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Zuckerman Institute in the News

Columbia's Zuckerman Institute is regularly featured in influential news outlets around the world. We invite you to browse a selection of recent news coverage below.

Above: Zuckerman Institute Principal Investigator Rudy Behnia, PhD, being interviewed on camera.

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Computation October 10, 2016

Will You Ever Be Able to Upload Your Brain?

Kenneth Miller, PhD, writes about whether we will ever be able to 'upload' and recreate an individual’s mind after death — or if we would even want to.

Growth & Development October 7, 2016

The Brain Process That Makes Teens Misbehave Might Also Help Them Learn

Teens learn differently — and maybe even better — than adults do, according to research led by Daphna Shohamy, PhD.

Growth & Development October 6, 2016

Teens' Penchant For Risk-Taking May Help Them Learn Faster

Daphna Shohamy, PhD, and her team test whether teens' drive for rewards, and the risk-taking that comes from it, exist for a reason.

Growth & Development October 5, 2016

Teen Brains are Primed for Learning From Life

Daphna Shohamy, PhD, found that teens are great at learning because of the nifty way their brains thread together memory-formation processes.

Growth & Development October 5, 2016

Why Your Angsty Teen Phase Was Actually Good For You

Impulsivity in teens may serve a noble (and necessary) cognitive purpose, according to research from Daphna Shohamy, PhD.

Learning & Memory October 3, 2016

The Human Remembering Machine

A new mathematical model of memory by Stefano Fusi, PhD, and team could accelerate the quest to build brain-inspired hardware.

News September 13, 2016

Brainy High School Students Present Research From Their Summer at Columbia’s Brain Behavior Institute

This summer, city high school students worked with the world's leading neuroscientists.

Movement August 24, 2016

Why One Neuroscientist Started Blasting His Core

Randy Bruno, PhD, weighs in on a new anatomical understanding of how movement controls the body’s stress response system

Movement August 12, 2016

Every Time Michael Phelps Takes a Stroke, This is What Happens in His Brain

Mark Churchland, PhD, studies the brain activity behind voluntary movement and swimming can serve as a great example of that.

Learning & Memory July 12, 2016

Demystifying the Brain’s GPS

Studies by Attila Losonczy, MD, PhD, and others in rodents are beginning to reveal how mammalian navigational sense works.