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Electrifying the Brain
Research on squid reveals how nerve cells communicate. By studying enormous nerve cells in the squid, researchers determined how brain cells generate and transmit electrical messages.
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Hard Knocks: The Science of Concussions
Scientists have long known that blows to the head can be dangerous. What happens in the brain when two athletes collide on the field?
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Neuroeconomics: A Window into Human Behavior
Understanding the drivers behind individual and group decision-making may lead to insights into the economy.
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The Effects of Early Life Adversity on Brain and Behavioral Development
Exposure to early adverse life events can exert powerful and potentially long-term effects on the developing brain.
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Dialogues Lecture: Magic and the Brain
Beneath the surface, magicians and neuroscientists share a desire to understand the inner workings of the brain. Use yours to spot the tricks from two famous magicians.
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Sarah-Jayne Blakemore: The Mysterious Workings of the Adolescent Brain
Why do teenagers seem so much more impulsive and so much less self-aware than grown-ups? Hear neuroscientist Sarah-Jayne Blakemore explain in this TED talk.
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Dialogues Lecture: Shiller on Neuroeconomics
Can neuroscience help explain financial crises? Economist Robert Shiller discusses the influence of human behavior on the economy and the impact of our decisions.
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Julio Ramirez: Training Tomorrow’s Scientists
When Julio Ramirez asked his eighth grade teacher Sister Mary Norbert if he could lead a class discussion about science, little did he know he’d go on to make a career educating the next generation of neuroscientists.
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Animal Research Advances Effort to Develop Vaccines Against Cocaine, Heroin Abuse
To block the effects of abused drugs, scientists recruit the immune system.
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Penfield, Epilepsy and the Functional Brain
Wilder Penfield, a neurosurgery pioneer, once had an epilepsy patient report the smell of burnt toast before a seizure onset. Learn about Penfield’s work and legacy.
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Kinesin: Critical for Long-Term Memory Storage?
Look inside the brain's elegant molecular machine to learn how long-term memories form.
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Shootin' from the Hippocampus
Visit the wild west of neuroscience. Will Sheriff Wyatt ERP save the Pitui-Territory from dastardly villains?
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