Neuroscience

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Shankar Vedantam On The ‘Useful Delusions’ That Sustain Humanity

Sarah Fenske

"Hidden Brain" host Shankar Vedantam discusses his new book on "St. Louis on the Air."

Drs. Eric Leuthardt (at left) and Albert Kim discussed how they take information about the brain and present it in a live-theater production format on Tuesday's "St. Louis on the Air."

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'BrainWorks' Production Takes Neuroscience Out Of Surgical Room And Onto Theater Stage

Lara Hamdan

When Washington University neurosurgeons Albert Kim and Eric Leuthardt aren’t teaching, researching or performing surgery, they often think of creative…

(L-R) Experts Anneliese Schaefer, Deanna Barch and Susan Appleton discussed how neuroscience can help non-scientists understand the impact of early adversity on developing brain.

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Scholars highlight impact of early adversity on developing brain, implications for criminal justice

Lara Hamdan

The early development of the human brain begins in utero and continues into a person’s early-to-mid-20s. In that time, various environmental factors such…

Jeff Zacks is a Wash U professor of psychological and brain sciences and the author of "Flicker: Your Brain on Movies."

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Making sense of the ‘uncanny’: Wash U neuroscientist explains science behind Halloween horror flicks

Halloween is here, and many are turning to their favorite horror films for an additional fright this season.Despite the popularity of horror movies – and…

Albert Kim (left) and Eric Leuthardt (right) explore how the brain influences emotions, behaviors and more in their new podcast, Brain Coffee.

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Washington University neurosurgeons host Brain Coffee podcast to start conversations about the brain

Lara Hamdan

The brain is crucial to everything we do – yet so little is known about it. The complexity of the human brain is of constant interest to Albert Kim and…

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Mine blasts on lab mice help scientists study likely combat damage on troops

Eli Chen

At an experimental mine at the Missouri University of S&T in Rolla, scientists are setting off explosives around lab mice and cell cultures to study how…

Washington University graduate student Jarod Roland tries out a device that detects electrical signals in his brain and casues his hand to open and close in response.

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Stroke patients may someday use mind-controlled device to regain use of paralyzed limbs

Eli Chen

A mind-controlled robotic glove under development by Washington University scientists could give hope to those whose hands have become paralyzed due to a…

In 1962, laughter epidemic afflicted several communities for more than two years in present-day Tanzania.

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Contagious yawning, laughing and scratching gives clues to how the human brain works

Eli Chen

In 1962, a strange epidemic swept through several communities in Tanganyika, present-day Tanzania. It wasn’t a virus, but laughter among teenage…

UMSL neuroscience major Katrina Lynn injects a gel into a brainwave-reading cap worn by subject Kohei Kikuchi in January 2017.

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To an UMSL psychologist, love is just a state of mind

Eli Chen

In the late 1990s, before Sandra Langeslag began attending college, she was dumped. Then a few months later, she fell in love again.“I was very curious. I…

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Mind and machine—author Malcolm Gay’s book partially inspired by St. Louis neurosurgeon

Kelly Moffitt

Many people could construe the tagline of Malcolm Gay’s recent book, “The Brain Electric: The Dramatic High-Tech Race to Merge Minds and Machines,” as a…