Disease
January 11, 2016
A Discovery About Brain Circuitry Holds Promise for Treating Anxiety
Steven Siegelbaum, PhD, reveals how the mind distinguishes between safe and dangerous environments.
The Senses
November 19, 2015
Your Brain Can Taste without Your Tongue
Charles Zuker, PhD, shows that stimulating the "taste cortex" was enough to trick mice into thinking they'd tasted sweet or bitter.
The Senses
November 18, 2015
New Study Shows That Taste, Like All Reality, is but a Fragile Illusion
Charles Zuker, PhD, reveals that the sense of taste is hardwired in the brain, independent of learning or experience.
Disease
October 14, 2015
Anorexics Process Food Choices In a Very Different Way
A new study co-led by Daphna Shohmay, PhD, has identified what’s going on in the brain when anorexics decide what to eat.
Tools & Technology
October 6, 2015
Wearable Tech Aims to Give You a Jolt — or Help You Relax
Randy Bruno, PhD, weighs in on a new kind of wearable technology that purports to change the wearer's mood.
Learning & Memory
June 23, 2015
Inside Out Nails the Science of How Our Memories Function
Daphna Shohamy, PhD, believes this recent Pixar movie has potential as an educational tool.
Learning & Memory
April 19, 2015
Best Memory Advice? Exercise, Stimulating Hobbies
Eric Kandel, MD, and Daphna Shohamy, PhD, discuss steps we can take to prevent, delay or even reverse memory decline.
Decision Making
July 11, 2014
What We Really Taste When We Drink Wine
Daniel Salzman, MD, PhD, argues that no event or object is ever experienced in perfect, objective isolation, but rather is subject to our past experiences, mood and expectations.
