it all in the brain – or the mind? 2013-06-29T23:05:40Z One of his personal highlights of the year has been the bestseller Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives.Its writer, the American neuroscientist David Eagleman will be at the festival. Hay Festival line-up revealed 2010-04-04T21:16:00Z Lipska and her family members — her daughter is a physician; her son, a neuroscientist; her husband, a mathematician and computer software engineer; her sister, a physicist working in radiation oncology — researched every possible treatment avenue. She made a career out of studying the brain. Then hers veered off course. 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z Oxford neuroscientist is part of this ancient tradition. 2121: A Tale from the Next Century by Susan Greenfield – review 2013-07-21T10:00:00Z Christian Cherene, of BeAnotherLab, a collective in Barcelona, Spain, that created the installation, described the project as an effort to disrupt what psychologists and neuroscientists call embodiment — the sense we have of inhabiting our bodies. Going Interactive at Tribeca With Storyscapes 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z British expert Prof Richard Morris, a neuroscientist at the University of Edinburgh, said: “When someone with early Alzheimer’s is forgetful, it is tempting to suppose that the memory is lost. “ Nerve cell stimulation 'may recall memories' in Alzheimer's patients 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z He finally settled on something like “research clinical neuroscientist.” I took the millennial wine challenge and found a keeper or two 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z Faced with ancient scholastic debates about consciousness and free will, they are even prepared to talk to neuroscientists. Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking by Daniel C Dennett – review 2013-05-15T06:00:03Z Mr. McGregor often collaborates with neuroscientists and uses complex cognitive tasks as a catalyst for inspiration. Dance Listings for March 7-13 2014-03-06T23:25:40Z I recently spoke with Christensen, a dancer turned neuroscientist at the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics in Frankfurt, Germany, about the health benefits of a passion for dance. You know it feels good to dance. These scientists reveal why. 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z Wu and Khalil, the neuroscientists involved with the production, have yet to analyze their data. Music, Science and Healing Intersect in an A.I. Opera 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z The neuroscientist Sapolsky talks about his studies of rambunctious baboons in Kenya, mixed with lots of wry commentary and gentle humor that puts a smile on your face while you read. The 1,328-Page Novel That Captivated the Primatologist Frans de Waal 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z Uncanny Valley L.A. premiere of Thomas Gibbons’ futuristic drama about a neuroscientist trying to teach an artificial being how to become more human. L.A. theater openings, April 16-23: 'The Walking Forest' and more 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z Only a few neuroscientists argue that the human mind is not materialistic. Our godless brains: Emerging science reveals mind-blowing alternatives to a higher power 2014-04-26T20:00:00Z Cassell says that to a neuroscientist the key question is: “Under what conditions do we lose things?” How not to lose things: Three techniques for keeping track of your stuff 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z Keene is a neuroscientist and the lead author of the study. These caterpillars aren’t just hungry, they’re hangry 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z Abuse of humanoid robots can be disturbing and expensive, but there may be a solution, said Ms. Wykowska, the neuroscientist. Why Do We Hurt Robots? 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z A neuroscientist explains the impact of trauma on the human body, and presents a program that combines mental and physical exercises to help overcome trauma. Newly Published, From Sea Stories to Trauma’s Impact 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z Perhaps befitting Rippon’s training as a neuroscientist, the evidence in her first strand is most interesting. Do Men and Women Have Different Brains? 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z Looking to the future, some neuroscientists envision a dramatic transformation of criminal law. Pop neuroscience is bunk! 2013-06-08T15:30:00Z Now Analogue is back at the Pleasance with a show that draws on the work of neuroscientists to explore the nature of memory and its role in making us who we are. This week's new theatre 2011-08-05T23:09:29Z “LA is pretty much a one-industry town and conversations become quite circular. In New York I talk instead to neuroscientists, bakers and restaurateurs,” he said. Hollywood? It’s finished, claims Oscar-winning director who fled to New York 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z Dr. David Diamond, a cognitive neuroscientist and psychology professor at the University of South Florida, broke down the science behind the brain, and the "why" behind why young people may participate in these dangerous challenges. Her son died from a ‘choking game.’ Now she’s determined to save other kids’ lives. 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z “For most of human existence, your pattern of sleeping and wakefulness was basically a matter of the sun and the season,” explains Charles Czeisler, a neuroscientist and sleep expert at Harvard Medical School. Caffeine overdose is very real: See if you’re drinking too much coffee 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z Sharot, a neuroscientist, shows why many of our instincts about how to change other people’s minds are wrong and offers some better strategies. New in Paperback: ‘An American Family,’ ‘Red Clocks’ 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z “Lutein is a major workhorse molecule,” said Billy Hammond, a neuroscientist at the University of Georgia who studies the role of these compounds in eye and brain health. Lutein supplements are everywhere. Here’s what you need to know about this nutrient. 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z Roca’s project worked with patients with cancer and other ailments and with a group of neuroscientists and neuro-gastronomy experts to create a cocoa flavor that the patients experience through their own memories. In pursuit of the lost taste of chocolate 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z Saturday’s programs also include ’‘Cool Jobs,” from 1 to 2 p.m. at the Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College, where professionals like biomedical engineers, a zoologist and a neuroscientist will discuss their work. Spare Times — For Children for June 1 — 7 2012-05-31T21:26:54Z Like the neuroscientists, she believes hoarding becomes abnormal as a result of “mis-wiring” in the brain’s executive functions. Is it normal to hoard? 2014-03-16T00:00:00Z He is Stephen, a cognitive neuroscientist, and the test subject is his wife, Amy. Review: In ‘Neurology of the Soul,’ Looking for a Brain in Love 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z He asks one neuroscientist how electrical impulses amount to information, and she insists that this is just figurative language, understood as such by everyone in the field. Do We Have Minds of Our Own? 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z Warner explains that it’s been only 20 years since neuroscientists discovered that, after the period from age 0 to 3, puberty is the most critical time for brain development. Traumatized by Memories of Middle School? You Are Not Alone 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z On the other hand, neuroscientists who have been able to study the brains of people with debilitatingly compulsive obsessions with sex witness similar responses to those they have observed in drug addiction cases. Constant cravings: is addiction on the rise? 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z It included a scene in which Bialik, who is a neuroscientist in real life, urges young girls to pursue careers in science during her Nobel acceptance speech. An emotional send-off for lovable geeks of ‘Big Bang Theory’ 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z Also on music, Cambridge neuroscientist Jessica Grahn will help us understand how babies are better at picking up rhythms than their parents and will lead the crowds with sonic social bonding routines. Guerilla scientists infiltrate Secret Garden Party 2010-07-23T17:58:00Z Research undertaken by neuroscientists suggested that he would fail to engage with voters. Human behaviour: is it all in the brain – or the mind? 2013-06-29T23:05:40Z In a paper by neuroscientist Dr. Mark Beeman, he explains how we come to our final “aha” moment of producing an idea, by way of other activities: 8 tips to help you generate great ideas 2013-12-03T16:26:00Z Her recent interest in brain science shows up here - Boris and his paramour are both neuroscientists - but ultimately the story belongs to poet Mia, with her fanciful imagination, razor-sharp observations and captivating way with words. Hustvedt's novel explores marital infidelity 2011-04-26T11:37:08Z Most neuroscientists regard such prospectuses as snake oil, and Moreno shares this scepticism, even if Darpa doesn't. Mind Wars by Jonathan D Moreno – review 2012-06-01T21:55:07Z One of those neuroscientists is Marc Lewis, a psychologist and former addict himself, also the author of a new book “The Biology of Desire: Why Addiction is Not a Disease.” Addiction is not a disease: A neuroscientist argues that it’s time to change our minds on the roots of substance abuse 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z A neuroscientist in York told her that the results of an EEG – a recording of brain activity – suggested she had ADHD. ‘I assumed it was all my fault’: the adults dealing with undiagnosed ADHD 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z So for Dennett, computers consisting of layer on layer of mindless programs can indeed achieve consciousness, at least in the very restricted sense in which philosophers – and neuroscientists – use that multidimensional word. Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking by Daniel C Dennett – review 2013-05-15T06:00:03Z We have been rooting around in rat brains for ages; neuroscientists often send electrical signals directly into rodents' skulls to elicit certain reactions and behaviours. The race to create 'insect cyborgs' 2013-02-17T00:05:32Z Zak argues that by measuring changes in the blood rather than relying on fuzzy images from brain scans, his research is immune to the criticisms usually levelled at neuroscientists. Oxytocin: could the 'trust hormone' rebond our troubled world? 2011-08-20T23:08:00Z “Planning is important because the brain builds a story. It also likes order and the feeling of being in control,” explains the neuroscientist and coach Magdalena Bak-Maier of maketimecount.com. Struggling with New Year's resolutions? We can help 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z Tough, citing several neuroscientists, calls these skills “the developmental building blocks—the neurological infrastructure—underpinning noncognitive abilities like resilience and perseverance.” The Limits of “Grit” 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z So he approached neuroscientist McAlpine, whose research work into brain mechanisms for spatial hearing and detecting sounds in noisy environments proved key to the effects Rosenberg wanted to achieve. When two tribes meet: collaborations between artists and scientists 2011-08-21T20:30:01Z The curators also include Joy Hirsch, a professor of neuroscience at Columbia University and a pioneer in the analysis of brain imaging, and Margaret Zellner, a behavioral neuroscientist and psychoanalyst now at Rockefeller University. Glimpsing the Brain?s Powers (and Limits) 2010-11-19T18:00:00Z About 90 percent of them showed improvement, says Manuel Casanova, the psychiatrist and neuroscientist who carried out the federally funded studies. ‘Brain zapping’: An experimental treatment for PTSD that war veterans say has changed their lives 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z The compositions — which were written in consultation with music therapists and neuroscientists — are supposed to elicit different emotions. Esperanza Spalding’s Quest to Find Healing in Music 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z He plays Daniel Pierce, a brilliant neuroscientist with — paradox alert — a full-blown case of schizophrenia. Television Review: ‘Perception’ With Eric McCormack on TNT 2012-07-08T18:32:52Z There will be music created by thought brainwaves, competitive neuroscientists trying to win your votes, and even the chance for crafty types to knit a neuron. This week's new events 2013-03-02T06:00:21Z "You have neuroscientists and novelists and politicians and warriors and thinkers, and it's the interaction between them," Florence said. Making Hay: British book fest conquers the world 2010-06-02T11:37:00Z A study by neuroscientists at New York University, published last year in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that “even mild stress can make it difficult to control your emotions.” A Recipe for Air Rage 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z But now neuroscientists have had to come to terms with the fact that many of the methods on which brain scan studies are based have been flawed. Vaughan Bell: the trouble with brain scans 2012-05-26T23:07:02Z Recently, a neuroscientist friend was asked why he'd asked a novelist to speak to his department. Siri Hustvedt, writer – portrait of the artist 2012-07-10T17:11:10Z To help answer that question, I brought along Partha Mitra, a neuroscientist who is mapping the brain circuitry of mice at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. ‘The Ascent’: Levitating in Brooklyn 2012-06-22T19:27:36Z My own anxiety is less about the cerebrum than about the soul, and is best summed up not by a neuroscientist but by a novelist. First: The Twitter Trap 2011-05-18T20:53:46Z As my mother, a neuroscientist, read “Where the Wild Things Are” to me, new synaptic connections spread like a grass fire in my brain. Donna Summer: Disco diva and rocker 2012-05-18T01:26:00Z The neuroscientist writes about his lab’s scientific advances, his accomplishments, and personal revelations since he won the Nobel Prize in 2000. Newly Published, From Che Guevara to Sapiens 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z Is educating students about the nervous system — and potentially encouraging a new generation of neuroscientists — a less-justifiable use of animals than hunting out mines or earthquake survivors? Science-fiction turns real: Genetically engineering animals for war 2013-03-23T19:00:00Z But when Robert Provine, a neuroscientist at the University of Maryland in Baltimore County, camped out at food courts and campus quads documenting instances of laughter, he found that men got the most laughs. Want to raise an empowered girl? Then let her be funny. 