Tag: Neuroscience
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Demystifying a mammal’s brain, cell by cell
Harvard-led team helps create first molecular map for national neuroscience study
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What shapes your dog’s personality
Neuroscientist finds skills, temperament influenced by brain differences across breeds
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Making algorithm used in AI more human-like
Researchers used fMRI to test ideas about complex decision-making.
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What drives four future climate leaders
Seniors represent diverse backgrounds, concentrations, and perspectives on finding real-world solutions to complex, mounting crisis.
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You believe in climate change but drive a gas-guzzler, don’t recycle. Why?
You believe in climate change but drive a gas-guzzler, don’t recycle. Why? Neuroscientist explores in new book.
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Using designs by Mother Nature, guiding flies, making things glow
Rowland Fellows at the cutting edge of science.
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A tour of the brain’s life span, complete with upside-down vision
A new book illustrates how one cell develops into the complex operational centers that not only make us human, but also individuals.
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Bringing 17th-century Enlightenment tradition to Memorial Hall
The Harvard Undergraduate Salon for the Sciences and Humanities aims to revive the “age of conversation,” particularly about bridges between the two topics.
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Like plunging over a waterfall
Natalie Hodges ’19 talks about her senior thesis-turned-book, “Uncommon Measure: A Journey Through Music, Performance, and the Science of Time.”
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Mastering move with high level of difficulty, prize-winning execution
Marissa Sumathipala was an Olympic hopeful, started a company at 17, and is now graduating Harvard.
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Logic or emotion: Which is more valuable?
Neither thinking nor feeling is superior, according to Leonard Mlodinow’s new book, which argues that the two are inextricably linked.
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University seen as well-equipped to meet goals of ambitious institute
Scholars across University say Harvard is well-suited to the challenge owing to breadth, size of intellectual resources, experience.
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New wrinkle in tale of wolf-to-dog evolution
Study on the classic Russian farm-fox experiment raises questions about leading theories on the brains of domesticated animals.
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With a wave of the wand
With a shared love of magic, two students founded the Society of Harvard-Undergraduate Magicians, known by its clever acronym, SHAM.
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CAPTURE-ing movement in freely behaving animals
Harvard researchers develop a new motion-tracking system that delivers an unprecedented look at how animals move and behave naturally.
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4 win Marshall, International Rhodes scholarships
Three Harvard College students have won Marshall Scholarships, and an alumnus has won an International Rhodes.
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Catherine Dulac wins Breakthrough Prize for Life Sciences
Catherine Dulac is awarded a 2021 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for her pioneering work identifying the neural circuitry that regulates parenting behavior.
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3 takes on dealing with uncertainty
In these volatile times, three Harvard professors share insights from their fields on how to handle uncertainty.
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Blocking fear
When neuroscience concentrator Sope Adeleye ’20 suffered a severe concussion during volleyball practice her junior year, she knew better than most the risks she was facing.
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Wishing there’d been just a little more time to savor senior year on campus
Neuroscience concentrator Hayoung Ahn describes how things are going in Queens, N.Y., now that she’s back home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Getting the brain’s attention
New technology helps dissect how the brain ignores or acts on information
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New hope for sensory calm
Harvard professors David Ginty and Lauren Orefice describe how their innovations present a novel approach to treating tactile hypersensitivity in patients with autism-spectrum disorders.
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Helping to uncover the mechanism controlling brain states
A team of researchers led by two Harvard alumni uncover a switch that controls brain states.
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Scientists pinpoint neural activity’s role in human longevity
The brain’s neural activity, long implicated in disorders ranging from dementia to epilepsy, also plays a role in human aging and life span, according to research led by scientists in the Blavatnik Institute.
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Learning not to fear
A study using mindfulness meditation showed changes over time in neural responses to pain and fear. The researchers found that changes in the hippocampus after mindfulness training were associated with enhanced ability to recall a safety memory, and thus respond in a more adaptive way.
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Harvard to launch center for autism research
Created with $20 million gift, the Hock E. Tan and K. Lisa Yang Center for Autism Research at Harvard Medical School will aim to unravel the basic biology of autism and related disorders.
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The future of mind control
A new paper explores why neuron-like implants could offer a better way to treat brain disorders, control prosthetics, or even enhance cognitive abilities.