Applied Neuroscience

2023 Brain Health Survey Executive Overview

Inviting Multi-Disciplinary Voices to the Neurotechnology Conversation

Three years after a social issues roundtable about the ethical and societal issues raised by neural-digital interfaces, one research team shares what they’ve learned.

Ageism: The Brain Strikes Back!

Our authors, who study successful aging and mental illnesses at the University of California, San Diego, address the much-debated, complicated question that many of us have long wondered about: Does the brain improve with age?

His and Hers: Sex Differences in the Brain

The neurobiological sex differences in the male and female brain remain largely a mystery. Our author—an acclaimed neuroendocrinologist at Northwestern University—tells us what we know and why we don’t know more.

The Promise of Big Data Imaging for Mental Health

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.

Neuroscience for Global Mental Health

Our author—Oxford professor and codirector of the Wellcome Trust Center for Ethics and Humanities—reflects on efforts to grow recognition of neuroscience in low- and middle-income countries.

Hear and Now

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.on education and personal development.

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?

The Neuro Funding Roller Coaster

Advances that have the potential to affect the quality of life for millions of people are very much dependent on the wild fluctuations of research and development funding from private and corporate lenders for cognitive neuroscience.

Neuroethics: Mapping the Field