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z The technology is in its earliest stages but, already, lawyers and neuroscientists have begun talking about when it might be used in courtrooms as a souped-up lie detector. My life as a guinea pig for science 2013-07-27T23:05:16Z “This study is adding another piece to the puzzle of how the reward system works,” says neuroscientist Gary Wenk at The Ohio State University. Where does gluttony come from? 2012-09-21T20:33:00Z As Harvard neuroscientist Jeff Lichtman wryly comments: "It's very hard for a human brain to understand the extraordinary complexity of a human brain." TV highlights 03/07/2013 2013-07-03T06:00:07Z The initiative led Parks to meet with a number of neuroscientists and observe their research on consciousness. Do We Have Minds of Our Own? 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z “The incredibly short version of an ongoing debate is, neuroscientists think they understand everything about the human brain,” Mr. Najman said. A Philosopher and a Scientist Share a Bench 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z Bobby Azarian is a neuroscientist affiliated with George Mason University and a freelance journalist. How religious fundamentalism hijacks your brain, as explained by a neuroscientist 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z In his latest book, the neuroscientist expands on his ideas about the importance of feeling — which, he thinks, can bridge the conceptual abyss between the body and the mind. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z Two neuroscientists, a children’s book author and a graphic novelist team up to consider the mental benefits of collaboration. Newly Published, from a Suburban Search to a Seoul Flower Shop 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z Tippett, host of the NPR show “On Being,” delves into religion and science and perennial questions with astronomers, neuroscientists, religious leaders, poets and philosophers. Notable nonfiction books in 2016 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Philosophers have been puzzling for millennia over what it is about those organised but apparently meaningless sounds that we find so compelling, joined more recently by anthropologists, sociologists, psychologists and neuroscientists. Music is a vital strand of our social fabric 2012-08-02T19:00:00Z Alongside Dr. Judson Brewer, a neuroscientist and associate professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Jewel has created a curriculum for her youth foundation. Jewel Wants You to Be Present 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z Then an NP neuroscientist called Fred is sent into the land of the "Others" to research them. 2121: A Tale from the Next Century by Susan Greenfield – review 2013-07-11T08:00:00Z As a neuroscientist/physician turned author, this reviewer applauds his ambition, and hopes that his extraordinary book recruits many more from both sides to the cause. The Book of Barely Imagined Beings by Caspar Henderson - review 2012-12-25T07:00:15Z As beautiful as its results were, the connectome is no art project for neuroscientists. My life as a guinea pig for science 2013-07-27T23:05:16Z Once the largely exclusive province of neuroscientists and neurologists, the brain has now entered the popular mainstream. Pop neuroscience is bunk! 2013-06-08T15:30:00Z However, this research is growing and becoming interdisciplinary, and now includes neuroscientists, all of whom substantiate the role sacred values play in driving human behavior. Can neuroscience help settle the gun control debate? 2014-01-09T13:45:00Z In another chapter, on gender identity, Kandel nicely juxtaposes autobiographical accounts from the late Ben Barres, a prominent neuroscientist who began his life as Barbara, against genetic studies of sexual dimorphisms in mice and humans. A Nobel Laureate Asks What Makes a ‘Disordered Mind’ 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z Opening the festival on Friday at 7:30 p.m. will be a discussion on the joys and miseries of conscious and unconscious thoughts led by a neuroscientist. Spare Times for Oct. 12-18 2012-10-11T22:15:05Z When Parks gave a talk in Germany in 2015, he used the occasion to meet with three prominent intellectuals — two psychologists and a neuroscientist — and sound out their reactions to Manzotti’s radical theory. A Rose Is a Rose Is … Your Experience of a Rose? A Writer Plumbs Consciousness 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z Like all other neuroscientists, I find them beguiling. Vaughan Bell: the trouble with brain scans 2012-05-26T23:07:02Z So it is not entirely surprising that a neuroscientist would open this art historian’s eyes, but my mind is officially blown. This is your brain on art: A neuroscientist’s lessons on why abstract art makes our brains hurt so good 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z Maryanne Wolf, a star neuroscientist at Tufts University who focuses on the reading brain, believes smartphones are “antithetical to deep reading.” The rise of social reading: Goodbye to Virginia Woolf’s solitary, egoless reader 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z Meditation coaches, monks and neuroscientists went to Davos to impart the finer points to CEOs attending the World Economic Forum. The mindfulness conspiracy 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z Sugar triggers production of the brain’s natural opioids, according to Princeton neuroscientist Bart Hobel, who led a study into sugar dependence. We are all addicts now 2013-05-11T23:00:00Z The protagonist of “Transcendent Kingdom” is a neuroscientist who grew up in an evangelical community in Alabama. How Yaa Gyasi Found Religion (in Literature) 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z As the federal programs stalled, psychologists, neuroscientists, pediatricians, education reformers, and journalists began looking at the lives of children in a different way. The Limits of “Grit” 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z It was also active in the career of Ms. McLaughlin, a neuroscientist. The Anonymous Professor Who Wasn’t 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z In addition to her son Denis, a neuroscientist at New York University, she is survived by her husband; another son, Rafael, who is also an architect; and two granddaughters. Diana Balmori, Landscape Architect With a Blending Philosophy, Dies at 84 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z According to neuroscientist Sam Harris, inquiry into the brain will eventually and exhaustively explain the mind and, hence, human nature. Human behaviour: is it all in the brain – or the mind? 2013-06-29T23:05:40Z The group included poets, composers, geographers, neuroscientists, historians and more, each of whom approached the topic of rest slightly differently. We need to learn how to relax, without guilt 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z A neuroscientist is keeping a personal journal and part of that is the novel, but then we're also in Eli's memory and imagination too. Joyce Carol Oates on memory and personality: An interview 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z In “A Field Guide to Lies and Statistics” Daniel Levitin, an American neuroscientist, shows the reader how to find a way through all this numerical confusion. A crash course in understanding numbers 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z “My genes were stamped — even altered, as neuroscientists now suggest — by trauma,” she writes in “The Light of Days.” The ‘Ghetto Girls’ Who Fought the Nazis With Weapons and Wiles 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z “Passive learning only gets you so far — you will lose it,” Mr. McHenry said, adding that this observation came from one of several neuroscientists consulting on the project. Want to Change Your Life? A New Exhibition Offers a Path. 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Philosopher and neuroscientist Sam Harris, who has written extensively on morality and its inextricable link to the well-being of conscious creatures, recently addressed the fact that he eats meat. New atheists must become new vegans: Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins and the extra burden on moral leaders 2016-01-09T05:00:00Z Britt Anderson, a neuroscientist at the University of Waterloo in Canada, went so far as to write a 2011 paper titled “There Is No Such Thing as Attention.” Finding It Hard to Focus? Maybe It’s Not Your Fault 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z These are the kinds of questions that fascinate Dr. Antonio Damasio, the author, neuroscientist and director of the Brain and Creativity Institute at the University of Southern California. Possessed: In His Own Image 2011-01-06T22:02:40Z Arne Dietrich, a neuroscientist at the American University of Beirut, believes all these behaviors lead to flow by reducing brain activity. It’s great to be ‘in the zone’ — while working, exercising and creating art. Here’s how to get there. 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z “Black Box” is an ABC drama about a bipolar neuroscientist who turns hypomanic and a little slutty when she goes off her medication: Bad Brain Doctor. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Bad Teacher’ and ‘Black Box’ Have Their Premieres 2014-04-23T21:19:29Z No one has illustrated laughter’s strange tendencies better than Robert Provine, a neuroscientist and psychology professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Why laughter makes no sense: The surprising science behind what tickles our funny bones 2014-04-09T22:59:00Z The neuroscientists wanted to understand what is behind this phenomenon and find out which processes in the brain and body play a role in it. When we feel things that are not there 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z It also explores the role that neuroscientists can play in further understanding and addressing these challenges. How climate change could be affecting your brain 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z Multiple neurologists and neuroscientists who reviewed the dossier for Science agree. Misconduct concerns, possible drug risks should stop major stroke trial, whistleblowers say 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z “This is a very nice study,” says Antonia Hamilton, a social neuroscientist at University College London, who was not involved in the research. It’s Not All in Your Head—You Do Focus Differently on Zoom 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z The Trinity neuroscientists report for the first time that this altered brain state also prevents the usual loss of memories formed during infancy. Autism brain states hold the key to unlocking childhood memories, findings show 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z The next step “would be to do a randomized, controlled trial,” says Susan Harkema, a neuroscientist at the University of Louisville in Kentucky who works on stimulation therapy in people with spinal cord injuries. Man with Parkinson’s Walks Smoothly thanks to an Experimental Spinal Implant 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z But she points to research by Francis McGlone, a neuroscientist at Liverpool John Moores University in England who has studied the rewarding feelings we get from touch. A Hairy Truth About Your Sense of Touch 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z But the lead whistleblower, Vanderbilt University neuroscientist Matthew Schrag, hopes NIH will delay it after seeing the dossier and initiate a sweeping examination of the challenged papers. Misconduct concerns, possible drug risks should stop major stroke trial, whistleblowers say 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z “It’s reassuring to see that there’s an effect” across all these new measurements, says Guillaume Dumas, a computational psychiatry researcher and cognitive neuroscientist at the University of Montreal. It’s Not All in Your Head—You Do Focus Differently on Zoom 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z Over the summer, the neuroscientist Christof Koch conceded defeat on his 25-year bet with the philosopher David Chalmers, a lost wager that the science of consciousness would be all wrapped up by now. Understanding Consciousness Goes Beyond Exploring Brain Chemistry 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z A speech prosthetic developed by a collaborative team of Duke neuroscientists, neurosurgeons, and engineers can translate a person's brain signals into what they're trying to say. Brain implant may enable communication from thoughts alone 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z But they’ve been interviewing neuroscientists at USC for about five years to better understand the effects of music and exercise on the brain. Drumboxing puts you in that elusive flow state — the new L.A. exercise 'blew my mind' 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z Much of the data described in the dossier “is clearly, undeniably, the result of misrepresentation,” says a leading neuroscientist who studies some of the same topics as Zlokovic. Misconduct concerns, possible drug risks should stop major stroke trial, whistleblowers say 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z “Rodents create a model of every environment they explore that acts like a GPS map,” says Albert Lee, a neuroscientist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and a co-author of the new study. Rats Use the Power of Imagination to Navigate and Move Objects in a VR Landscape 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z The neuroscientist Kevin Mitchell has argued that the free will of conscious organisms plays a role in determining what will happen in the brain, over and above what is settled by the laws of physics. Understanding Consciousness Goes Beyond Exploring Brain Chemistry 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z In their new study, Lai, along with Janelia neuroscientist Albert Lee and colleagues, found a way around this problem by developing a brain-machine interface that rewarded rats for navigating their surroundings using only their thoughts. Rats can ‘imagine’ places they’ve previously visited 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z The long-term plan for Drumboxing is to make it a “brain hub,” Hinds says, where visitors can take EEGs of their brains before and after classes and attend workshops led by neuroscientists and others. Drumboxing puts you in that elusive flow state — the new L.A. exercise 'blew my mind' 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z A celebrated and eclectic neuroscientist and biotech entrepreneur, Zlokovic has rarely hit a false note—as an M.D.