Neuroscience News

Touch is one of the most important human senses. It lets us connect with the world—and each other. Roboticists like Allison Okamura—today’s podcast guest—think we should be building technology that helps us reconnect through the power of touch.

Wu Tsai Neuro affiliates and others are accepted into competitive cohort in Stanford Medicine's new Catalyst program.

The Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute and Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign are pleased to announce their fifth round of Neuroscience:Translate awards, which support teams of researchers collaborating across disciplinary boundaries.

Institute scholar Paul Nuyujukian and Mark Churchland remember the great Krishna Shenoy, who passed away earlier this year.

Will we soon be able to rejuvenate our brains? We talked with Tony Wyss-Coray, the director of the Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience at Wu Tsai Neuro, to learn more.

Cyclic sighing appears to be particularly effective among different breathing exercises and better than mindfulness meditation, according to a study  au

Just how long does marijuana affect your motor skills or impair driving? Wu Tsai Neuro affiliate Keith Humphreys said the answer is a complicated one.

Are bionic eyes in our future? In today's podcast, we talk to Professor EJ Chichilnisky of the Stanford Artificial Retina Project about how electronic implants could reverse blindness in people with retinal disease.

The Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute and Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) at Stanford are pleased to announce their first year of Neuroscience and AI awards, which support ambitious proposals that reimagine the ways in which t

Wu Tsai Neuro affiliate Michael Snyder explains why he collects vast stores of his own biodata and what all that information might reveal about our personal

Institute affiliate Erin Gibson explains why we should pay attention to our circadian rhythms.

Features like Sleep Focus and Bedtime Mode may help you get a good night’s rest. 

Using pulses of light to control heart rate, Wu Tsai Neuro affiliate Karl Deisseroth and fellow Stanford Medicine researchers investigate a long-standing mys

Institute affiliate Keith Humphreys explains why we think of addiction as a disease.

Wu Tsai Neuro faculty scholar Julia Kaltschmidt answers: "Is your gut a second brain?"

Wu Tsai Nero affiliate Kristen K. Steenerson shares her insights on a new web-based system that could potentially let patients treat themselves at home.