Jennifer Carr

Jennifer Carr is the former manager of science writing at the Society for Neuroscience. While working as a technician at a neuroscience lab at the University of Pennsylvania, Jennifer discovered she is happiest when communicating the excitement of scientific discovery to the general public. She has written for Kaiser Health News, The Scientist, and The Times-Picayune.

Articles by Jennifer Carr

2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Taking Microscopy to the Nanodimension
Techniques that increase the resolution of microscopes are revolutionizing the ability to peer at brain structures in ever-increasing detail.
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Sol Snyder: Daring Creativity in Research
The neuroscientist discusses how creative thinking led to some of his most groundbreaking discoveries.
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Judy Illes: Ethical Considerations for Neuroscience
The neurology professor contemplates the ethical issues raised by neuroscience research.
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Love in the Lab: How Scientists Study Affection
Research in animals and humans is helping to identify brain processes that are active when people are “in love.”
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Are people either “right-brained” or “left-brained"?
Regardless of personality or skill set, you use both the right and left hemispheres of your brain to perform everyday functions.
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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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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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Critical Periods
Research shows early childhood is marked by critical periods — times when the brain is intensely adaptable to new sights, sounds, tastes, and touches. But what if something in early life interferes with the ability to take in sensory information?
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Illuminating the Brain
The discovery of a protein that gives jellyfish their colorful glow revolutionized scientists' view of the nervous system, allowing them to add color to what had only been seen in black and white.
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Anatol Kreitzer: Unraveling the Secrets of Parkinson's
A neuroscientist digs below the surface to look for a new answer to a terrible problem.
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David Jentsch: Commitment to Science
Scientist targeted by animal rights activists asks about the ethics of inaction.
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Epigenetics
Is it "nature" or "nurture" that influences behavior and health outcomes?
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