Whether it’s hitting a homerun or a tickling the ivories, neuroscientist Rui Costa, PhD, investigates how we learn skilled movement — and what happens in the brain when that ability is disrupted.
Why is the young brain so good at learning language?
Columbia-led research finds adolescents’ ability to remember is closely linked to reward-learning behavior.
Advance helps to resolve this long-standing scientific question; offers framework to guide future studies of memory.
Scientists track brain-cell activity of mice in real time, gain insight into how the brain stores and organizes information
The World Science Festival concluded by addressing one of the hardest questions in science: How do our brains give rise to our sense of self?
What happens in the brain of a jazz musician when he or she plays a tune — and what happens in the brains of audience members when they hear it.
Columbia neuroscientists have described the activity of newly generated brain cells in awake mice and revealed the critical role these cells play in forming memories.
Randy Bruno recently made a discovery that turned the field of neuroscience on its head.
