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How Does Your Brain Learn Through Trial and Error? Problem-solving and critical thinking can rewire the orbitofrontal cortex

March 7, 2016

Research from the Wilbrecht lab, covered by Psychology Today.Read more about How Does Your Brain Learn Through Trial and Error? Problem-solving and critical thinking can rewire the orbitofrontal cortex

Bromances may be good for men’s health

March 3, 2016

Research from the Kaufer lab.Read more about Bromances may be good for men’s health

PET scans reveal key details of Alzheimer’s protein growth in aging brains

March 2, 2016

Research from the Jagust lab.Read more about PET scans reveal key details of Alzheimer’s protein growth in aging brains

Neurobiology: Rise of resilience

March 2, 2016

Stress can have a negative influence on the human brain, but increasingly it is the ability to withstand severe stress that is the focus of research. Daniela Kaufer has a personal interest in the effects of stress.Read more about Neurobiology: Rise of resilience

Sleep Circuit: A web of cell types in one of the brain’s chief wake centers keeps animals up—but also puts them to sleep

March 1, 2016

Research from the Dan lab.Read more about Sleep Circuit: A web of cell types in one of the brain’s chief wake centers keeps animals up—but also puts them to sleep

Award for and Discussion of Dr. Marian Diamond at BAMPFA

February 27, 2016

The West Coast pre-World Premiere sneak preview of the PBS documentary "My Love Affair with the Brain: The Science and Life of Dr. Marian Diamond" was the occasion for this presentation of the CREA Award to Dr. Diamond, and a panel discussion about her pioneering research, and a general...Read more about Award for and Discussion of Dr. Marian Diamond at BAMPFA

My Love Affair With the Brain: The Life and Science of Dr. Marian Diamond

February 26, 2016

My Love Affair with the Brain is a soon-to-be-on PBS documentary about the brain, the passion of scientific discovery, the creation of modern neuroscience, Albert Einstein, women in science, and love - all via the life and research of beloved professor and YouTube...Read more about My Love Affair With the Brain: The Life and Science of Dr. Marian Diamond

The Zeiss Berkeley Brain Microscopy Innovation Center (BrainMIC) held its inaugural “...Read more about New Zeiss Berkeley BrainMIC course provides training in use of state-of-the-art optical neurotechniques

UC Berkeley psychologist Dacher Keltner, an expert on the science of emotions, has been appointed to Twitter's new "Trust & Safety Council," an advisory panel tasked with helping to combat hate speech and abuse on the 10-year-old microblogging site.Read more about Berkeley psychologist tapped to foster a kinder Twittersphere

Paul Alivisatos, an internationally renowned chemist who has run the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory for the past seven years, has been tapped to lead the research enterprise at UC Berkeley.Read more about Outgoing Berkeley Lab director to take research helm at UC Berkeley

Time to make a decision: Researchers have studied how brain activity changes throughout the process of choosing between different options

January 15, 2016

Research from the Wallis lab and collaborators.Read more about Time to make a decision: Researchers have studied how brain activity changes throughout the process of choosing between different options

Will computers ever truly understand what we’re saying?

January 11, 2016

Research led by Arjen Stolk, a postdoctoral fellow in the Knight lab.Read more about Will computers ever truly understand what we’re saying?

Corey Goodman is the latest member of the HWNI community

March 15, 2015

We are happy to welcome back Corey Goodman, one of the co-founders of HWNI.Read more about Corey Goodman is the latest member of the HWNI community

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How Does Your Brain Learn Through Trial and Error? Problem-solving and critical thinking can rewire the orbitofrontal cortex

Bromances may be good for men’s health

PET scans reveal key details of Alzheimer’s protein growth in aging brains

Neurobiology: Rise of resilience

Sleep Circuit: A web of cell types in one of the brain’s chief wake centers keeps animals up—but also puts them to sleep

Award for and Discussion of Dr. Marian Diamond at BAMPFA

My Love Affair With the Brain: The Life and Science of Dr. Marian Diamond

Brain scientist Marian Diamond subject of new documentary

Sloan Foundation honors eight young faculty members

NIH BRAIN Initiative Publication Roundup – late February 2016

UC researchers receive Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers

Three young faculty members honored by White House

New Zeiss Berkeley BrainMIC course provides training in use of state-of-the-art optical neurotechniques

Hillel Adesnik receives Presidential Early Career Award

Dan Feldman on Santiago Ramón y Cajal’s Drawings of Brain Structures

Light-activated antagonists for the GABA A receptor family

Berkeley psychologist tapped to foster a kinder Twittersphere

Peering inside the minds of Raiders fans

Yes, you can tell if your audience is bored

Deciphering the Language of the Brain

What If: Your Brain Confesses?

Outgoing Berkeley Lab director to take research helm at UC Berkeley

Time to make a decision: Researchers have studied how brain activity changes throughout the process of choosing between different options

Will computers ever truly understand what we’re saying?

Corey Goodman is the latest member of the HWNI community