-Ph.D. researcher, institute leader, entrepreneur, and even a talented amateur opera singer. Misconduct concerns, possible drug risks should stop major stroke trial, whistleblowers say 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z The findings have significant implications not only for psychiatrists and neuroscientists, but also for parents, educators, and potentially the judicial system in defining the boundaries of the adolescent period. In breakthrough study, researchers map converging trajectories of cognitive development through adolescence 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z Such findings were difficult to tease out previously because neuroscientists study the brain and cardiologists study the heart, but many do so in isolation of the other. What happens when we pass out? Researchers ID new brain and heart connections 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z Shayna Rosenbaum, a cognitive neuroscientist at York University, says the researchers took a clever approach “to gain insight into the inner workings of the rodent mind.” Rats can ‘imagine’ places they’ve previously visited 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z Now, neuroscientists have pinpointed a nerve pathway between the heart and brain that triggers the reflex and can prompt fainting in mice. Heart-brain link offers new potential explanation for fainting 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z One of seven neuroscientists who reviewed the dossier is Stanford University’s Thomas Südhof, a Nobel laureate who has seen some of his own papers criticized on PubPeer. Misconduct concerns, possible drug risks should stop major stroke trial, whistleblowers say 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z Curiosity paradoxically increases people's patience for an answer, while simultaneously making them more eager to hear it, finds a new study by Duke neuroscientists. What an animated taco reveals about curiosity and patience 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z Heeger, a neuroscientist and tenured professor at New York University, feels fortunate that he is able to afford the medical care he needs with an income not affected by his disability. The doctors with long COVID who have been left behind 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z Optogenetics could help neuroscientists identify specific causes of peripheral nerve conditions as well as test therapies to alleviate them. Soft optical fibers block pain while moving and stretching with the body 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z Most neuroscientists believe humans have at least some degree of free will. Stanford scientist, after decades of study, concludes: We don’t have free will 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z Another neuroscientist who reviewed the dossier but declined to be named for fear of courting a legal dispute was shocked to see apparently manipulated images in two papers he had peer reviewed. Misconduct concerns, possible drug risks should stop major stroke trial, whistleblowers say 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z However, a new study from MIT neuroscientists has found that these models often also respond the same way to images or words that have no resemblance to the target. Deep neural networks don't see the world the way we do 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z “As the authors point out, peripheral serotonin is separate from brain serotonin,” says Jeffrey Meyer, a neuroscientist at the University of Toronto’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. Low serotonin levels might explain some Long Covid symptoms, study proposes 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z A neuroscientist whose studies undergird an experimental Alzheimer’s drug was “reckless” in his failure to keep or provide original data, an offense that “amounts to significant research misconduct,” an investigation by his university has concluded. Scientists Investigating Alzheimer’s Drug Faulted in Leaked Report 2023-10-14T04:00:00Z The team comprised neuroscientists and philosophers from Monash University, in Australia, University of Tübingen, in Germany, University of Minnesota, in the USA, and Trinity College Dublin. Fresh light shed on mystery of infant consciousness 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z “It’s highly significant,” says Anthony Hannan, a neuroscientist at the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health in Melbourne, Australia. This Is The Largest Map of The Human Brain Ever Made 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z “With correlations, it’s always very hard to draw conclusions,” says Nele Lefeldt, a neuroscientist at Rice University, who was not involved in the new research. Solar Storms Can Hinder Bird Migration 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z The research, conducted by New York University neuroscientists, shows that pericytes, which wrap around the capillaries -- the body's small blood vessels -- work in concert with neurons to help ensure that long-term memories are formed. In forming long-term memories, vascular cells are crucial 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z The neuroscientist, Hoau-Yan Wang, a professor at the City College of New York, frequently collaborated with Lindsay H. Burns, the company’s chief scientist, on studies that outside experts and journals have called into question. Scientists Investigating Alzheimer’s Drug Faulted in Leaked Report 2023-10-14T04:00:00Z Optogenetics is a technique that allows neuroscientists to introduce 'light switches' into the neurons of living brains. Vision in the brain: Hardwired for action 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Seth, the neuroscientist, was not at the workshop—but I asked him where he stands in the debate over physicalism and its various alternatives. Is Consciousness Part of the Fabric of the Universe? 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z The counselor notes the neuroscientist Bruce Perry's Three R's method. California’s Surgeon General wants schools to be the front line against childhood stress 2023-09-23T04:00:00Z The neuroscientists have shown that re-growing specific neurons back to their natural target regions led to recovery, while random regrowth was not effective. Scientists regenerate neurons that restore walking in mice after paralysis from spinal cord injury 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z “I think it’s inflammatory to describe IIT as pseudoscience,” says neuroscientist Anil Seth, director of the Centre for Consciousness Science at the University of Sussex near Brighton, UK, adding that he disagrees with the label. Prominent Consciousness Theory Is Slammed as Bogus Science 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z A team of leading clinicians, engineers, and neuroscientists has made a groundbreaking discovery in the field of treatment-resistant depression. Decoding depression: Researchers identify crucial biomarker that tracks recovery from treatment-resistant depression 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z Grace Lindsay, a neuroscientist at New York University, said, “There was this idea that you can’t study consciousness until you have tenure.” How to Tell if Your A.I. Is Conscious 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z In a new study, neuroscientist Tomás Ryan of Trinity College Dublin and his colleagues have examined the fundamental biology underlying a form of forgetting we experience every day. Forgotten Memories May Remain Intact in the Brain 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z Last year, a machine learning expert in Silicon Valley embarked on a long-distance partnership with two neuroscientists in Tehran, Iran. Iran’s researchers increasingly isolated as government prepares to wall off internet 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z “IIT is a theory, of course, and therefore may be empirically wrong,” says neuroscientist Christof Koch, a meritorious investigator at the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle, Washington, and a proponent of the theory. Prominent Consciousness Theory Is Slammed as Bogus Science 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z I am a psychiatrist and neuroscientist who researches and treats fear and anxiety. A psychiatrist explains the neuroscience and physiology of fear 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z But it couldn’t group the samples according to how similar they smelled, says Joel Mainland, a neuroscientist at the Monell Chemical Senses Center who helped organize the challenge. AI rivals the human nose when it comes to naming smells 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z To answer this, a group of 19 neuroscientists, philosophers and computer scientists have come up with a checklist of criteria that, if met, would indicate that a system has a high chance of being conscious. If AI Becomes Conscious, Here’s How We Can Tell 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z These devices “could be products in the very near future,” says Christian Herff, a computational neuroscientist at Maastricht University, the Netherlands. Brain-reading Devices Allow Paralyzed People to Talk Using Their Thoughts 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z The lofty goal might have helped the HBP to get off the ground, says Timothy O’Leary, a computational neuroscientist at the University of Cambridge, UK, who is not part of the HBP. Scientists Tried to Re-create an Entire Human Brain in a Computer. What Happened? 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z The two findings represent “a big leap,” says Alexander Huth, a neuroscientist and computer scientist at the University of Texas at Austin who was not involved with either study. Watch a person unable to speak for years ‘talk’ using a new brain implant 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z From a basic research perspective, “it’s not clear whether this is an important development rather than an incremental one,” says Linda Buck, a neuroscientist at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center. AI rivals the human nose when it comes to naming smells 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z The group’s approach, which the authors describe as theory-heavy, is a good way to go, according to neuroscientist Anil Seth, director of the centre for consciousness science at the University of Sussex near Brighton, UK. If AI Becomes Conscious, Here’s How We Can Tell 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z Through establishing those brain-behavior links in a humble roundworm, neuroscientists are one step closer to understanding how all sorts of animal brains, even potentially human ones, encode action. Worm Brains, Decoded like Never Before, Could Shed Light on Our Own Mind 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z When hearing loss is untreated, the brain's organization changes, says auditory neuroscientist Anu Sharma of the University of Colorado Boulder. Hearing Aids May Lower Risk of Cognitive Decline and Dementia 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z The reconstruction is a “technical tour de force” that provides new insight into how the brain understands music, says Robert Zatorre, a neuroscientist at McGill University who was not involved in the study. Hear a classic Pink Floyd song reconstructed from listeners’ brain waves 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z Many years ago, two neuroscientists developed severe arm cramps while ocean kayaking. Spicy candies relieve nighttime leg cramps like magic 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z “These exciting findings build on previous work to reconstruct plain speech from brain activity,” says Shailee Jain, a neuroscientist at the University of California, San Francisco, who was not involved in the new study. Neuroscientists Re-create Pink Floyd Song from Listeners’ Brain Activity 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z “I think this is really nice work,” says Andrew Leifer, a neuroscientist and physicist who studies nematode brains at Princeton University and was not involved in the new research. Worm Brains, Decoded like Never Before, Could Shed Light on Our Own Mind 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z The Canadian-born neuroscientist will remain on the faculty of the prestigious Palo Alto, California, private research university but said it is in Stanford’s best interest for him to quit the top job. College presidents jump ship, leave under pressure amid financial woes 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z More than 10 years ago, neuroscientists at Albany Medical Center recorded activity from electrodes inserted into the brains of people with epilepsy. Hear a classic Pink Floyd song reconstructed from listeners’ brain waves 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z The neuroscientists concocted a drink they call HotShot to ease cramps. Spicy candies relieve nighttime leg cramps like magic 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z These insects' simple brains are invaluable to neuroscientists studying information processing and task management, and a new, unprecedentedly detailed map of fruit fly brain connections now makes that easier. See an Amazingly Detailed Map of the Fruit Fly Brain 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z “This is a really impressive combination of work,” says Timothy Mosca, a neuroscientist at Thomas Jefferson University, who was not involved in the new research. Worm Brains, Decoded like Never Before, Could Shed Light on Our Own Mind 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z Until recently, that is the equivalent of what neuroscientists have done: recording the spikes of each neuron individually. Unlocking the brain's spiral symphony: a new path to understanding brain activity 2023-07-29T04:00:00Z “If you’re a really accomplished piano player, and you watch someone playing the piano keys, you can easily reconstruct what they’re playing,” says study co-author Robert Knight, a psychologist and neuroscientist at UC Berkeley. Hear a classic Pink Floyd song reconstructed from listeners’ brain waves 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z The study used only male rats, which was an important limitation, says Margaret McCarthy, a neuroscientist at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, who was not involved in the research. Scientists Tickle Rats and Discover Brain's ‘Play Spot’ 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z Mataric, an engineer, neuroscientist and pediatric specialist, has been developing robots that can help children with autism and older adults with dementia. Column: These family robots can play trivia and act as security. Can they cure loneliness? 2023-07-22T04:00:00Z Color ceases to have much meaning in that context, says the study’s senior author Bevil Conway, an artist and a neuroscientist at the National Eye Institute and the National Institute of Mental Health. What Life in Barbie’s Dazzlingly Pink World Would Do to Her Brain—And Yours 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z But the allegations involving the neuroscientist got little attention beyond the niche scientific forum where they first appeared — until Stanford freshman Theo Baker decided to take a closer look. Q&A: How this Stanford freshman brought down the president of the university 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z “There’s a lot of behavioral data indicating images are constructed—not simply retrieved like a photograph but built up over time,” says neuroscientist Stephen Kosslyn of Harvard University, who was not involved in the work. Images in the Mind’s Eye Are Quick Sketches That Lack Simple, Real-World Details 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z As a noted neuroscientist, he has published more than 200 papers, focusing primarily on the cause and treatment of degenerative brain diseases. Stanford President Will Resign After Report Found Significant Flaws in His Scientific Studies 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z Disentangling the way we perceive silence is like a Zen koan for neuroscientists—they must literally confront the sound of one hand clapping. Do We Actually ‘Hear’ Silence? 