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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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The Senses June 9, 2021

Neuroscientists Have Discovered a Phenomenon That They Can’t Explain

Carl Schoonover, PhD, and Andrew Fink, PhD, discuss their latest research in The Atlantic

Evolution May 14, 2021

The Surprise Hiding in the DNA of Pet Fish

Andres Bendesky, PhD, interviewed about his work on betta-fish domestication.

Decision Making March 18, 2021

How the pandemic may be affecting your ability to make simple decisions

Daphna Shohamy, PhD, talks about how these uncertain times deplete our cognitive resources.

Decision Making March 15, 2021

The “Art” of Making Decisions

What happens when we look at art? Daphna Shohamy, PhD, discusses her latest research with Dr. Phil Stieg on This is Your Brain podcast.

Learning & Memory February 25, 2021

The Legacy of Trauma: Can Experiences Leave A Biological Imprint?

Bianca Jones Marlin talks to NPR Shortwave about epigenetics and its potential implications in trauma inheritance

Learning & Memory November 20, 2020

Is Your Brain Goofing Off?

Pop culture suggests humans use only a fraction of their mental capacity—scientists disagree.

Tools & Technology October 6, 2020

It Takes a Special Microscope to Fight Alzheimer’s

A supersensitive new instrument is helping Columbia scientists study the intricacies of neurodegenerative disease.

Growth & Development October 2, 2020

Breakthrough: The Trauma Tracer

Bianca Jones Marlin, PhD is featured in Science Friday Breakthrough, a short film anthology from Science Friday and Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) that follows women working at the forefront of their fields.

Decision Making August 5, 2020

Evocations of abstract art

Psychology researchers have teamed up with art theorists to quantify how abstract art evokes different cognitive states to figurative or literally representative art.