Learning & Memory
March 12, 2025
Songbirds Highlight Dopamine’s Role in Learning
Researchers studying zebra finches see, for the first time, how dopamine guides trial and error learning.
News
March 5, 2025
What are indirect costs?
Funding for science is front-page news, with the NIH announcing cuts to indirect costs. Unfortunately named, indirect costs may not sound important. But these funds are the foundation of a system that made the US a global leader in science, as explained in this animation.
Learning & Memory
December 18, 2024
New Peek at Connections Between Neurons Shines Light Into Memory Formation
Scientists for the first time see, in mice, the precise way in which connections between neurons change during memory formation
News
November 13, 2024
Experts Gather to Discuss the Brain Circuits of Social Connection
Scientists from across Columbia and across disciplines share diverse perspectives on the mind, brain and behavior.
News
November 4, 2024
Ballet and the Brain: A Dancer and a Neuroscientist Share Insights on Movement
A new series, Where Ideas Come From, asks a variety of experts how ideas originate and evolve
Decision Making
October 29, 2024
Why Do We Ask Why?
New research investigates how scientists think about curiosity.
News
October 15, 2024
Postdoctoral Fellowship Program for Emerging Neuroscientists Enters its Second Year
Supported by philanthropist Alan Kanzer, program seeks next cohort of applicants forging novel synergies of disciplines and methods
Learning & Memory
October 15, 2024
Fearful Memories of Others Seen in Mouse Brain
Temporarily silencing brain regions helped scientists pinpoint where different types of memories originate
News
October 3, 2024
Neuroscience and Society: Teaching the Teachers
In a philanthropy-backed program, a team at Columbia’s Zuckerman Institute preps middle school teachers to bring the everyday relevance of neuroethics to their classrooms
News
October 2, 2024
SciFest: One Institute, Infinite Curiosity
Two-day science festival brings together Zuckerman researchers working in diverse disciplines at the frontiers of neuroscience
