Decision Making
February 14, 2020
How the Brain Makes Decisions Without Language
A Q&A with Herbert Terrace, Vincent Ferrera and Greg Jensen.
The Senses
February 12, 2020
Curious Minds: How Do We Taste Sour?
How do the tongue and the brain work together to tell us that certain things are sour?
Disease
February 6, 2020
Toxic Protein, Linked to Alzheimer’s and Other Diseases, Exposed in New Detail
Columbia-led team harnesses two powerful technologies to identify promising targets for diagnosing and treating neurodegenerative diseases.
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 29, 2020
Sex Pheromone Named for Jane Austen Character Alters Brain in Mouse Courtship
Columbia-led study in mice maps brain circuitry that enables a single pheromone to drive both innate and learned sexual behaviors
The Senses
January 9, 2020
How Do Fruit Flies See in Color? Study Uncovers Human-like Brain Circuit at Work
Findings lay groundwork for mapping mechanisms of color vision; could inspire future technologies for those with vision impairments.
The Senses
January 6, 2020
Mathematics and Neuroscience Merge to Shed Light on Learning
A Q&A with Nathaniel Sawtell, Larry Abbott and Salomon Muller.
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.
Movement
November 27, 2019
Why Do We Freeze When Startled? New Study in Flies Points to Serotonin
Columbia researchers uncover mechanism that produces the fly’s startle response, offers clues as to what may happen in our own bodies when we get startled.
