Neuro News
Scientists Q&A
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Searching for Signs of Consciousness
Dana grantee Jan Claassen, M.D., uses EEG to detect patterns of brain activity in people in coma who don’t physically respond to voice commands that suggest some may have “covert consciousness.”
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Learning by Association: Q&A with Randy Bruno, Ph.D.
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Seeking Biomarkers for Alzheimer’s
Q&A with Anthony Wagner, Ph.D.
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The Neuroscience of Social Interactions: Q&A with Read Montague, Ph.D.
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Down Syndrome Awareness with Lynn Nadel and Jamie Edgin
Current research on Down syndrome focuses on the links between the chromosomal condition, sleep, and memory, and what the overlap between all three can mean for the brain overall.
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Cristian Zaelzer-Perez Receives 2019 SfN Science Educator Award
Q&A with Cristian Zaelzer-Perez on his work bringing scientists and artists together to enrich one another.
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Stefano Sandrone Receives 2019 SfN Science Educator Award
Q&A with Stefano Sandrone on how he got started in education, the importance of mentors, and more.
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Pain Awareness Month Interview: Howard Fields
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Understanding the Gut-Brain Connection
“It’s fascinating to me that the gut, literally, has a sweet tooth,” says Dana grantee Diego Bohórquez, Ph.D.
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Sound Effects: The Link Between Hearing Loss and Cognitive Decline
Q&A with Jonathan Peelle, Ph.D.
News
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Tinnitus, The Troublemaker in Your Brain
There is still no cure for tinnitus, but a new model suggests how the mystery ringing could arise so quickly.
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A Comprehensive–and Controlled–Look into Adolescent Brain Development
The US national health institutes have begun a massive, long-term study—starting with nearly 12,000 children—to learn how brains grow, and try to pinpoint why some go off-track.
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Stretching the Boundaries of Near-Death
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Under Pressure: The Link Between Hypertension and Brain Health
Having high blood pressure in early middle life may affect your brain health some 40 years later.
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Enhancing the Signal: Can Electrostimulation Help with Cognitive Decline?
Very early tests of surface-level stimulation suggest it may work, at least in the short term.
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NIH ‘Sound Health’ Grants Raise the Volume on Music, Singing Research
International Neuroethics Society Incoming President Nita Farahany
Nita Farahany, Duke University law and philosophy professor, discusses what the International Neuroethics Society hopes to accomplish under her watch as its new president.
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In Sync: How Humans are Hard-Wired for Social Relationships
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At SfN, Centering Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence
