Helen Shen
Scientific American
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The Despondent Mind: Are Our Brains Wired for Doom and Gloom?
Research could help explain why people think things are getting worse when they are actually getting better → Read More
Does the Adult Brain Really Grow New Neurons?
A new study stirs up debate over a long-held finding, and could dim hopes for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases → Read More
Does the Adult Brain Really Grow New Neurons?
A new study stirs up debate over a long-held finding, and could dim hopes for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases → Read More
Brain Stimulation Is All the Rage--But It May Not Stimulate the Brain
Research indicates that techniques fail to trigger the type of brain activity thought to produce therapeutic benefits → Read More
Cracking the Brain's Enigma Code
Neuroscientists are taking cues from cryptography to translate brain activity into movements → Read More
Cracking the Brain's Enigma Code
Neuroscientists are taking cues from cryptography to translate brain activity into movements → Read More
Cracking the Brain's Enigma Code
Neuroscientists are taking cues from cryptography to translate brain activity into movements → Read More
Apes can tell when you've been duped
Humans might not be the only ones that understand when others harbour mistaken beliefs. → Read More
Beyond Terminator: Squishy "Octobot" Heralds New Era of Soft Robotics
Ditching conventional electronics and power sources, the pliable robot operates without rigid parts → Read More
Brain-Data Gold Mine Could Reveal How Neurons Compute
Allen Brain Observatory releases an unprecedented survey of activity in the mouse visual cortex → Read More
Brain-data gold mine could reveal how neurons compute
Allen Brain Observatory releases unprecedented survey of activity in the mouse visual cortex. → Read More
Lab life: Lone-parent scientist
Limited institutional resources mean that single parents often need a network of support to further their scientific careers. → Read More
Lab life: Lone-parent scientist
Limited institutional resources mean that single parents often need a network of support to further their scientific careers. → Read More
Meet the Soft, Cuddly Robots of the Future
Rigid robots step aside — a new generation of squishy, stretchy machines is wiggling our way → Read More
Meet the soft, cuddly robots of the future
Rigid robots step aside — a new generation of squishy, stretchy machines is wiggling our way. → Read More
Biologists lose out in post-PhD earnings analysis
Many doctoral recipients take well-paid industry jobs, study finds. → Read More
Employee benefits: Plight of the postdoc
As institutions attempt to redefine the postdoctoral position, early-career researchers are joining together to wage a battle for proper benefits. → Read More
New Oxytocin Neuroscience Counters "Cuddle Hormone" Claims
Researchers are still working out the nuances of how oxytocin affects the brain, with few studies definitively linking autism to problems in oxytocin signaling → Read More
Neuroscience: The hard science of oxytocin
As researchers work out how oxytocin affects the brain, the hormone is shedding its reputation as a simple cuddle chemical. → Read More
Neuron encyclopaedia fires up to reveal brain secrets
But effort to catalogue brain’s building blocks may stoke disagreements over classification. → Read More