The Senses
September 9, 2022
What’s behind fat addiction?
A study in mice by Charles Zuker, PhD, shows a signaling pathway that could be blocked to help reduce the urge to eat fatty foods
The Senses
July 18, 2022
The Biology of Taste Perception and Sugar Craving
Charles Zuker, PhD, explores the mechanisms of taste perception on the Huberman Lab podcast.
Tools & Technology
April 20, 2022
Cerebral Cartography! Building the Google Earth of Brain Maps
Elizabeth Hillman, PhD, on new brain mapping techniques.
Movement
April 12, 2022
Brain Games: How the Mind Performs Under Pressure
What neuroscience and psychology can tell us about baseball – and ourselves.
Learning & Memory
March 22, 2022
The Controversial Search for Genius in the Remains of Einstein's Brain
Sarah Woolley, PhD, weighs in on the debate around the study of Einstein’s brain.
Learning & Memory
January 24, 2022
Is There Life After Winning a Nobel Prize?
According to neuroscientist Eric Kandel’s new book, the answer is a resounding yes.
Evolution
January 19, 2022
The Cuttlefish Is a Master of Disguise. Tessa Montague Wants to Get Inside Its Head.
Tessa Montague, a postdoc in Richard Axel’s lab at Columbia’s Zuckerman Institute, studies the neural basis of camouflage in cuttlefish, a cephalopod related to squid and octopuses.
Learning & Memory
January 6, 2022
Preparing Kids for Survival
How is it that the experience of stress or trauma can be passed on from one generation to the next, even without contact between them? Bianca Jones Marlin, PhD, interviewed by Alan Alda on the Clear+Vivid podcast.
Learning & Memory
December 8, 2021
Has Eric Kandel rested on his laurels? No
The Nobel-winning neuroscientist has been studying connections on an ever-grander scale.
Learning & Memory
November 3, 2021
Bianca Jones Marlin interviewed on Neuron
Bianca Jones Marlin, PhD, talks about overcoming the challenges of the past year—opening a new lab, caring for a young family, and gaining the strength to speak her truth and create the inclusive community academia strives for.
