Decision Making
August 3, 2020
One Type of Art Can Help You See the Bigger Picture in Life
"Something as fluid as enjoying art has demonstrable and measurable effects on how our mind works."
Decision Making
May 27, 2020
Why Small Decisions Feel So Difficult: Dr. Sanjay Gupta's Coronavirus Podcast
Why does choosing what to eat for dinner or what to watch on TV suddenly feel impossible? CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta and neuroscientist Daphna Shohamy explain that we may need to look inside the human brain for the answers.
Decision Making
May 14, 2020
How to Find Your Flow Working From Home, Even if You’re Surrounded by a Spouse, Kids and Worries
Bianca Jones Marlin, PhD, offers some advice for training the brain to work from home.
Learning & Memory
May 13, 2020
Unexpected Brain Strategy Links Two Events Separated by Time
A study in mice led by Attila Losonczy, MD, PhD, and Stefano Fusi, PhD, does not find evidence supporting two popular ideas for how the brain bridges temporal time gaps.
Growth & Development
May 8, 2020
Is Maternal Instinct Real?
Bianca Jones Marlin, PhD, describes her work in mice showing that there’s some evidence that the desire to take care of our young is instinctual.
The Senses
April 15, 2020
Humans' “Unquenchable Desire” for Sugar Stems From an Unexpected Place
Charles Zuker, PhD, explains why we want sugar so terribly. The reasons why go far beyond taste.
Decision Making
April 13, 2020
Lentils or Pasta? Why Small Decisions Feel as Tough as Big Ones in This Time of Crisis
In a world reeling from the coronavirus pandemic, mundane decisions can feel as difficult as existential ones, explains Daphna Shohamy, PhD.
Disease
March 2, 2020
Tau Shows Promise as Achilles’ Heel for Alzheimer’s and Similar Diseases
New research by Anthony Fitzpatrick, PhD, and others shows that tau, once seen as a secondary player, has now taken a leading role in combating neurodegenerative illnesses.
The Senses
January 29, 2020
Sex Pheromone Named After Mr. Darcy Found to Put Female Mice in the Mood
Ebru Demir, PhD, describes a new study in mice showing that the pheromone darcin.can elicit complex behaviors that are dependent on the animal's internal state.
The Senses
December 5, 2019
Good Question: Why Do We Freeze Up When We're Startled?
Richard Mann, PhD, describes his latest work in fruit flies that sheds light on the body's startle response.
