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News October 3, 2024

Neuroscience and Society: Teaching the Teachers

In a philanthropy-backed program, a team at Columbia’s Zuckerman Institute preps middle school teachers to bring the everyday relevance of neuroethics to their classrooms

News October 2, 2024

SciFest: One Institute, Infinite Curiosity

Two-day science festival brings together Zuckerman researchers working in diverse disciplines at the frontiers of neuroscience

Growth & Development September 25, 2024

Protein Droplets Help Organize Fly Brain Cell Development

A Q&A with brain development and fruit fly expert Minoree Kohwi

Computation August 27, 2024

Neuroscience + Artificial Intelligence = NeuroAI

The new field of NeuroAI is building momentum at Columbia University

Decision Making August 14, 2024

Scientists Capture Clearest Glimpse of How Brain Cells Embody Thought

Recordings from thousands of neurons reveal how a person’s brain abstractly represents acts of reasoning.

Movement July 26, 2024

The Neuroscience of Fencing

Celebrate the 2024 Olympics with brain science

Learning & Memory July 23, 2024

Zuckerman Institute Memory Expert Named an HHMI Investigator

Dr. Dmitriy Aronov’s discoveries about chickadees may help solve mysteries about the inner workings of memory

The Senses July 8, 2024

Memory Center in Flies Linked to Smell Sheds Light on Sight

By tracing connections inside the fruit fly brain, Zuckerman Institute researchers hope to learn more about multisensory learning

Decision Making July 5, 2024

Brain-Imaging Study Reveals Curiosity as it Emerges

In a first, researchers link people’s subjective feelings of curiosity to the way their brains physically represent it

News July 1, 2024

2023-2024 Academic Year Reflections

Science, discovery and wonder: our year in review

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