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
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
Announcement Yartsev named Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Michael Yartsev has been named a 2020 Young Investigator by the Office of Naval Research…barbaraApril 20, 2020
Announcement Yartsev wins Rising Star Award from Penn Medicine’s Mahoney Institute for Neurosciences PHILADELPHIA—The Mahoney Institute for Neurosciences (MINS) in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania announced that Michael…barbaraApril 14, 2020
Research Discovery Paying attention can heighten perception by quieting internally generated brain activity By Rachel Henderson A university student looking at various screens. If you’ve ever been distracted…barbaraApril 8, 2020
Announcement Knight awarded the 2020 Howard Crosby Warren Medal from the Society of Experimental Psychologists The SEP awards the Howard Crosby Warren Medal annually for outstanding achievement in Experimental Psychology…barbaraMarch 24, 2020
Announcement Brohawn named a 2020 Sloan Fellow Stephen Brohawn has also been awarded a Sloan Research Fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan…barbaraFebruary 12, 2020
Research Discovery Babies in the womb may see more than we thought By the second trimester, long before a baby’s eyes can see images, they can detect…barbaraNovember 25, 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