The Wild Wild West of Tear Gas Regulation
Last summer, images of tear gas-laden protestors engulfed the news cycle amidst clashes with local police. When Paula Rogish attended a protest in May of 2020 in front of Austin…
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How Can a Neuroscientist Work in Policy?
For the first time in U.S. history, the science advisor to the president has been elevated to a cabinet-level position. While this move was perhaps precipitated by the scientific nature…
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Vocabulary Retention In Adult Language Learners
What can we learn and implement from neuroscience to support long-term vocabulary retention in adult language learners?
Brain and Language
Neuroscience focuses on how different regions of the brain work…
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Songbirds and Vocal Learning: Interview with Dr Stephanie White
Knowing Neurons interviews Dr. Stephanie White, Professor of Integrative Biology and Physiology at UCLA, about her work studying vocal learning in songbirds as well as her role as the Assistant…
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Dialogues in Music Therapy and Social Neuroscience: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Clinical Progress
In his book “Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain”, the neurologist Oliver Sacks stated that music can “calm us, animate us, comfort us, thrill us, or serve to organize…
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A Close up Look Infographic – #4 – Neural Networks
Did you know that neural networks and some parts of the visual system work in a very similar way? Learn about the similarities between the two systems in Gil Torten’s…
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Empathy: Building Social Interactions By Linking Our Emotional Lives
As social beings, humans have the ability to adapt their behavior to fit their social context. Whether we are meeting new classmates, conducting a job interview or helping a friend…
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Neuro Primer: Addiction Basics
From alcohol to opioids to cocaine, most of us are familiar with addictive substances. But how does someone develop a substance use disorder (SUD), the most severe category of which…
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The Blood Brain Barrier – Is it Really All it’s Described to Be?
One of the mantras in neuroscience is that the blood brain barrier (BBB) protects the brain from invaders. But is that really the case? Research shows that lots of things…
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Book Review: The Spike
Recently I asked one of my faculty advisors if he would ever write a popular science book. He’s a bestselling author in his own right, having written a textbook that…
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A Close up Look Infographic – #3 – Chameleon vision/Focusing
How do our eyes focus on moving objects and chameleon eyes zoom into their environment? Learn about the differences between the human eye and chameleon eyes in our latest infographic.…
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Invisible Modulators of Fear: How the Gut Microbiome Alters Fear Extinction
Learning to avoid a threat as well as knowing when something is no longer dangerous is crucial for an organism’s survival. Being able to shake off fearful memories after a…
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