Novel technology aims to improve treatment of neurological diseases
Thursday, Apr 16, 2020
A recently developed system for turning on the activity of genes could benefit the treatment of a broad range of genetic diseases.
Brain and Behavior
Baby and adult brains ‘sync up’ during play, finds Princeton Baby Lab
Thursday, Jan 9, 2020
Have you ever played with a baby and felt a sense of connection, even though they couldn’t yet talk to you? New research suggests that you might quite literally be “on the same wavelength,” experiencing similar brain activity in the same brain regions.
Neuroscientists develop models to identify internal states of the brain
Monday, Nov 25, 2019
Researchers studied the courtship behaviors of fruit flies to gain insight into how the brain creates “internal states” which culminate from mood, past experiences and other variables.Schmidt DataX Fund supports research projects that harness data science to speed up discovery
Monday, Nov 18, 2019
Nine data-driven research projects have won funding from Princeton University’s Schmidt DataX Fund, which aims to spread and deepen the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning across campus to accelerate discovery.
In February, the University announced the new fund, which was made possible through a major gift from Schmidt Futures.
Kastner receives Award for Education in Neuroscience
Monday, Oct 21, 2019
Sabine Kastner, a professor of psychology and the Princeton Neuroscience Institute, will receive this year’s Award for Education in Neuroscience from the Society for Neuroscience (SfN).
Kocher, Leifer receive NIH Director’s New Innovator Awards for biomedical and behavioral research
Tuesday, Oct 1, 2019
Princeton faculty members Sarah Kocher and Andrew Leifer are among 60 researchers nationwide to receive 2019 New Innovator Awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The awards are part of the NIH Common Fund’s High-Risk, High-Reward Research Program, which supports investigators pursuing highly innovative, high-impact biomedical and behavioral research.
Get moving! The mystery of animal group behavior
Monday, Sep 30, 2019
It’s not uncommon to see a flock of birds, startled by some perceived threat, take to the air in a highly coordinated flight. Similar behavior can be observed in schooling fishes where each fish, mimicking the movement of its neighbor, turns, darts or zigzags away from a threat with uncanny precision. In both cases, it seems as if the respective groups — the flock and the school — are acting as a single, unified entity.
Genes, the social environment and adolescent smoking
Monday, Sep 16, 2019
Adolescence is a time of dramatic change. It marks a period of significant physical transformation — such as the drive toward sexual maturity. But it can also be a time of considerable psychological change and social experimentation.
The 'blowfish effect': Children learn new words like adults do, say Princeton researchers
Thursday, Jul 25, 2019
Even young children know what typical dogs and fish look like — and they apply that knowledge when they hear new words, reports a team from the Princeton Baby Lab, where researchers study how babies learn to see, talk and understand the world.
New research raises possibility of better anti-obesity drugs
Friday, Jun 28, 2019
Effective weight-loss strategies call for eating less food, burning more calories — or ideally, both. But for the more than 90 million Americans who suffer from obesity, a disease that contributes to conditions ranging from heart disease to cancer, behavioral change is hard to accomplish or not effective enough, which is why scientists have long sought drugs that would help people shed pounds. Yet effective, long-lasting treatments have thus far eluded them.
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