Featured News Image Podcast episodes | Dec 5 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute How to live in a world without free will This week on the podcast, Stanford neurobiologist Robert Sapolsky lays out his view we should all stop judging one another (and ourselves) for behaviors we can't control Image Research news | Nov 25 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Dopamine and serotonin work in opposition to shape learning New research from the Malenka lab reveals that reward-based learning requires the two neuromodulators to balance one another's influence. Image Podcast episodes | Nov 21 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute The power of psychedelics meets the power of placebo We're diving back into the world of psychedelic medicine with anesthesiologists Boris Heifets and Theresa Lii, who share intriguing new data that sheds light on how ketamine and placebo effects may interact in treating depression. Image Knight Initiative news | Nov 12 2024 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Unlocking the secrets of ketosis With Knight Initiative support, Stanford researchers uncover a biochemical “off-ramp” in ketosis, rewriting our understanding of how ketosis influences metabolism. News Filter & Sort Sort by ThemeNeuroDiscovery News TypePress coverage Podcast episodes Sort by Newest to oldest Oldest to newest Image Podcast episodes | Nov 16 2023 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Seeing sound, tasting color This week, we talk with scientist and author David Eagleman about why some people's senses blend together and what it teaches us about how our perceptions shape our reality. Image Press coverage | May 12 2021 New Scientist David Eagleman interview: How our brains could create whole new senses Neuroplasticity, or the brain's ability to remodel itself, enables us to interpret all kinds of sensations. We can use that to create new ways to perceive the world, says neuroscientist David Eagleman Press coverage | Nov 5 2017 The Verge Neuroscientist David Eagleman and composer Anthony Brandt explain how creativity... What makes humans special? Some credit should go to the opposable thumb and the larynx, says neuroscientist David Eagleman, but a lot of it has to do with our ability to be creative and constantly think up new ideas.
Image Podcast episodes | Dec 5 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute How to live in a world without free will This week on the podcast, Stanford neurobiologist Robert Sapolsky lays out his view we should all stop judging one another (and ourselves) for behaviors we can't control
Image Research news | Nov 25 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Dopamine and serotonin work in opposition to shape learning New research from the Malenka lab reveals that reward-based learning requires the two neuromodulators to balance one another's influence.
Image Podcast episodes | Nov 21 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute The power of psychedelics meets the power of placebo We're diving back into the world of psychedelic medicine with anesthesiologists Boris Heifets and Theresa Lii, who share intriguing new data that sheds light on how ketamine and placebo effects may interact in treating depression.
Image Knight Initiative news | Nov 12 2024 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Unlocking the secrets of ketosis With Knight Initiative support, Stanford researchers uncover a biochemical “off-ramp” in ketosis, rewriting our understanding of how ketosis influences metabolism.
Image Podcast episodes | Nov 16 2023 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Seeing sound, tasting color This week, we talk with scientist and author David Eagleman about why some people's senses blend together and what it teaches us about how our perceptions shape our reality.
Image Press coverage | May 12 2021 New Scientist David Eagleman interview: How our brains could create whole new senses Neuroplasticity, or the brain's ability to remodel itself, enables us to interpret all kinds of sensations. We can use that to create new ways to perceive the world, says neuroscientist David Eagleman
Press coverage | Nov 5 2017 The Verge Neuroscientist David Eagleman and composer Anthony Brandt explain how creativity... What makes humans special? Some credit should go to the opposable thumb and the larynx, says neuroscientist David Eagleman, but a lot of it has to do with our ability to be creative and constantly think up new ideas.