Berkeley Neuroscience in the NewsPerspective Remember after election: Stress can be good for you If I would ask you to close your eyes and picture a stressful experience in…georgeannNovember 11, 2016
Announcement Alexander Huth announced as an Allen Institute for Brain Science 2016 Next Generation Leader Distinguished early-career scientists invited to participate in Allen Institute advisory council The Allen Institute for…georgeannNovember 8, 2016
Berkeley Neuroscience in the News When Patients Can’t Give Informed Consent to Be Research Subjects A guardian can give the go-ahead, and despite some critiques of the practice, it can be…georgeannNovember 7, 2016
Research Discovery Unboggling Minds: New Brain Study May Impact Language Research Scientists have long believed that the cortex, the outer layer of the brain, was responsible…barbaraNovember 7, 2016
Research Discovery Does your mind jump around, stay on task or get stuck? During downtime, some of us daydream while others might focus on a to-do list, or…barbaraOctober 31, 2016
Berkeley Neuroscience in the News This mental quirk could explain why you’re always running late We all have routes that are part of our daily lives, whether it’s the way to…georgeannOctober 27, 2016
Announcement $1.5 million to study language development, via bats The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) has awarded Michael Yartsev, assistant professor in the…georgeannOctober 25, 2016
Announcement UC scientists awarded more than $9 million from federal BRAIN Initiative Fourteen University of California research teams will share $9.5 million from the federal government’s BRAIN…barbaraOctober 25, 2016
Announcement Four UC Berkeley scientists receive prestigious NIH awards Four UC Berkeley scientists have been recognized as innovators in their fields through new research…barbaraOctober 17, 2016
Announcement Three Berkeley Neuroscience Faculty Awarded Klingenstein-Simons Fellowships The Klingenstein-Simons Fellowship Awards supports early career neuroscientists whose research may help us understand neurological…georgeannOctober 14, 2016
Announcement Four projects garner $1.7 million from federal BRAIN initiative Four UC Berkeley research teams will share $1.7 million from the federal government’s BRAIN initiative,…barbaraOctober 14, 2016
Announcement Helen Bateup awarded NARSAD Young Investigator Grant for autism research Helen Bateup, Assistant Professor of Neurobiology at UC Berkeley, was awarded a NARSAD Young Investigator…georgeannOctober 13, 2016
Berkeley Neuroscience in the News This Is Your Brain on Podcasts Listen to the latest Freakonomics Radio episode, “This Is Your Brain on Podcasts,” featuring an…georgeannOctober 12, 2016
Research Discovery Brain Modulyzer Provides Interactive Window Into the Brain Did you know that your brain processes information in a hierarchy? As you are reading…georgeannOctober 10, 2016
Research Discovery New Tool Will Help Expand Scope of Neural Circuit Research Scientists at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Janelia Research Campus and University of California, Berkeley have…georgeannOctober 6, 2016