Research Discovery Zebra finches amazing at unmasking the bird behind the song New study from the Theunissen lab, led by Neuroscience PhD student Kevin Yu and postdoc…barbaraNovember 20, 2020
Announcement HWNI & MCB welcome new faculty Doris Tsao We are thrilled to announce that Doris Tsao will be joining HWNI next summer!barbaraOctober 19, 2020
Berkeley Neuroscience in the News HWNI scientists featured in NY Times article on brain-machine interfaces The opinion piece discusses the work of Jack Gallant, Jose Carmena, and Michel Maharbiz.barbaraAugust 28, 2020
News Perception as inference: The brain and computation Watch Professor Bruno Olshausen explain how the brain makes a 3D model of the visual…barbaraJune 10, 2020
News Isacoff on music and the mind We do not “need” music to survive, yet rarely do we meet anyone who claims…barbaraApril 28, 2020
Alumni Profile Increasing complexity: PhD alum Gautam Agarwal challenges the brain to understand how it works in the real world In this Q&A, Gautam Agarwal, now a research scientist in the Sommer lab, discusses how…barbaraDecember 3, 2019
Research Discovery New model of neural processing could help us understand the brain and create better AI The Sommer lab has developed a model that uses neuronal “spikes” and rhythmic activity to…barbaraNovember 22, 2019
Research Discovery How neuronal recognition of songbird calls unfolds over time A novel computational approach sheds new light on the response of neurons in the brain…Cari IrwinOctober 14, 2019
Research Discovery A map of the brain can tell what you’re reading about Too busy or lazy to read Melville’s Moby Dick or Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina? That’s OK. Whether you read…Cari IrwinAugust 19, 2019