Movement
November 4, 2020
Brain Region Implicated in Predicting the Consequences of Actions
Researchers monitor brain cells in mice that build mental models to simulate the future
Movement
October 7, 2020
How Does the Brain Explore?
New mouse study reveals brain cells that identify familiar locations, deepening our understanding of how the brain explores new environments
Movement
August 6, 2020
Zuckerman Movement Expert Recognized by Royal Society
A Q&A with Daniel Wolpert
Movement
June 24, 2020
Columbia Neuroscientist Rui Costa Joins International Consortium to Decode How the Brain Moves the Body
Emory University-led effort to develop innovative technologies; deepen understanding of movement in both health and disease.
Decision Making
June 15, 2020
What is the Cerebellum?
Recent research is revealing new, complex roles for this ancient and universal brain structure.
Disease
March 27, 2020
Scientists Identify Gene That First Slows, Then Accelerates, ALS in Mice
Columbia study underscores complexities of deadly neurodegenerative disease; offers promising strategies to target disease’s underlying genetic mechanisms.
Decision Making
February 26, 2020
How Does the Brain Put Decisions into Context?
Columbia research combines mathematics and neuroscience; highlights surprising power of one brain area to simultaneously integrate vast amounts of information.
The Senses
February 4, 2020
Columbia’s Zuckerman Institute Announces Three Artists-in-Residence
Year-long program embeds award-winning painter, jazz musician and author with scientists studying the mind, the brain and behavior.
The Senses
January 2, 2020
Artist Sarah Sze on Working With Neuroscientists
Sarah Sze, a 2003 Macarthur Fellow and a professor in the visual arts program at the School of the Arts, spent 2019 as the Alan Kanzer Artist-in-Residence at the Zuckerman Institute.
Tools & Technology
December 18, 2019
Curious Minds: How Can We See Living Nerve Cells in Action?
If you could see the brain at work in a living creature, imagine what you could discover about the biology’s most fundamental processes. For postdoctoral research scientist Wenze Li, PhD, and graduate student Rebecca Vaadia, this is not a dream, but reality.
