Mental Landscape: How Does a Fruit Fly Stack the Survival Deck?
A decade of watching fruit flies lay eggs has revealed a means of neural control that adds flexibility to instinctive behavior
A decade of watching fruit flies lay eggs has revealed a means of neural control that adds flexibility to instinctive behavior
Can the neurobiology of the simplest of decisions also underlie our most complex of thoughts?
By examining connections between information-seeking, learning and motivation, new study offers pointers for public-education campaigns and classrooms.
Columbia-led Team Awarded $18.3 Million from BRAIN Initiative to Research Decision-Making
New experiments probe how we make decisions
New study identifies changes in brain activity that ready the brain to receive information from the senses
Recent experiments explore how we respond to different kinds of paintings.
Recent research is revealing new, complex roles for this ancient and universal brain structure.
Columbia research combines mathematics and neuroscience; highlights surprising power of one brain area to simultaneously integrate vast amounts of information.