Curious Minds: Why Do Some Memories Last a Lifetime?
Mentored by Columbia Nobel laureate Eric Kandel, two young scientists team up and discover they have a lot in common. Both want to know how the brain creates memories.
Mentored by Columbia Nobel laureate Eric Kandel, two young scientists team up and discover they have a lot in common. Both want to know how the brain creates memories.
Daniel Wolpert, a neuroscientist at Columbia’s Zuckerman Institute, is uncovering the connections between body and brain that make the physical feats of baseball possible.
The Columbia-led study offers new insight into the organization of the brain’s listening center and provides a roadmap for the development of hearing-aid technologies inspired by the brain.
These findings hold immense promise and reveal a potential new strategy for treating the more than 21 million people worldwide already diagnosed with schizophrenia.
The team behind the revolutionary 3D SCAPE microscope announced a new version of the high-speed imaging technology; it promises to impact fields as wide-ranging as genetics, cardiology, and neuroscience.