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NeuroForecasting: how brain activity can predict stock prices or viral videos
Join us as we talk with Brian Knutson, a professor of psychology in Stanford's School of Humanities and Sciences about the frontiers of neuroeconomics, bridging psychology, economics, and neuroscience
Stanford professors elected to National Academy of Medicine
Wu Tsai Neuro affiliates Thomas Montine and Alice Ting are among those joining the distinguished society of physicians.
Eye prosthesis is the first to restore sight lost to macular degeneration
In a clinical trial of a wireless retinal prosthesis, Wu Tsai Neuro affiliate Daniel Palanker and colleagues found that people with advanced macular degeneration regained enough vision to read books and subway signs.
GenAI helps Stanford researchers better understand brain diseases
Synthetic brain MRI technology is supercharging computational neuroscience with massive data.
When is the Brain Like a Subway Station? When It’s Processing Many Words at Once
A new study led by Wu Tsai Neuro Faculty Scholar Laura Gwilliams maps how we simultaneously process different words.
"Why Our Brains Need Friends: The Neuroscience of Social Connection"
In which we discuss how bad social isolation is for our brains with neuroscientist and author Ben Rein
‘A celebration’ of the gut and the brain
Organizers of the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute’s 12th annual symposium share exciting new discoveries from the frontiers of the “gut-brain axis.”
Mom’s voice boosts language-center development in preemies’ brains, study finds
Premature babies who heard recordings of their mothers reading to them had more mature white matter in a key language area of the brain, Wu Tsai Neuro affiliate Heidi Feldman and colleagues found.
Researchers uncover why mental maps fade with age
Studying mice of different ages, Stanford scientists and colleagues found that neurons involved in spatial memory become less reliable later in life.
Q&A: Inside Stanford’s new hub for neural data science
With large-scale neuron recordings and sharper fMRI now routine, a new collaboration between the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute and Stanford Data Science aims to make sense of the surge in data.
From doodles to Descartes: sketching and the human cognitive toolkit
In which we discuss the neuroscience of sketching ideas with Stanford psychologist Judy Fan
Pain, Alzheimer’s and more: the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute announces its sixth round of seed grants
Researchers from around the university will collaborate to deepen our understanding of the brain.
Gut feelings
Untangling the complex connections between the gut, brain and microbiome to heal chronic GI conditions
Groove is in the brain: Music supercharges brain stimulation
What could make a promising approach to psychiatry and brain research even better? A solid beat.
What is psychosis? Navigating an altered reality
In which we discuss the neuroscience and lived experience of psychosis and schizophrenia with Stanford psychiatrist Jacob Ballon and peer advocate Shannon Pagdon.
Soft bioelectronic fiber can track hundreds of biological events simultaneously
Developed by Stanford researchers, NeuroString is a hair-thin multichannel biosensor and stimulator with promising potential applications in drug delivery, nerve stimulation, smart fabrics, and more.
Sensory gatekeeper drives seizures, autism-like behaviors in mouse model
The new work, in mice missing the autism-linked gene CNTNAP2, suggests a mechanism to help explain the overlap between epilepsy and autism.
Lung cancer cells in the brain link to neurons that spur tumor growth
Small cell lung cancer often metastasizes to the brain. A Stanford Medicine-led study shows the cancer cells form synapses with neurons, and signaling across these synapses encourages tumor growth.
"I Heard There Was a Secret Chord: Music as Medicine"
In this episode, we talk with neuroscientist, musician and author Daniel Levitin about his new book on the neuroscience of music and how it is being used to help heal disorders from Parkinson's to chronic pain
Student researchers probe the mysteries of the brain
Stanford undergrads and local community college students paired with Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute researchers to find new ways to head off strokes, predict Alzheimer's disease, and more.