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z On a muggy June night in Greenwich Village, more than 800 neuroscientists, philosophers and curious members of the public packed into an auditorium. 2 Leading Theories of Consciousness Square Off 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z The trauma of these natural disasters can also lead to long-lasting cognitive effects, says Jyoti Mishra, a neuroscientist at the University of California, San Diego. Wildfires and Smoke Are Harming People’s Mental Health. Here’s How to Cope 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z A neuroscientist clad in gold and red and a philosopher sheathed in black took the stage before a packed, murmuring auditorium at New York University on Friday night. A 25-Year-Old Bet about Consciousness Has Finally Been Settled 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z There, cognitive neuroscientist Christof Koch bet philosopher David Chalmers that the neural correlates of consciousness would be nailed down in 25 years. 'Adversarial' search for neural basis of consciousness yields first results 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z "The idea of revenge is a great story, but there's no evidence for it," says neuroscientist Lori Marino, president of the Whale Sanctuary Project. Killer whale boat attack videos might not be what they seem 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z To kick things off, two friends — David Chalmers, a philosopher, and Christof Koch, a neuroscientist — took the stage to recall an old bet. 2 Leading Theories of Consciousness Square Off 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z Instead, as cognitive neuroscientist Adam K. Anderson of Cornell explains, the new work illuminates how the heart influences the experience of time as it unfolds. The Heart Can Sway Our Perception of Time 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z Only by looking into the brains of all individuals involved in an interaction, says neuroscientist Weizhe Hong of the University of California, Los Angeles, can we start to “fully understand what is going on.” Brain Waves Synchronize when People Interact 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z Consciousness has compelled philosophers since Plato, but over the last three decades, neuroscientists have entered the fray. 'Adversarial' search for neural basis of consciousness yields first results 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z Those measures did not satisfy Willie Stewart, a neuroscientist who studies traumatic brain injury at the University of Glasgow and who tweeted critically today. Sports-related concussions not proved to cause later brain disease, says expert group 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z “The current experiment is enough to show that neither theory is presently sufficient,” said Anil Seth, a neuroscientist at the University of Sussex in England. 2 Leading Theories of Consciousness Square Off 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z “It’s still responsible for creating memories of what is happening right now,” says Loren Frank, a systems neuroscientist at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the University of California, San Francisco. Where Imagination Lives in Your Brain 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z To establish the neural underpinnings of interacting brains, neuroscientists are also turning to other species in which they can investigate at deeper levels of neurobiological detail than in humans. Brain Waves Synchronize when People Interact 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z Through brain-imaging studies, neuroscientists have found that the human brain responds to music most strongly along a particular neural circuit that is activated when a person listens to a song perceived as pleasant. It Rocks in the Tree Tops, but Is That Bird Making Music? 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z Now a neuroscientist, Larry S. Sherman, and a professional musician, Dennis Plies, have collaborated on their own version, which puts academic analysis in conversation with feedback from dozens of composers and musicians. The Connection between Allergies and Climate Change 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z “The idea is that if you can reach with your tongue, you can reach with your hands, and you can reach with your thoughts,” says Ian Whishaw, a neuroscientist at the University of Lethbridge. How the tongue shaped life on Earth 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z The device — called a brain–spine interface — builds on previous work by Grégoire Courtine, a neuroscientist at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne and his colleagues. Brain–spine Interface Allows Paralysed Man to Walk Using His Thoughts 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z The bats live downstairs, in what Yartsev, who is both a neuroscientist and an engineer, affectionately calls the “bat cave.” Brain Waves Synchronize when People Interact 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z But they have also been used by neuroscientists to stimulate neurons. Ultrasound Pulses to Brain Send Mice Into a Hibernation-Like State 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z Jocelyne Bloch, a neuroscientist at the University of Lausanne who placed the implant in Mr. Oskam, added, “It was quite science fiction in the beginning for me, but it became true today.” A Paralyzed Man Can Walk Naturally Again With Brain and Spine Implants 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z Given these variations and just four study participants, Tor Wager, a neuroscientist at Dartmouth College who was not involved in the study, suggested caution in dubbing orbitofrontal cortex signatures as biomarkers just yet. Scientists Find Brain Signals of Chronic Pain 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z “It’s certainly a huge jump” towards improved function for people with spinal-cord injuries, says neuroscientist Anna Leonard at the University of Adelaide in Australia. Brain–spine Interface Allows Paralysed Man to Walk Using His Thoughts 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z That seemed fitting to Dartmouth neuroscientist Thalia Wheatley, who had enlisted us in this pioneering study. Brain Waves Synchronize when People Interact 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z That is not a widely held conviction among neuroscientists and geriatric specialists I’ve spoken to about the merits of word games, crossword puzzles and cognitive training drills. Column: Answer on the tip of your tongue? Students quiz aging adults to improve brain function 2023-05-20T04:00:00Z That improvement is similar to the antidepressant effects reported when participants take ketamine and have a dissociative experience, says Eduardo Schenberg, a neuroscientist at the Phaneros Institute who was not involved with the study. Ketamine no better than placebo at alleviating depression, unusual trial finds 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z “Reading that paper made the hair on my arms stand up,” says neuroscientist Catherine Kaczorowski at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. How One Man’s Rare Alzheimer’s Mutation Delayed the Onset of Disease 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z Ken Paller, a neuroscientist at Northwestern University who also studies dreams, likes the study’s results but believes there are still questions to be answered about the connection between dreams and creativity. ‘Dream glove’ boosts creativity during sleep 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z As neuroscientists who are investigating sensitive periods of human brain development, we agree: safe and nurturing environments are a prerequisite for healthy brain development and lifelong well-being. Adversity in Early Childhood Can Impair Brain Development 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z The trial results provide strong evidence that amyloid is a key driver of Alzheimer’s, says Jeffrey Cummings, a neuroscientist at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Another New Alzheimer’s Drug: What Promising Trial Results Mean for Treatment 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z “I was so deeply affected I could not respond right away,” says Laurie Sanders, a neuroscientist who studies Parkinson’s at Duke University School of Medicine and is a former Greenamyre postdoc. Twist of fate: What happens when a top Parkinson’s researcher gets the disease 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z "If you talk about the dying process, there is very little we know," said Jimo Borjigin, a neuroscientist at the University of Michigan Medical School who led the study. Surges of Activity in the Dying Human Brain Could Hint at Fleeting Conscious Experiences 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z Other studies have found the same pattern when a healthy person is actively recalling a memory, learning, or dreaming, and some neuroscientists have linked these oscillations with consciousness. Burst of brain activity during dying could explain life passing before your eyes 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z Current brain-computer interfaces require the implantation of devices in the brain, but neuroscientists hope to use non-invasive techniques such as fMRI to decipher internal speech without the need for surgery. A Brain Scanner Combined with an AI Language Model Can Provide a Glimpse into Your Thoughts 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z “This isn’t just a language stimulus,” said Alexander Huth, a neuroscientist at the university who helped lead the research. A.I. Is Getting Better at Mind-Reading 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z “There was some slowness. And that totally changed,” recalls Greenamyre’s partner, Pitt neuroscientist Teresa Hastings. Twist of fate: What happens when a top Parkinson’s researcher gets the disease 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z “Under a microscope, we exposed the brain and put the electrodes inside,” said Lear Cohen, a neuroscientist and doctoral candidate at Ben-Gurion who performed the surgeries to attach the devices. Why Researchers Turned This Goldfish Into a Cyborg 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z She and her neuroscientist colleagues frequently walked and talked, she said, aware of how energizing movement can be. Why an outdoor workout is better for you than indoors 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z “The results just look really good,” says Martin Schrimpf, a computational neuroscientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who was not involved in the study. A Brain Scanner Combined with an AI Language Model Can Provide a Glimpse into Your Thoughts 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z In a basic sense, said Shinji Nishimoto, a neuroscientist at Osaka University who was not involved in the research, “brain activity is a kind of encrypted signal, and language models provide ways to decipher it.” A.I. Is Getting Better at Mind-Reading 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z “People do have legitimate concerns about a 19-year-old serving on the board. I don’t dismiss those,” said Kent, a neuroscientist. At 19, he won a local school board seat. His first civics lesson? Age discrimination 2023-04-16T04:00:00Z The examination of the woman’s brain revealed “remarkable” inflammation and degeneration of blood vessels, says Matthew Schrag, a Vanderbilt neurologist and neuroscientist and the case report’s senior author. Clinical trial participant’s autopsy and brain exam stoke Alzheimer’s drug fears 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z “This means an awful lot of electrodes on a small space in your head,” says Daniel Ferris, a UF neuroscientist and co-author of the study. Facing robot opponents puts table tennis players' brains on high-alert 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z Indeed, many neuroscientists now agree that the brain continues to develop well into the second and even third decade of life. Research shows health effects of using marijuana and other drugs during development phases 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z Greta Tuckute, a neuroscientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who was not involved in the research, said that was “the high-level question.” A.I. Is Getting Better at Mind-Reading 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z In any case, miles away, in the great nation of Canada, a pair of neuroscientists made an accidental and important discovery. From Orgasms to Overdoses: How Marie Nyswander Went from Treating ‘Sexual Frigidity’ to Heroin Addiction 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z Nicolas Villain, a neurologist and neuroscientist at the Sorbonne University and an investigator on the lecanemab phase 3 trial, also reviewed the case report for Science. Clinical trial participant’s autopsy and brain exam stoke Alzheimer’s drug fears 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z Even our brain waves start to synchronize, according to Makiko Hirata, an international concert pianist who works with neuroscientists to quantify the benefits of music on our well-being. Can music inspire more people to care about climate change? 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z “It is one of the most unique places I think that exists in American higher education,” says Elizabeth C. Leininger, a neuroscientist and associate biology professor, who knows all her students by name. A college in upheaval: War on ‘woke’ sparks fear in Florida 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z “We don’t fully know what these changes might imply,” says Jonathan Jackson, a cognitive neuroscientist at Massachusetts General Hospital. Promising Alzheimer’s therapy and related drugs shrink brains 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z “They respond to other individuals being frightened. In that regard, they behave just like us,” said University of Calgary neuroscientist Ibukun Akinrinade, a co-author of the study. A fish can sense another’s fear, a study shows 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z Erin Hanlon, a research associate professor at the University of Chicago and behavioral neuroscientist who studies sleep, said it’s fascinating to see companies marketing foods for a better night’s sleep. Cereal before bed? Food makers push ‘sleep’ snacks at night. 