Berkeley Neuroscience in the News What will football helmets look like in future? Robert Knight may know Tucked away in an unassuming cluster of warehouses on Richmond’s industrial west side, Dr. Robert…Cari IrwinJanuary 12, 2019
Research Discovery Playing high school football changes the teenage brain A single season of high school football may be enough to cause microscopic changes in…barbaraNovember 19, 2018
Research Discovery Regret is a gambler’s curse, scientists say What goes through a gambler’s mind after she’s placed her bet? It’s not just the…barbaraSeptember 13, 2018
Research Discovery Modeling a neurodevelopmental disorder with human brain organoids: a new way to study conditions such as epilepsy and autism Human cortical spheroid showing normal neurons (green) and astrocytes (blue) generated from cells where only…barbaraSeptember 7, 2018
Alumni Profile Recent PhD graduate Brian Isett studies how tactile textures and shapes are represented in the brain Brian Isett The building blocks of experience Brian Isett has long been interested in…georgeannJune 17, 2017
Research Discovery How Does Your Brain Learn Through Trial and Error? Problem-solving and critical thinking can rewire the orbitofrontal cortex In a groundbreaking discovery, neurocientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have captured brain images…georgeannMarch 7, 2016
Research Discovery Scientists tap the smarts of mice, capture problem-solving in action UC Berkeley scientists have captured unique images of problem-solving in action by tapping into the minds…georgeannMarch 7, 2016
Research Discovery Rethinking the nature of signal propagation in neocortical circuits Layer 4 neurons in the cortex expressing halorhodopsin, an optogenetic silencer of neuronal activity. By…georgeannOctober 27, 2015
Research Discovery Cortical neurons encode goal-directed behaviors Monitoring neuronal activity in freely behaving animals is challenging but necessary if we are to…georgeannAugust 30, 2015