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 ViewpointJumping 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
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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 ViewpointTroubling 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.
Winter 2020 Issue
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The Creative Brain
By Roger E. Beaty, Ph.D.
An examination of the part of the brain that directs creative thought prompts the million-dollar question: Can creativity be enhanced?
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Podcast with Roger E. Beaty, author of The Creative Brain
Roger E. Beaty, Ph.D., author of “The Creative Brain,” discusses how creative thinking works in different domains and contexts.
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Brains, Bodies, and Social Hierarchies
By Keely A. Muscatell, Ph.D.
New research ties income and other factors to stress and emotional responses. Does how we perceive our social standing impact our life expectancy and heart health? Are there interventions available to develop emotion regulation strategies?
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Social Media & Teens: No Simple Answers
Scientists are just beginning to investigate how social media and other digital media may physically impact the developing brain.
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Build a Better Brain Model
Organoids, chimeric cells, and other new experimental biotech offer us ways to study things we’ve never had access to before and ethical questions anew.
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Podcast with Keely A. Muscatell, author of Brains, Bodies, and Social Hierarchies
Keely A. Muscatell, Ph.D., author of “Brains, Bodies, and Social Hierarchies,” discusses new research that ties income and other factors to stress and emotional responses.
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Neuroethics ViewpointThe Social Media Conundrum
What can be done to overcome the devious tactics used by tech companies to ensnare teens in compulsively using and returning to social media?