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z “I don’t think we’re mind reading,” says Shailee Jain, a computational neuroscientist at the University of Texas at Austin, who was not involved in the new study. AI Can Re-create What You See from a Brain Scan 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z “China indeed has to become more self-reliant because of these restrictions,” says neuroscientist Mu-ming Poo, head of the Chinese Academy of Sciences’s Institute of Neuroscience. China rolls out ‘radical’ change to its research enterprise | Science | AAAS 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z Labeling feelings helps your prefrontal cortex organize chaotic emotions into rational thoughts, dampening their effect, according to research by Matthew Lieberman, a neuroscientist and professor at the University of California at Los Angeles. Advice | 10 strategies to build your anxiety toolkit 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z Daniel Levitin, a musician and neuroscientist who poo-poohs the benefits of word games in his book “Successful Aging,” told me it’s a little easier to make a case for music. Column: Brain-twisted or brain-washed — can crossword puzzles and word games sharpen memory? 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z But it’s often unclear exactly how these chemicals communicate with the brain, says Stephen Liberles, a molecular neuroscientist at Harvard Medical School. Why does the flu make you feel so crummy? Neurons in throat may be to blame 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z Looking at someone’s brain activity this way can tell neuroscientists which brain areas a person is using but not what that individual is thinking, seeing or feeling. AI Can Re-create What You See from a Brain Scan 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z It’s a novel approach that incorporates textual and visual information to “decipher the brain,” says Ariel Goldstein, a cognitive neuroscientist at Princeton University who was not involved with the work. AI re-creates what people see by reading their brain scans 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z The finding shows that “clearly, the body can trigger an emotion,” says Nadine Gogolla, a neuroscientist at the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry who was not involved with the study. A racing heart makes the mind race, too, mouse study finds 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z Dr. Scott Grafton, a UC Santa Barbara neuroscientist and author of “Physical Intelligence,” says humans did not evolve in order to sit around playing word games. Column: Brain-twisted or brain-washed — can crossword puzzles and word games sharpen memory? 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z Hence, the octopus' brain is the subject of study from animal neuroscientists — and one of the main ways we've learned about octopus brains is through lesioning studies. The first observations of octopus brain waves revealed how alien their minds truly are 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z NIH’s efforts to help women and minorities need to be “multifaceted,” says neuroscientist and Associate Vice Provost Sherilynn Black of Duke University, who leads initiatives for faculty advancement at Duke. Women, Black researchers less likely to hold multiple NIH grants 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z “The accuracy of this new method is impressive,” says Iris Groen, a neuroscientist at the University of Amsterdam who was not involved with the work. AI re-creates what people see by reading their brain scans 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z “When you go to move, you have this running internal model of your body’s state and the environment,” says Dustin Grooms, a neuroscientist, athletic trainer and professor of physical therapy at Ohio University. Researchers are exploring how the brain helps prevent knee injuries 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z The neuroscientist Tali Sharot called this tendency the optimism bias, describing it as a habit of overestimating the likelihood of positive events and underestimating the likelihood of negative ones. When It Comes to Money, Your Brain Can Be Your Own Worst Enemy 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z Special award: Theo Baker of the Stanford Daily for reporting that manipulated images were used to support the research of a renowned neuroscientist at the school. The Post’s coverage of Amazon rainforest destruction wins a Polk Award 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z Another question neuroscientists raise is whether — or in what circumstances — it is better to surgically implant electrodes or place them on the skin, a less expensive method called transcutaneous stimulation. Helping Stroke Patients Regain Movement in their Hands 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z For neuroscientists, that quality of otherness is more than a curiosity. A Link Between Hearing Voices and Hearing Your Own Voice 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z These are the same regions neuroscientists have long studied in the context of drug abuse. Monogamous Prairie Voles Reveal the Neurobiology of Love 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z You are absolutely right that we know as neuroscientists that "likes", "follows", "retweets", and other social media affirmations and validations increase dopamine like a rewarding drug, food, or sexual experience might. PTSD expert: "George Santos likely has a disordered personality" 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z Speaking of his own research, the contemporary neuroscientist Larry Abbott has stressed the importance of selecting “precisely where along the frontier of ignorance I want to work.” Review | Ignorance is not always bliss — and not always bad — a new book argues 2023-02-10T05:00:00Z For a while, many neuroscientists believed that human brains could be split into three different segments: the reptilian brain, the paleomammalian brain, and the neomammalian brain. Three major things most people get wrong about the brain, according to a neuroscientist 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z “People are getting reluctant to give public presentations or to be too vocal about what they’re finding,” says David Amaral, a neuroscientist at the University of California, Davis, who is nonautistic. Disorder or difference? Autism researchers face off over field’s terminology 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z This study “contributes to our understanding of how our brain learns new things,” says Augusto Buchweitz, a cognitive neuroscientist at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, who was not involved in the work. Your native tongue holds a special place in your brain, even if you speak 10 languages 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z She married Michael Edward Stanley, a neuroscientist, in 1970, and the two published a number of research papers together on such topics as informed consent and borderline personality disorder. Barbara Stanley, Influential Suicide Researcher, Dies at 73 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z The new study’s approach is “clever and powerful,” says Neir Eshel, a neuroscientist and psychiatrist at Stanford University who wasn’t involved in the work. When alpha mice are trounced by weaklings, they spiral into depression 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z “Laughter is a social phenomenon,” says Sophie Scott, a neuroscientist at University College London who has studied laughter and other human reactions for more than two decades. Laughter really is contagious — and that’s good 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z As early as the 1960s, studies found that when people perform a simple, spontaneous movement, their brain exhibits a buildup in neural activity—what neuroscientists call a “readiness potential”—before they move. Free Will Is Only an Illusion if You Are, Too 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z Nearly all of them are doctors of one kind or another, mostly PhDs and a few MDs, lots of psychologists and neuroscientists. The cult of expertise comes for Buddhism 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z The special committee is reviewing allegations that research papers co-authored years ago by Marc Tessier-Lavigne, an internationally known neuroscientist who has led the university since 2016, might contain altered images. Panel of scientists has joined research review of Stanford’s president 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z "Stress is a key contributor to mental health burden and a major driver of increased suicide risk," said Ran Barzilay, a child-adolescent psychiatrist, neuroscientist and one of the researchers in a press statement. Restricting abortion may lead to increased suicide rate among young women, study finds 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z “Laughter has many subtle rules that make adults highly attuned to when it’s socially appropriate,” says Harry Witchel, a physiologist and neuroscientist at Brighton and Sussex Medical School in Brighton, England. Laughter really is contagious — and that’s good 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z In the 1980s, neuroscientist Benjamin Libet reported this readiness potential even preceded a person’s reported intention to move, not just their movement. Free Will Is Only an Illusion if You Are, Too 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z A new study by neuroscientists at the University of North Carolina tries something new, conducting successive brain scans of middle schoolers between the ages of 12 and 15, a period of especially rapid brain development. Social Media Use Is Linked to Brain Changes in Teens, Research Finds 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z Or because we scrolled a few tweets on a neuroscientist’s timeline or read a couple lines of an article about head injuries and now feel informed enough to share our medical expertise? Perspective | None of us can protect Tua Tagovailoa from his sport — or from himself 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z Understanding this mechanism could help doctors design treatments for the condition, which so far lacks an effective treatment, said Dr. Bradley Goldstein, a Duke neuroscientist who led the research. Researchers may have cracked why some people have long-term smell loss from COVID 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z “We need a name change … because these are not just imaging abnormalities, as this case illustrates,” says Boston University neurologist and neuroscientist Andreas Charidimou, who examined the woman’s records for Science. Scientists tie third clinical trial death to experimental Alzheimer’s drug 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z Brain implants have begun to restore bodily functions, but neuroscientists see giant advances as being decades away. Turning Sci-fi Into Reality 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z And of course I really was originally trained as a field biologist and my partner Ari Handel is a neuroscientist. Darren Aronofsky on 'The Whale,' fatphobia and empathy 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z Mr. Musk’s team also showed off the inner workings of the device, impressing some of the neuroscientists who watched the event. Brain Implants Have Begun to Restore Functions, but Advances Are Slow 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z “This is proof of concept that this can be done,” says Charan Ranganath, a cognitive neuroscientist at the University of California, Davis, who was not involved in the study. Subliminal Cues, Precisely Timed, Might Help People Forget Bad Experiences 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z Multiple neuroscientists who reviewed the records at Science’s request believe her death was likely caused by the antibody, lecanemab. Scientists tie third clinical trial death to experimental Alzheimer’s drug 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z One of us is a neuroscientist who studies behavioral treatments and medications for people with post-traumatic stress disorder — treatments made possible by research with dogs and rodents. What is ethical animal research? A scientist and veterinarian explain 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z “For the first time in history,” says neuroscientist Andrew Doan in one of the videos, “we’re letting strangers interact with our kids — in the back of our car, in their bedrooms, in their homes.” Column: Killings linked to the 'catfishing' of a teen are a reminder that kids are easy prey 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z Stanford University will investigate its president, a prominent neuroscientist, over allegations that research papers he co-authored years ago might contain altered images. Stanford investigates its president for possible research misconduct 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z “The notion that you can do something nonconsciously to help reduce memory is exciting,” says Elizabeth Phelps, a cognitive neuroscientist at Harvard University, who was not involved in the work. Subliminal Cues, Precisely Timed, Might Help People Forget Bad Experiences 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z “The brain swelling and the microhemorrhages … could be a serious side effect of the study medication,” and should be evaluated by trial investigators, says Ellis van Etten, a neuroscientist and neurologist at Leiden University. Scientists tie third clinical trial death to experimental Alzheimer’s drug 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z This is what neuroscientists call experience-induced brain plasticity—like the brain changes that occur when you learn a new language or master a new musical instrument. Fatherhood Changes Men’s Brains, According to Before-and-After MRI Scans 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z “These are incremental advances,” Daniel Yoshor, a neurosurgeon and neuroscientist at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania who has worked with similar devices, said after watching the presentation. Elon Musk Hopes to Test a Brain Implant in Humans Next Year 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z Indeed, despite numerous attempts by neuroscientists over the last century and beyond, it has been difficult to pinpoint exactly why consciousness exists or what it is — a quandary known as the "hard problem of consciousness." Is the brain a quantum computer? A remarkable pair of studies suggests so 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z Jay Alberts, a neuroscientist and vice chair of innovations of the Cleveland Clinic’s Neurological Institute, has been studying the effects of cycling on Parkinson’s for nearly 20 years. Parkinson’s patients and researchers search for exercise ‘prescription’ 2022-11-26T05:00:00Z A decade ago neuroscientist Elseline Hoekzema, then a young postdoctoral fellow thinking about having her first child, and two of her female colleagues set out to bridge the knowledge gap. Pregnancy Changes the Brain, Possibly Promoting Bonding with a Baby 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z A year and a half ago neuroscientist Anila D’Mello scanned the brains of a dozen autistic women who had just entered her study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Is a Diagnostic Test to Blame for Why We Know So Little about Autism in Girls? 