Learning & Memory
February 19, 2019
An Unexpected Place for Learning, Memory in the Brain
Columbia research demonstrates that the brain’s primitive sensory region also participates in sophisticated learning.
Tools & Technology
February 11, 2019
Seeing Inside the Brain
On this International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we hope that girls around the world will be inspired by the work of Elizabeth Hillman, PhD, and carve their own paths into science and engineering.
Learning & Memory
January 31, 2019
Pinpointing the Cells That Control the Brain’s Memory Flow
Columbia-led discovery in mice aids efforts to map the circuitry of the brain’s learning center; stands to inform studies of psychiatric disorders in which this circuitry goes awry.
Computation
January 29, 2019
Columbia Engineers Translate Brain Signals into Speech
Advance marks critical step toward brain-computer interfaces that hold immense promise for those with limited or no ability to speak.
The Senses
January 9, 2019
Genes on the Move Help Nose Make Sense of Scents
Armed with advanced genomic tools, Columbia scientists have uncovered an ingenious mechanism that underlies the brain’s ability to distinguish different smells.
The Senses
December 30, 2018
A New Party Trick: A Hearing Aid That Reads Minds
Nima Mesgarani, PhD, is studying how your brain picks out individual voices from a crowd — and using this knowledge to build a better hearing aid that reads your mind.
Learning & Memory
December 10, 2018
Unlocking the Memories Inside Our Minds
By investigating the phenomenal memory of chickadees, Dmitriy Aronov, PhD, brings a fresh approach to studying how our own brains remember. Now he’s being recognized as one of the nation’s top early-career scientists.
Learning & Memory
December 5, 2018
How the Brain Distinguishes Friend from Foe
Columbia study in mice reveals importance of memory in driving key social behavior; offers insight into psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia.
Growth & Development
November 27, 2018
Tiny Mitochondria Stimulate Brain Cell Connections
Once thought to be a biological oddity, these cellular components’ strange shape may actually indicate a potential new role for mitochondria in the brain.
Learning & Memory
November 26, 2018
When Storing Memories, Brain Prioritizes Rewarding Experiences
New study reveals that the brain plays back and prioritizes high-reward events for later retrieval and filters out the neutral, inconsequential events.
