January 6, 2020
Mathematics and Neuroscience Merge to Shed Light on Learning
What can a fish tell us about the brain and our senses? At Columbia’s Zuckerman Institute, two labs with different expertise have teamed up to find out.
December 18, 2019
Curious Minds: How Can We See Living Nerve Cells in Action?
If you could see the brain at work in a living creature, imagine what you could discover about biology’s most fundamental processes. For Zuckerman Institute researchers, this is not a dream, but reality.
November 27, 2019
Why Do We Freeze When Startled? New Study in Flies Points to Serotonin
Columbia researchers uncover the mechanism that produces the fly’s startle response, which offers clues as to what may happen in our own bodies when we get startled.
November 21, 2019
Curious Minds: How Do Birds Change Their Tune?
Postdoctoral research scientist Jordan Moore, PhD, discovered a part of the brain critical for learning songs: a step toward understanding how human beings learn language when young.
November 18, 2019
Music and the Mind: Award-Winning Pianist Reflects on Her Time as the Zuckerman Institute’s First Jazz Artist-in Residence
Musician Helen Sung, who has spent a year learning about the brain at the Zuckerman Institute, prepares to debut original compositions inspired by brain science.