Meet Valeria Fascianelli

How did a physicist decide to study the brain over lunch? Meet Valeria Fascianelli, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Theoretical Neuroscience.

Why Do We Tell Stories?

A Conversation Between an Author and a Neuroscientist

Mental Landscapes: Magnificent Wiring

The process by which neurons connect into functioning brains, even in fruit flies, is an epic exercise of developmental minutiae that could not matter more

Meet Anastasia Zavitsanou

How did a student studying cancer switch to brain research? Meet Anastasia Zavitsanou, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the Abdus-Saboor Lab.

What Can Computers Teach Us About the Brain?

How do you make a neural network that can apply what it learns in one context to others?

This Valentine's Day, explore the neuroscience of pleasurable touch

New View of Key Protein Found In Kidney and Brain Opens Avenues to Treating Diseases

Revelation of protein’s structural nuances point toward novel pharmaceutical approaches to chronic kidney disease, Alzheimer’s and other illnesses

Scientists Use Card Game to Probe Role of Memory–and Uncertainty–in Decision-Making

When making decisions, we rely on different kinds of memory. How does the brain decide which to use? New research suggests it depends on uncertainty.

Origins of Pleasurable Touch Traced from Skin to Brain in Mice

Researchers uncover neuronal circuitry tuned to rewarding forms of social touch, opening leads for harnessing touch as a treatment of social and emotional disorders