Neuroscience

Recent news about neuroscience and the brain from across Columbia.

New Columbia research found that people’s brain activity varies more when viewing abstract art than representational art.

Columbia Zuckerman Institute researchers observed for the first time how dopamine guides trial and error learning in finches.

They were recognized for contributions to chemistry, computer science, economics, neuroscience, and physics.

A study sheds light on how networks in the brain detect new information, offering insight into disorders like schizophrenia.

Smiling robots, nanoplastics, electric fish, and an archaeological dig in Peru were some of the biggest news stories of the year.

Scientists from across Columbia shared diverse perspectives on the mind, brain and behavior at a recent event.

Celebrating the Columbia programs that encourage kids and adolescents to explore science, engineering, medicine, and more.

Scholars at Columbia peer into the plugged-in adolescent mind and assess the impacts of a digital upbringing.

A Zuckerman Institute workshop aimed to equip middle school teachers with some of the tools of neuroscience.

The new field of NeuroAI is building momentum at Columbia.

A new study has yielded a pathbreaking trove of data on how a person’s brain abstractly represents acts of reasoning.

A Columbia neuroscientist and fencing coach explain how Olympic-level fencers train their bodies and their minds.