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z Across many studies in the past decade, psychologists and neuroscientists have found that labeling emotional experiences helps people manage their feelings, including anger and distress. ‘Persuasion Fatigue’ Is a Unique Form of Social Frustration 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z "I think if you ask, most neuroscientists — or even physicists — would say that it's not possible to find entanglement in the brain." Is the brain a quantum computer? A remarkable pair of studies suggests so 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z In a 2020 paper, 31 psychologists, neuroscientists and hormone experts from around the world urged more study of the effects of blockers on the brain. They Paused Puberty, but Is There a Cost? 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z The investigation was “tremendous” in scope, says Joseph Lonstein, a neuroscientist at Michigan State University, who studies maternal behavior in rodents but was not involved in the study. Pregnancy Changes the Brain, Possibly Promoting Bonding with a Baby 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z This work “is finally getting at the important contributors to recovery,” says Sarah Mondello, a neuroscientist at the University of Washington, Seattle, who was not involved with the study. Study pinpoints neurons that may help paralyzed people walk again 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z “It’s exciting to have a new hypothesis to think about if it helps us create better outcomes for patients,” said Martin Monti, a neuroscientist at U.C.L.A. who was not involved in the study. Covid Patients Coming Off Ventilators Can Take Weeks to Regain Consciousness 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z Still, this idea that quantum mechanics is implicated in consciousness is still not very popular among most neuroscientists or physicists, who believe consciousness happens via classical physics, not the quantum level. Is the brain a quantum computer? A remarkable pair of studies suggests so 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z When his team grew human microglia in the lab and infected these cells with SARS-2, they showed signs of intense inflammation that is familiar to neuroscientists studying Parkinson's. Like a "fire in the brain": COVID can cause brain inflammation that mimics Parkinson's symptoms 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z Stuart Firestein, an olfactory neuroscientist at Columbia University, calls the model a “tour de force work of computational biology.” AI Predicts What Chemicals Will Smell like to a Human 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z That has been difficult to study, according to Michael Brecht, a neuroscientist at the Humboldt University of Berlin. It Takes a Lot of Elephant Brains to Solve This Mystery 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z The brains of unconscious Covid patients bear a striking resemblance to those of turtles that spend the winter encased in ice, argued Dr. Schiff and his collaborator, Dr. Emery Brown, a computational neuroscientist at M.I.T. Covid Patients Coming Off Ventilators Can Take Weeks to Regain Consciousness 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z In the mid-1900s, Paul MacLean, an neuroscientist at Yale and then the National Institute of Mental Health, began developing the triune brain hypothesis. Reptiles in Relationships and More Social Secrets of Scaly Species 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z These discoveries, which would have startled most neurologists and neuroscientists a few decades ago, highlight the importance of recognizing this hidden conscious state and developing ways to communicate with people who are in it. Some People Who Appear to Be in a Coma May Actually Be Conscious 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z To see if this map held up to actual human perception, Wiltschko’s team turned to Joel Mainland, an olfactory neuroscientist at the Monell Chemical Senses Center. AI Predicts What Chemicals Will Smell like to a Human 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z But neuroscientists still have many questions about how the brain rewires, particularly with regard to language. John Fetterman Shows How Well the Brain Recovers after Stroke 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z Such efforts could crush research “critical for human survival and empathy,” says Bertha Madras, a neuroscientist at Harvard who has conducted brain imaging studies of monkeys for decades but doesn’t work directly with Livingstone. Harvard studies on infant monkeys draw fire, split scientists 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z In 2020 Pierre Gagnepain, a cognitive neuroscientist at the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research and his colleagues reported something similar in real trauma survivors. How to Stop Unwanted Thoughts 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z Dr. Sergiu Pasca, the neuroscientist who led the research, said that he and his colleagues were now using the transplanted neurons to learn about the biology underlying autism, schizophrenia and other developmental disorders. Human Brain Cells Grow in Rats, and Feel What the Rats Feel 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z In particular, I think, along with a lot of neuroscientists, that it's fundamentally a prediction computer or a prediction engine. The brain is actually a fiction writer: How our minds create a sense of self from fragments 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z In collaboration with neuroscientists, Dunn recently found that certain brain cells use a torus, the mathematical name for the surface of a doughnut, to map their environment. How Squishy Math Is Revealing Doughnuts in the Brain 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z But some neuroscientists defend the studies as crucial for understanding human vision. Harvard studies on infant monkeys draw fire, split scientists 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z Scott Cairney, a cognitive neuroscientist at the University of York in England, has found that sleep deprivation significantly worsens people’s ability to suppress unwanted memories. How to Stop Unwanted Thoughts 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z But China’s researchers “seem to be building on their strengths, which is great,” says neuroscientist Robert Desimone of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who collaborates with colleagues in China. China bets big on brain research with massive cash infusion and openness to monkey studies 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z But recently neuroscientists have gained other remarkable insights into how thirst is monitored in the body and controlled in the brain. Your Body Has a Clever Way to Detect How Much Water You Should Drink Every Day 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z To figure out the relationship between the grid cells and the rat's location, neuroscientists picked a single grid cell to study. How Squishy Math Is Revealing Doughnuts in the Brain 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z “Much of our lives seem to be in this sort of Rashomon situation — people see things in different ways and have different accounts of what’s happening,” Beau Sievers, a social neuroscientist at Dartmouth College, said. How to Change Minds? A Study Makes the Case for Talking It Out. 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z The paper, with its multiple experiments, “is a tour de force,” says Alysson Muotri, a neuroscientist at the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine. ‘Breakthrough’ finding shows how modern humans grow more brain cells than Neanderthals 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z Poo declined to comment on the criticism; several other neuroscientists in China did not answer emails seeking comment on the CBP. China bets big on brain research with massive cash infusion and openness to monkey studies 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z “Something in the brain is saying that your blood may not have changed conditions yet but that you drank enough water so you can stop feeling thirsty,” explains neuroscientist Christopher Zimmerman of Princeton University. Your Body Has a Clever Way to Detect How Much Water You Should Drink Every Day 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z In recent years, neuroscientists have begun investigating ancient brains with a new source of information: bits of DNA preserved inside hominin fossils. What Makes Your Brain Different From a Neanderthal’s? 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z “Conversation is our greatest tool to align minds,” said Thalia Wheatley, a social neuroscientist at Dartmouth College who advises Dr. Sievers. How to Change Minds? A Study Makes the Case for Talking It Out. 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z And neuroscientists have learned from imaging studies how addiction takes over the brain’s reward center, hijacking dopamine pathways and robbing people of the ability to enjoy simple pleasures. Candy, cash, gifts: How rewards help recovery from addiction 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z But other neuroscientists have argued that language processing is even broader and not confined to specific brain regions. The Curious Hole in My Head 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z Returning to the topic of direction and navigational skills and lab research, Parsons said he understands why neuroscientists and others have used lab rats, rather than wild rats, in their research. A rat's world map could hold the key to curing diseases of the brain 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z “This is really a tour de force,” said Laurent Nguyen, a neuroscientist at the University of Liège in Belgium who was not involved in the study. What Makes Your Brain Different From a Neanderthal’s? 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z “This is a bold and innovative study,” said Yuan Chang Leong, a cognitive neuroscientist at University of Chicago who was not involved in the work. How to Change Minds? A Study Makes the Case for Talking It Out. 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z Alberto Costa, a neuroscientist at Case Western Reserve University, thinks some parents are hesitant about treatments for intellectual disability because there’s no evidence any of them work yet. Restoring a key hormone could help people with Down syndrome 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z For the past few years, the article explained, she had been part of a research project led by Evelina Fedorenko, a cognitive neuroscientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Curious Hole in My Head 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z Kendros explained that specialized neuroscientists tend to research specific circuits or neurons, considering the brain on a micro- level. A rat's world map could hold the key to curing diseases of the brain 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z “They’ll make a soft chirp, and then a repeating soft chirp,” said Alison Barker, a neuroscientist at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, in Germany. The Animal Translators 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z The neuroscientist said she has long been frustrated with her field’s focus on the isolated brain. How to Change Minds? A Study Makes the Case for Talking It Out. 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z In the clip above, Tristan Bekinschtein, a neuroscientist at the University of Cambridge, explains the massive change humans and their brain experience when they drift from consciousness into sleep. See the Top Entries in the Art of Neuroscience Competition 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z Keiland Cooper, a neuroscientist at the University of California at Irvine, said the biggest key to memorizing something such as a playbook is time spent. For high school QBs, learning playbook is a new form of summer school 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z University of California, San Diego, neuroscientist Robert Rissman and his colleagues are conducting retinal screens in participants taking part in a larger, ongoing trial of an investigative Alzheimer's drug for this population. Eye Tests May Help Diagnose Alzheimer’s Disease 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z She’s a neuroscientist and professor living with her husband somewhere in the United States. Ali Hazelwood’s sort-of-secret life as a best-selling author 2022-08-20T04:00:00Z On the other hand, stem cell research is highly salient to members of the American Neurological Association, an interest organization that represents academic neurologists and neuroscientists. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z Look closely at this vivid work, and you’ll see many tributes to the legacy of this Nobel Prize–winning neuroscientist. See the Top Entries in the Art of Neuroscience Competition 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z "It's very good to start looking into this aspect," behavioral neuroscientist Carmen Sandi at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne told Nature Magazine. This is what happens inside your brain when you feel burnt out 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z The work “may speak to pathology in a way we haven’t thought about it before,” says neuroscientist Stephen Maren of Texas A&M University, who wasn’t involved in the research. Newfound Molecular Switch Signals a Thumbs-up or Thumbs-down in the Mouse Brain 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z “If you look at all of the studies together, there has been, on average, no effect,” says Antonius Wiehler, a cognitive neuroscientist at Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital in France. Why Thinking Hard Wears You Out 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z The study isn’t the first to try to explain cognitive fatigue—and it is bound to stir up controversy, says Jonathan Cohen, a neuroscientist at Princeton University who wasn’t involved with the work. Mentally exhausted? Study blames buildup of key chemical in brain 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z This year’s competition received more than 100 submissions, some created by artists inspired by neuroscience and others by neuroscientists inspired by art. See the Top Entries in the Art of Neuroscience Competition 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z Developmental neuroscientist Eveline Crone, based at Erasmus University Rotterdam, has studied adolescents, defined by researchers as people ages 10 to 24, for more than 20 years. A neuroscientist’s insights on the adolescent brain 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z “It’s really clever,” said Paul Shaw, a neuroscientist at the Washington University School of Medicine. Do Spiders Dream of Eight-Legged Sheep? 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z Anna Kuppuswamy, a neuroscientist at University College London, who was not involved in this work, was intrigued that Wiehler’s team found a difference between subjective and objective measures of fatigue. Why Thinking Hard Wears You Out 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z Sebastian Musslick, a neuroscientist at Brown University, doubts metabolic waste will turn out to be a key contributor to cognitive fatigue. Mentally exhausted? Study blames buildup of key chemical in brain 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z But that would require a lot of deliberation by ethicists, neurologists and neuroscientists. A ‘Reversible’ Form of Death? Scientists Revive Cells in Dead Pigs’ Organs. 