
Winter 2021 Issue
Winter 2021 Issue
Winter 2021 Issue
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His and Hers: Sex Differences in the Brain
By Catherine S. Woolley, Ph.D.
New research shows robust sex differences at a much deeper level than structure, and where no one expected them: in molecular interactions that regulate neural activity. Our author—an acclaimed neuroendocrinologist at Northwestern—tells us what we know and why we don’t know more.
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The Promise of Big Data Imaging for Mental Health
By Vince Calhoun, Ph.D.
Knowledge gleaned from big data and advances in neuroimaging have provided new insights into the workings of the brain. Our author, founding director of the Center for Translational Research in Neuroimaging and Data Science, traces the evolution of these two evolving fields.
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Psychedelics: Weighing the Healing Power
New research suggests drugs like psilocybin may help treat neuropsychiatric conditions ranging from depression to opioid addiction. But what do we really know about how psychedelics influence the brain?
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Your Brain on Food
Science is increasingly unpacking the ways that diet influences cognitive function and emotional well-being. Growing evidence suggests that the right diet may in fact mitigate some of the ill effects of stress on the brain, while the wrong diet may worsen the effects.
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The New Science of Spaces
How can the new field of environmental neuroscience, which is is aimed at analyzing the use of physical and social spaces, help architects, urban planners, and policy makers improve psychological and physiological states?
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Neuroethics Viewpoint
Marijuana: Young Minds and Other Concerns
Any ethical evaluation of marijuana policies should consider the latest scientific understanding of marijuana’s effects on cognitive abilities on adolescents and its potential downstream impacts on education, employment, job performance, and income.
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Clinical Corner
The Sound of Healing
Focused ultrasound is a relatively new, non-invasive treatment in which an array of 1,000 sound-emitting elements send signals that converge on a single target within the brain. For one patient, it meant the difference between a scrawl and a signature.
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Podcast with Catherine Woolley, Author of His and Hers: Sex Differences in the Brain
Catherine Woolley, Ph.D., author of our Cerebrum cover story, “His and Hers: Sex Differences in the Brain,” discusses what the research has told us so far and why more research is desperately needed.
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Podcast with Vince Calhoun, Author of The Promise of Big Data Imaging for Mental Health
Cerebrum author Vince Calhoun discusses his pioneering research and the evolution of a growing field that has enormous potential to have an impact of both mental health and neurodegenerative treatment.
Fall 2020 Issue
Fall 2020 Issue
Fall 2020 Issue
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Neuroscience for Global Mental Health
By Ilina Singh, Ph.D.
Our author—Professor of Neuroscience & Society at the University of Oxford and codirectorof the Wellcome Trust Center for Ethics and Humanities—reflects on efforts to grow recognition of neuroscience in low- and middle-income countries.
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Hear and Now
By Frank R. Lin, M.D., Ph.D.
As a practicing otologic surgeon with a Ph.D. in epidemiology, our author tells us what we’ve learned and what we still need to know about the relationship between hearing loss and cognitive decline in older adults.
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Adapting to the (Not So) New Age of Computer Learning
Schools have had no choice but to embrace virtual learning. But the question remains: How does it work when compared to traditional, face-to-face instruction?
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Pandemic Brain: Parsing the Mental Health Toll
Many experts have sounded the alarm for an approaching tsunami of psychological maladies that could sink an already overburdened mental healthcare system.
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Art on the Spectrum
Showcasing the works and stories of talented, under-the-radar artists with developmental disabilities.
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Neuroethics Viewpoint
Neuroscience Confronts Racism
The Black Lives Matter protests have triggered an intense bout of soul-searching and frantic efforts to erase all vestiges of racism from institutions around the nation.
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Clinical Corner
The Normally Abnormal
Every day, hospitalized patients ask when they can go home, and Jane was no different. Inherent in home is the past life before illness and back to the familiar, writes Michael P.H. Stanley, M.D. Our new Clinical Corner column, written by practicing clinicians
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Podcast with Ilina Singh, author of Neuroscience for Global Mental Health
Ilina Singh, Ph.D., author of our Cerebrum magazine cover story “Neuroscience for Global Mental Health,” discusses her experience on the Lancet Commission on Global Mental Health and the NeuroGenE global initiative in psychiatr
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Podcast with Frank Lin, author of Hear and Now
Frank Lin, M.D., Ph.D., author of our Cerebrum magazine story “Hear and Now,” discusses his research and policy making role regarding a link between hearing loss, dementia, and cognitive function.
Summer 2020 Issue
Summer 2020 Issue
Summer 2020 Issue
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Neuroscience Adapts to the Covid World
The impact has been sudden and unprecedented, shifting brain science research priorities, and sending shock waves through academia and the global research community.
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Racing to Understand Covid-19 and the Brain
Scientists hope to uncover why the coronavirus sometimes presents neurological symptoms. But how similar is it to other viruses that can invade the nervous system?
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That Feeling in Your Bones
By Gérard Karsenty, M.D., Ph.D.
Geneticist Gérard Karsenty at Columbia University Medical center turned to neuroscience to learn why our bones do much more than provide protection and support.
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Emotional Intelligence Comes of Age
By Marc Brackett, Ph.D., and Christina Cipriano, Ph.D.
Marc Brackett and Christina Cipriano at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence trace the formation of a young field and its growing impact on education and personal development.
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Neuroethics Viewpoint
Jumping the Gun
While the mobilization of the world’s scientific community to understand Covid-19 is unprecedented in history, keep in mind that more than 4,000 papers—known as preprints—have yet to be peer-reviewed.
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Podcast with Gérard Karsenty, author of That Feeling in Your Bones
Gérard Karsenty, M.D., Ph.D., author of our Cerebrum story “That Feeling in Your Bones,” discusses his groundbreaking research regarding osteocalcin, a hormone that triggers a “fight or flight response” and possibly much more.
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Podcast with Marc Brackett, co-author of Emotional Intelligence Comes of Age
Marc Brackett, Ph.D., co author of our Cerebrum story “Emotional Intelligence Comes of Age,” talks about his path to the field and how becoming a fifth degree black belt in Aikido and his own experience with therapy
Spring 2020 Issue
Spring 2020 Issue
Spring 2020 Issue
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Decoding the Canine Mind
By Gregory Berns, M.D., Ph.D.
Curious about a dog’s perception of the world and how a pooch’s brain works? Gregory S. Berns uses brain scanning and other strategies to find answers.
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Jump-Starting Evolution
By Lee Alan Dugatkin, Ph.D.
Three years after a best-selling book, a co-author explains how the silver fox-domestication experiment continues to help us better understand genetics and evolution.
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Neurosteroids: A Major Step Forward
Research that began three-quarters of a century ago has led to one of the first new drugs to treat depression in 60 years—and the potential to treat much more.
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Podcast with Gregory Berns, author of Decoding the Canine Mind
Gregory Berns, M.D., Ph.D., author of our Cerebrum cover story, “Decoding the Canine Mind,” explains the challenges scanning the brain of a dog, what motivated him to specialize in canine cognition, and more.
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Podcast with Lee Alan Dugatkin, author of Jump-Starting Evolution
Lee Alan Dugatkin, Ph.D., coauthor of How to Tame a Fox, discusses his Cerebrum article “Jump-Starting Evolution” and other significant findings since the book was published.
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Tracking the Neural Footprints of Consciousness
Two leading theories that are diametrically opposed are part of a new $20 million international research program to explore how consciousness arises and correlates in the brain.
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Neuroethics Viewpoint
Troubling Regulatory Standards
Our neuroethics columnist addresses a concerning new trend of reporting brain research results through the popular media rather than in peer reviewed journals.