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As you may painfully know: Sleep gets more difficult the older you get. Older adults are…Read more about The Older You Are, the Worse You Sleep

Silvia Bunge, Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, talks about the two cognitive abilities…Read more about Kids growing up in poverty struggle to acquire vital cognitive abilities

Fevers in a mother’s first trimester of pregnancy increase the baby’s risk for some heart…Read more about Fever in early pregnancy linked to birth defects, animal study shows

You’re really asking for it when you name your book “Snooze” or “Why We Sleep.”…Read more about Exploring the Necessity and Virtue of Sleep

UC Berkeley has received $13.4 million to build a next-generation MRI brain scanner, which will…Read more about Researchers at UC Berkeley receive $13M to construct next-generation MRI brain scanner

The project is led by HWNI member David Feinberg.Read more about $13.4 million to build next-gen MRI brain scanner at UC Berkeley

Hear the letters BMI and the first thing you probably think of is “body mass index.” Keep…Read more about Dust in the Machine

My Love Affair with the Brain A Film Documentary of the Life and Science of…Read more about SfN Showing of My Love Affair with the Brain: The Life and Science of Dr. Marian Diamond

Matthew Walker has learned to dread the question “What do you do?” At parties, it…Read more about The shorter your sleep, the shorter your life: the new sleep science

The following is part of the Neuroscientist Portrait Project, a look at the lives of neuroscientists inside vs. outside of the lab with an emphasis on highlighting the stories of those who are traditionally underrepresented in the sciences. Created by Christine Liu and sponsored by Berkeley...Read more about Neuroscientist Portrait Project: Krishan Aghi

They use complex memory strategies to organize their stash. Squirrels are smart. One that runs afoul of…Read more about Squirrels are so organized it’s nuts

The Neural Engineering System Design (NESD) program, launched in 2016 to facilitate precision communication between the…Read more about Optogenetics a cornerstone of DARPA’s neural interface program

Do you keep your vegetables on one shelf in your fridge, and eggs and meat…Read more about Squirrels put their groceries away just like we do!

Like trick-or-treaters sorting their Halloween candy haul, fox squirrels apparently organize their stashes of nuts…Read more about Fox squirrels use ‘chunking’ to organize their favorite nuts

The Emoji Movie, in which the protagonist can’t help but express a wide variety of…Read more about Emoji fans take heart: Scientists pinpoint 27 states of emotion

Formal schooling improves a child’s attention and changes the brain. Tens of millions of children…Read more about This Is Your Brain on First Grade

Stephan Lammel, Assistant Professor of Neurobiology, received a 2017 Hellman Fellows Award. Lammel studies midbrain dopamine…Read more about Stephan Lammel receives Hellman Fellowship

You will never be as clever as you were at the point you left education. And if that’s not depressing enough, even then you were quite possibly past your prime.Read more about Stay in eduation to keep your ageing brain agile

A study led by campus researchers found that higher levels of education are linked to…Read more about UC Berkeley study finds that more education leads to better cognitive function later in life

Higher levels of education are tied to later ages of peak cognitive functioning, according to…Read more about More education linked to better cognitive functioning later in life

Reasoning is hard cognitive work. It’s what allows you to understand that if A is greater than…Read more about How Children’s Brains Learn to Reason

Chemistry professor Evan Miller and his co-investigators are the recipients of the NeuroNex Innovation Award…Read more about Evan Miller receives NeuroNex Innovation Award

Marian Diamond, a pathbreaking neuroscientist whose research — including a study of Albert Einstein’s preserved…Read more about Marian Diamond, neuroscientist who gave new meaning to ‘use it or lose it,’ dies at 90

Marian Cleeves Diamond, one of the founders of modern neuroscience who was the first to…Read more about Marian Diamond, known for studies of Einstein’s brain, dies at 90

Jose Carmena and Michel Maharbiz have received a prestigious 2017 McKnight Technological Innovations in Neuroscience…Read more about Jose Carmena and Michel Maharbiz receive 2017 McKnight Technological Innovations in Neuroscience Award