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z “I find when I’m driving Super Cruise, I am attentive, I’m watching the road, yet — and I am not a neuroscientist by any stretch — I get to my destination, feeling much more relaxed.” GM’s Super Cruise will cover 400,000 miles of roads in North America, doubling coverage 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z After a year, cognitive testing showed overall neither group had worsened, said lead researcher Laura Baker, a neuroscientist at Wake Forest School of Medicine. Even simple exercise may help aging brain, study hints 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z For a bee, landing on a hot yellow pad would be like us “touching a hot plate,” says lead author Matilda Rose Gibbons, a behavioral neuroscientist and Ph.D. student in Chittka’s lab. Bees may feel pain 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z It emerged from the lab of UMN physician and neuroscientist Karen Ashe, who had already made a remarkable series of discoveries. Potential fabrication in research images threatens key theory of Alzheimer’s disease 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z “We did not know what to expect,” said Dr. David Andrijevic, also a neuroscientist at Yale and one of the authors of the paper. A ‘Reversible’ Form of Death? Scientists Revive Cells in Dead Pigs’ Organs. 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z What influence, if any, gender-neutral language has on reading comprehension is unclear, said Florencia Salvarezza, a neuroscientist in Argentina who works on cognition, because little, if any research has been done on the subject. In Argentina’s Capital, a Battle Over Gender-Inclusive Language in Classrooms 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z “As of tomorrow, I am on the open market,” University of Utah neuroscientist Bryan William Jones tweeted June 24, the day the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Column: As professionals flee antiabortion policies, red states face a brain drain 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z But the app-based game was developed in conjunction with neuroscientists, and is designed to stimulate and improve areas of the brain that play a key role in attention function. The video game prescribed by doctors to treat ADHD 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z In August 2021, Matthew Schrag, a neuroscientist and physician at Vanderbilt University, got a call that would plunge him into a maelstrom of possible scientific misconduct. Potential fabrication in research images threatens key theory of Alzheimer’s disease 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z “We know there’s a lot of healing power in cooling,” says Theanne Griffith, a neuroscientist at the University of California, Davis, who was not involved in the work. An Implantable Ice Pack Tries to Relieve Pain without Opioids 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z Tributes have been paid to a world-renowned neuroscientist and University of Oxford professor. Tributes paid to Oxford neuroscientist Professor Sir Colin Blakemore 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z Many psychologists and neuroscientists have examined the traumatized family, finding ever more subtleties, and the story will continue to unfold for decades to come. How Parents’ Trauma Leaves Biological Traces in Children 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z Research continued, but “that was where it was sort of pigeonholed,” said Fabian Fernandez, a neuroscientist at the University of Arizona who did not contribute to the new review. The Sleep Debt Collector is Here 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z One of the neuroscientists I interviewed compared it to upgrading a dirt road to a paved freeway. Early school start times are terrible for our kids 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z “This is a very, very important step forward,” says Patrick Lewis, a neuroscientist who studies the mechanisms of Parkinson’s at the University of London’s Royal Veterinary College. Experimental drug targets early stages of Parkinson’s 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z More recently, neuroscientists began exploring what poverty does to children's brains. U.S. Kids Are Falling behind Global Competition, but Brain Science Shows How to Catch Up 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z Mark Seidenberg, a cognitive neuroscientist and reading expert at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said that all students could benefit from better reading instruction. How Eric Adams’s Struggle With Dyslexia Is Shaping His Mayoralty 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z The challenge for me and other neuroscientists involves the weighty question of what, exactly, is the mind. How the Brain ‘Constructs’ the Outside World 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z Georgetown University neuroscientist Michael Ullman, who was not involved in either paper, likes that the studies taxed cognitive control differently and measured different skills. Tired Adults May Learn Language like Children Do 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z Evidence in mice indicates that the drug opens what neuroscientists refer to as a “critical period,” a window that typically occurs during childhood in which the brain is more malleable and better able to learn. A Balm for Psyches Scarred by War 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z “At every socioeconomic level, more conversation was related to more mature brain development,” says speech language pathologist and neuroscientist Rachel Romeo, who led the study and is now at the University of Maryland. U.S. Kids Are Falling behind Global Competition, but Brain Science Shows How to Catch Up 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z But that finding — by cognitive psychologists and neuroscientists — is often disconnected from the work of training teachers and producing classroom materials. In the Fight Over How to Teach Reading, This Guru Makes a Major Retreat 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z Going deeper into how the brain learns to understand the world, neuroscientist György Buzsáki presents an “inside-out” theory of brain functioning. Mammals’ Perseverance, Fast Radio Bursts and Health Justice 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z James Olds, a neuroscientist at George Mason University who led the biology directorate from 2014 to 2018, the period when the deadline rules were revised, thinks the changes helped improve the quality of proposals. Odds improve for winning NSF grants, but drop in applications troubles some observers 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z Gordon is a neuroscientist whose own work, focused on neural activity in mice, and his appointment indicates that the federal research enterprise will double down on neuroscience and genetics. Q&A: He's studied mental illness for 50 years. Here are all the things we're doing wrong 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z A leading neuroscientist who attended a local comprehensive school is set to become Oxford University's next vice-chancellor. Oxford University vice-chancellor: Prof Irene Stacey to start role in 2023 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z Mark Seidenberg, a cognitive neuroscientist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, said that while he found some of the revisions “encouraging,” he was concerned that “objectionable” concepts remain. In the Fight Over How to Teach Reading, This Guru Makes a Major Retreat 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, neuroscientists question the company’s prowess as a research center, noting that the MindPong video was essentially executed by researchers nearly 20 years ago. Why Neuralink, not Twitter, is Elon Musk’s biggest challenge 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z Some neuroscientists think the key to cracking that mystery is a better map of the brain’s circuitry. Mapping the Brain to Understand the Mind 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z In March, neuroscientists and psychiatrists from the School of Medicine at Washington University, St. Louis, along with colleagues elsewhere, published a study in the journal Nature that sparked widespread discussion in their fields. M.R.I.s Are Finding Connections Between Our Brain Activity and Psychology 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z Here’s what neuroscientists think was happening in your brain. How Loneliness Is Damaging Our Health 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z In 2015, a team led by neuroscientist Robert Gaunt at the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania, reported implanting an electrode array in the hand region of a person’s somatosensory cortex, where touch information is processed. Brain-Reading Devices Help Paralyzed People Move, Talk and Touch 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z Another neuroscientist who spoke on the condition of anonymity worried that bold promises left unmet could also over time dampen public and investor interest, and even choke off lifesaving research. Why Neuralink, not Twitter, is Elon Musk’s biggest challenge 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z Although some neuroscientists have argued that maps alone can’t tell us much about the function of the brain, several recent studies have suggested otherwise—at least for smaller animals. Mapping the Brain to Understand the Mind 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z The problem, the Nature authors argued, is that neuroscientists often are searching for those associations in groups of study subjects that are too small, leading to results that are statistically “underpowered.” M.R.I.s Are Finding Connections Between Our Brain Activity and Psychology 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z A group of neuroscientists in London thought advanced neuroimaging technology that peered deep into the brain might provide some answers. Psilocybin Spurs Brain Activity in Patients With Depression, Small Study Shows 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z “One of the most devastating outcomes related to brain injuries is the loss of ability to communicate,” says Edward Chang, a neurosurgeon and neuroscientist at the University of California, San Francisco. Brain-Reading Devices Help Paralyzed People Move, Talk and Touch 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z Dr. Roger Nicoll, a neuroscientist at the University of California, San Francisco, said he was particularly angered that Cassava’s work is partly funded by taxpayers. Scientists Question Data Behind an Experimental Alzheimer’s Drug 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z I think neuroscientists who study connectomics feel very much like explorers because they are going into a terrain that feels alien. Mapping the Brain to Understand the Mind 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z Mednick, a cognitive neuroscientist and author of "Take a Nap! Change Your Life," knows that tricks like trying to "catch up" on sleep over the weekends just lead to a fog of self-induced jet lag. Rest doesn't just mean sleep: What "downstate" means, and why you need more of it 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z “It’s quite an important finding,” says Antoine Adamantidis, a neuroscientist at the University of Bern who was not involved with the work. Could gut microbes regulate appetite and body temperature? 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z An aspiring neuroscientist, Ms. Ibarra was still on the district’s list of homeless students last month when she accepted an admissions offer from Harvard. A One-Woman Rescue Squad for Homeless Students 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z The scientists, Dr. Geoffrey Pitt of Cornell and Dr. David Bredt, a neuroscientist, declined to comment, as did the lawyer who represented them. Scientists Question Data Behind an Experimental Alzheimer’s Drug 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z Interoception “seems to ground everything” in the human experience, from cognition to consciousness, says Eliza Bliss-Moreau, a psychologist and neuroscientist at the California National Primate Research Center who led the study. Monkeys can sense their own heartbeat. That could be good news for psychiatry 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z To a neuroscientist constantly looking for more data, the next step was obvious: Would Vaughn and I like to come to Boston to get our brains scanned? The remarkable brain of a carpet cleaner who speaks 24 languages The sheer magnitude of the study, published in Nature on 6 April, has stunned neuroscientists, who have long had to contend with reproducibility issues in their research, in part because of small sample sizes. Your Brain Expands and Shrinks over Time: These Charts Show How 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z “The fact that dogs use auditory information alone to distinguish between human and dog sound is significant,” says Jeffrey Katz, a cognitive neuroscientist at Auburn University who is not involved with the work. Here’s what happens in your dog’s brain when you speak 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z “The overall conclusions with regard to Alzheimer’s disease make no sense to me whatsoever,” said Dr. Thomas Südhof, a Nobel laureate and neuroscientist at Stanford. Scientists Question Data Behind an Experimental Alzheimer’s Drug 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z Letting species perform their natural behaviors, whether that means hunting for prey or hiding in sand, lowers their stress, said Robyn Crook, a neuroscientist at San Francisco State University. The Search for a Model Octopus That Won’t Die After Laying Its Eggs 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z He is thinking about the way the Harvard and MIT neuroscientists spent the day asking him questions. The remarkable brain of a carpet cleaner who speaks 24 languages “The massive data set they assembled is extremely impressive and really sets a new standard for the field,” says Angela Laird, a cognitive neuroscientist at Florida International University in Miami. Your Brain Expands and Shrinks over Time: These Charts Show How 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z This tiny transparent fish—only slightly longer than a thumbnail—has been used in research by neuroscientists for years because it has an open brain cavity that lets researchers noninvasively observe how its neurons function. Blind Eel and Nearly Transparent Fish Discovered in 2021 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z Kenneth Kishida, a Wake Forest neuroscientist and dopamine researcher, told me that he likes to take rugged camping trips in state parks, subjecting himself to frigid showers and other hormetic stressors. Perspective | Are ice-cold showers good for you? I tried it for two months. 