Perspective The Older You Are, the Worse You Sleep As you may painfully know: Sleep gets more difficult the older you get. Older adults are…georgeannOctober 13, 2017
Research Discovery Fever in early pregnancy linked to birth defects, animal study shows Fevers in a mother’s first trimester of pregnancy increase the baby’s risk for some heart…georgeannOctober 11, 2017
Berkeley Neuroscience in the News Kids growing up in poverty struggle to acquire vital cognitive abilities Silvia Bunge, Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, talks about the two cognitive abilities…georgeannOctober 11, 2017
Berkeley Neuroscience in the News How fever in early pregnancy can cause birth defects Running a high fever during early pregnancy is known to be dangerous. A first-trimester fever…georgeannOctober 10, 2017
Berkeley Neuroscience in the News Exploring the Necessity and Virtue of Sleep You’re really asking for it when you name your book “Snooze” or “Why We Sleep.”…georgeannOctober 10, 2017
Berkeley Neuroscience in the News Researchers at UC Berkeley receive $13M to construct next-generation MRI brain scanner UC Berkeley has received $13.4 million to build a next-generation MRI brain scanner, which will…georgeannOctober 9, 2017
Announcement $13.4 million to build next-gen MRI brain scanner at UC Berkeley Functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI, has transformed our view of the brain, allowing researchers…georgeannOctober 6, 2017
Profile Dust in the Machine Hear the letters BMI and the first thing you probably think of is “body mass index.” Keep…georgeannSeptember 28, 2017
Event SfN Showing of My Love Affair with the Brain: The Life and Science of Dr. Marian Diamond My Love Affair with the Brain A Film Documentary of the Life and Science of…georgeannSeptember 28, 2017
Berkeley Neuroscience in the News The shorter your sleep, the shorter your life: the new sleep science Matthew Walker has learned to dread the question “What do you do?” At parties, it…georgeannSeptember 24, 2017
Profile Neuroscientist Portrait Project: Krishan Aghi The following is part of the Neuroscientist Portrait Project, a look at the lives of neuroscientists…georgeannSeptember 21, 2017
Berkeley Neuroscience in the News Squirrels are so organized it’s nuts They use complex memory strategies to organize their stash. Squirrels are smart. One that runs afoul of…georgeannSeptember 14, 2017
Berkeley Neuroscience in the News Optogenetics a cornerstone of DARPA’s neural interface program The Neural Engineering System Design (NESD) program, launched in 2016 to facilitate precision communication between the…georgeannSeptember 13, 2017
Berkeley Neuroscience in the News Squirrels put their groceries away just like we do! Do you keep your vegetables on one shelf in your fridge, and eggs and meat…georgeannSeptember 13, 2017
Research Discovery Fox squirrels use ‘chunking’ to organize their favorite nuts Like trick-or-treaters sorting their Halloween candy haul, fox squirrels apparently organize their stashes of nuts…georgeannSeptember 12, 2017