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z As a neuroscientist who studies memory and memory disorders like Alzheimer’s, I find this fact — perhaps counterintuitively — comforting. Opinion | We Will Forget Much of the Pandemic. That’s a Good Thing. 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z By this time, Williams had already spoken to psychologists, neuroscientists, cardiologists, physiologists and biologists, packing each chapter with the results of their many studies. Review | Her heart was broken — so she turned to science 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z That’s no easy task, says Richard Bethlehem, a neuroscientist at the University of Cambridge, UK, and a co-author of the study. Your Brain Expands and Shrinks over Time: These Charts Show How 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z But it wasn’t until Mason started dating Paul von Donkelaar, a neuroscientist then studying sports concussions, that it occurred to her that those women must also be suffering from something else. The Hidden Epidemic of Brain Injuries From Domestic Violence 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z A leading behavioural neuroscientist is now calling for more research into it. Covid: How could the pandemic have affected your brain? 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z To find out, neuroscientist Ronen Segev and colleagues trained five archerfish to shoot at images on a computer screen hanging above their tanks in their lab at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Archerfish can distinguish animals from nonanimals—even if they’ve never seen them before 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z For years neuroscientists studying appetite focused mainly either on the hypothalamus, a brain area involved in regulating energy balance, or on reward-processing centers such as the nucleus accumbens. How the Brain Curbs Overeating 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z To amass so many data sets is akin to a “diplomatic masterpiece”, says Nico Dosenbach, a neuroscientist at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, who co-authored the 16 March study. Your Brain Expands and Shrinks over Time: These Charts Show How 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z If Dr. Insel’s statements have attracted attention, it is in large part because they are coming from one of the most influential neuroscientists of our time. The ‘Nation’s Psychiatrist’ Takes Stock, With Frustration 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z Kevin Crombie, an exercise neuroscientist at the University of Texas at Austin, and colleagues tested this idea with 35 women with PTSD. Exercise boosts the brain — and mental health 2022-02-19T05:00:00Z As a neuroscientist and a psychologist who study youth anxiety and the adolescent brain, we have been exploring ways to identify children who are most at risk. Perspective | Disaster news can trigger post-traumatic stress in kids thousands of miles away 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z But this group has identified a novel feeding center in the brain, says Elanor Hinton, a neuroscientist at the University of Bristol in England who was not involved with the study. How the Brain Curbs Overeating 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z At the time, "people didn't believe it," says Joanne Weinberg, a neuroscientist at the University of British Columbia. In-utero alcohol exposure: new tools for a difficult diagnosis 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z Williams’s midlife dating misadventures, her discussions with neuroscientists and psychologists, and her therapist-assisted magic mushroom and ecstasy trip are all chronicled in “Heartbreak: A Personal and Scientific Journey,” published Feb. 1 by Norton. Dumped by her husband, an author dove into loneliness and resurfaced with lessons for a pandemic 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z “There’s a molecule called androstenone,” said Joel Mainland, a neuroscientist at Monell Chemical Senses Center and an author of the new study. Body Odor May Smell Worse to You Than Your Ancient Ancestors 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z Some evidence for this comes from Spencer’s collaboration with Tracy Riggins, a developmental cognitive neuroscientist at the University of Maryland at College Park. How learning happens in the brains of sleeping babies 2022-02-05T05:00:00Z “We’ve opened up a whole field of cerebellar control of food intake,” says Albert Chen, a neuroscientist at the Scintillon Institute in California. How the Brain Curbs Overeating 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z It cited as recent examples the attack on the synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, last month by a British national demanding the release of a Pakistani neuroscientist convicted of trying to kill U.S. US warns midterms could spark calls for extremist violence 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z But spinal cord stimulators, developed in the 1980s to treat chronic pain, weren’t designed with spinal cord injury in mind, says Grégoire Courtine, and neuroscientist at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne. Next-generation spinal implants help people with severe paralysis walk, cycle, and swim 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z “It’s been a bit of a black box,” says Tara Walker, a neuroscientist at the University of Queensland’s Brain Institute. Widely available supplement may explain brain boost from exercise 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z A newborn’s job is to learn about and adapt to everything in their environment, says William Fifer, a developmental neuroscientist at Columbia University. How learning happens in the brains of sleeping babies 2022-02-05T05:00:00Z The UW neuroscientist studies insect brains, and he knew most nervous systems screech to a halt as temperatures dip near freezing. Why does snow glow blue? How could a fly possibly survive high-elevation elements? Join us for an exploration of Washington’s winter wonders. 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z “Hypocrites employ a double layer of deception,” the neuroscientist Erman Misirlisoy has written in an essay on this behavior’s special power to anger people. Why Boris Johnson May Finally Have Gone Too Far 2022-01-22T05:00:00Z Breaking the monotony were visits from a group of neuroscientists who recorded activity in Folladori’s brain while she did simple tasks. Brain surgeries are opening windows for neuroscientists, but ethical questions abound 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z The new results are “another piece of the puzzle” of how exercise impacts neurogenesis and cognition, says Sandrine Thuret, a neuroscientist at King’s College London who was not involved with the work. Widely available supplement may explain brain boost from exercise 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist who is suspected of having ties to al-Qaida and was convicted of trying to kill U.S. troops in Afghanistan, is serving a lengthy sentence in a prison in nearby Fort Worth. Jewish leaders renew antisemitism fight after hostage case 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z A project led by neuroscientists, Baby’s First Years, is giving $333 monthly to mothers in four cities, including 114 in New York, and measuring its effect on the development of a child’s brain. How $1,000 a Month in Guaranteed Income Is Helping N.Y.C. Mothers 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z A neuroscientist who was educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, she was accused of trying to kill American soldiers and plotting to blow up the Statue of Liberty. Officials Investigating Synagogue Attacker’s Link to 2010 Terror Case 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z The precise locations of electrodes also vary between patients, making data hard to align across participants, notes Evelina Fedorenko, a neuroscientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Brain surgeries are opening windows for neuroscientists, but ethical questions abound 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z Akram could be heard on a Facebook live stream video demanding the release of an imprisoned Pakistani neuroscientist suspected of having ties to al Qaeda. Malik Faisal Akram: What to know about Texas synagogue hostage suspect 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z The suspect had demanded the release of Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist convicted in 2010 of attempting to kill U.S. military personnel in Afghanistan and who is being held in nearby Fort Worth. Opinion | The Texas synagogue hostage situation reminds us that we must prioritize combating antisemitism 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z Over 130 years ago, pioneering neuroscientist Santiago Ramón y Cajal first suggested that the brain stores information by rearranging the connections, or synapses, between neurons. Where are memories stored in the brain? Research suggests they may be in connections between cells 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z She’s a Pakistani neuroscientist who studied in the United States at prestigious institutions — Brandeis University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A closer look at the case of Aafia Siddiqui, jailed in Texas 2022-01-15T05:00:00Z There are so many things that neuroscientists disagree on, or they haven't looked at yet. "Our brain is not a slot machine," so quit trying to hack it 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z Sam Wass, a child psychologist and neuroscientist at the University of East London, has studied children's brains as they play in his laboratory. Playtime: Is it time we took 'play' more seriously? 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z I am a neuroscientist at the Wayne State University School of Medicine. The "runner’s high" may result from molecules called cannabinoids – the body’s own version of THC 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z Since then, neuroscientists have attempted to understand the physical changes associated with memory formation. Where are memories stored in the brain? Research suggests they may be in connections between cells 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z The institute had also worked closely with Deborah C. Mash, a neuroscientist who has written papers about excited delirium. How Paid Experts Help Exonerate Police After Deaths in Custody 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z Developed by neuroscientists, CogniFit Brain Training measures 23 different cognitive skills, including spatial perception, response time, visual perception, shifting, planning, working memory and more. Apps that exercise your brain and keep you sharp | Provided by Koelsch Communities 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z “The images appear of sufficient quality to be clinically useful in a number of scenarios,” says neuroscientist Tom Johnstone of Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia, who was not involved in the study. A Portable MRI Makes Imaging More Democratic 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z “It is a wonderful study,” says Ken Paller, a cognitive neuroscientist at Northwestern University who was not part of the research. Edison was right: Waking up right after drifting off to sleep can boost creativity 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z “Exercise can affect the brain through molecules that are being produced in the body,” says neuroscientist Fernando Gomez-Pinilla of the University of California, Los Angeles, who wasn’t connected to the research. Blood from athletic mice may give a brain boost to couch potato rodents 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z The quality of her work led to her being invited to Columbia University, in New York, by world-renowned neuroscientist and science writer Stuart Firestein. BBC 100 Women 2021: Who is on the list this year? 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z In his research and in his popular books like "Descartes' Error" and "Self Comes to Mind: Constructing the Conscious Brain," the Portuguese neuroscientist accomplishes the neat feat of making a rational case for feeling. A neuroscientist explains why striving for efficiency is a bad idea 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z But the theory that boredom spawns creativity turns out to have "pretty slim" evidence to support it, according to James Danckert, Ph.D., a cognitive neuroscientist who co-authored "Out of My Skull: The Psychology of Boredom." Scientists who study boredom can help you channel your feelings into something productive 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z “We cannot say that this is a pheromone,” says study author Noam Sobel, a neuroscientist at the Weizmann Institute of Science. Chemical emitted by babies could make men more docile, women more aggressive 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z She has worked with linguists, sociologists, neuroscientists, epigeneticists, economists, anthropologists and philosophers. An Artist Who Disavows the Possibility of Individual Agency 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z The game was developed in consultation with neuroscientists, released in 2017, and then updated in 2018 so that it can be played with a virtual reality headset. The lure of emotionally complex video games 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z More and more, I see myself as biologist and not as a neuroscientist. A neuroscientist explains why striving for efficiency is a bad idea 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z The pandemic raises the prospect of growing collaborations between virologists and neuroscientists. How COVID Might Sow Chaos in the Brain 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z In his book “Why We Sleep,” the neuroscientist Matthew Walker half-jokes that dreams are a time when everyone on Earth becomes “flagrantly psychotic,” experiencing hallucinations, delusions, disorientation, emotional lability and amnesia. Did Covid Change How We Dream? 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z Lee Sun-kyun delivers an appropriately reserved performance, getting the balance just right between playing an aloof neuroscientist and a traumatized, bereaved man seeking answers. Apple’s Dr. Brain is a bold, genre-bending thriller 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z Boldrini, a neuroscientist at Columbia University, studies the biology of suicide and the physiological markers of resilience in brain tissue. How does COVID-19 change the brain? This scientist is finding out 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z “Food is the major component that, among other lifestyle factors, has changed in the last 75 years,” says neuroscientist Emeran Mayer, professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Perspective | Can test kits of our bodies’ microbiome aid in our health? I tried one of them. 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z As neuroscientist Mark Changizi has shown, the process of learning a language is a massive project. 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