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How does intelligence emerge from neural networks in our brains and artificial networks in machines?
Stanford cognitive scientist Jay McClelland explains on our podcast, exploring the neural network view of the mind and what it means for AI.
Listen now: neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/emergen...
Stanford cognitive scientist Jay McClelland explains on our podcast, exploring the neural network view of the mind and what it means for AI.
Listen now: neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/emergen...
November 27, 2025 at 12:53 AM
How does intelligence emerge from neural networks in our brains and artificial networks in machines?
Stanford cognitive scientist Jay McClelland explains on our podcast, exploring the neural network view of the mind and what it means for AI.
Listen now: neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/emergen...
Stanford cognitive scientist Jay McClelland explains on our podcast, exploring the neural network view of the mind and what it means for AI.
Listen now: neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/emergen...
Could brain implants read our thoughts? Not yet.
Neuroengineer Erin Kunz builds BCIs to restore speech in people with paralysis. She explains how they decode brain signals—and why imagined thoughts are harder to access than you might think.
Listen now: neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/could-b...
Neuroengineer Erin Kunz builds BCIs to restore speech in people with paralysis. She explains how they decode brain signals—and why imagined thoughts are harder to access than you might think.
Listen now: neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/could-b...
November 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Could brain implants read our thoughts? Not yet.
Neuroengineer Erin Kunz builds BCIs to restore speech in people with paralysis. She explains how they decode brain signals—and why imagined thoughts are harder to access than you might think.
Listen now: neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/could-b...
Neuroengineer Erin Kunz builds BCIs to restore speech in people with paralysis. She explains how they decode brain signals—and why imagined thoughts are harder to access than you might think.
Listen now: neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/could-b...
Scientists and ethicists, including Wu Tsai Neuro affiliates @sergiuppasca.bsky.social and Hank Greely, call for an international process to guide the field of human neural organoids.
Read the full @statnews.com story: www.statnews.com/2025/11/06/n...
Read the full @statnews.com story: www.statnews.com/2025/11/06/n...
November 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Scientists and ethicists, including Wu Tsai Neuro affiliates @sergiuppasca.bsky.social and Hank Greely, call for an international process to guide the field of human neural organoids.
Read the full @statnews.com story: www.statnews.com/2025/11/06/n...
Read the full @statnews.com story: www.statnews.com/2025/11/06/n...
How can brain activity predict stock prices or viral videos?
In today’s podcast, Stanford neuroeconomist Brian Knutson explores how brain signals shape choice, risk, and attention—bridging neuroscience, psychology, and economics.
Listen now: neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/neurofo...
In today’s podcast, Stanford neuroeconomist Brian Knutson explores how brain signals shape choice, risk, and attention—bridging neuroscience, psychology, and economics.
Listen now: neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/neurofo...
October 31, 2025 at 5:32 PM
How can brain activity predict stock prices or viral videos?
In today’s podcast, Stanford neuroeconomist Brian Knutson explores how brain signals shape choice, risk, and attention—bridging neuroscience, psychology, and economics.
Listen now: neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/neurofo...
In today’s podcast, Stanford neuroeconomist Brian Knutson explores how brain signals shape choice, risk, and attention—bridging neuroscience, psychology, and economics.
Listen now: neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/neurofo...
Last week, our lab directors hosted a Neurosciences Community Labs Lunch & Learn. Attendees interested in using the facilities learned about the internal and external resources offered by the community labs. Thanks to everyone who joined us!
October 27, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Last week, our lab directors hosted a Neurosciences Community Labs Lunch & Learn. Attendees interested in using the facilities learned about the internal and external resources offered by the community labs. Thanks to everyone who joined us!
Our podcast won 2 Signal Awards (@signalawards.bsky.social) for brand storytelling in Science & Education!
🥈 Silver Signal Award
🏅 Listener's Choice Award
Thanks to our fascinating guests, wonderful audience, host Nicholas Weiler, and podcast producer Michael Osborne for making this possible!
🥈 Silver Signal Award
🏅 Listener's Choice Award
Thanks to our fascinating guests, wonderful audience, host Nicholas Weiler, and podcast producer Michael Osborne for making this possible!
October 20, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Our podcast won 2 Signal Awards (@signalawards.bsky.social) for brand storytelling in Science & Education!
🥈 Silver Signal Award
🏅 Listener's Choice Award
Thanks to our fascinating guests, wonderful audience, host Nicholas Weiler, and podcast producer Michael Osborne for making this possible!
🥈 Silver Signal Award
🏅 Listener's Choice Award
Thanks to our fascinating guests, wonderful audience, host Nicholas Weiler, and podcast producer Michael Osborne for making this possible!
Why does social isolation reshape the brain?
This week, Ben Rein, a Neuroscientist, science communicator, and author of 'Why Brains Need Friends,' shares how connection influences brain health and what science says about loneliness in the modern world.
🎙️ neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/why-our...
This week, Ben Rein, a Neuroscientist, science communicator, and author of 'Why Brains Need Friends,' shares how connection influences brain health and what science says about loneliness in the modern world.
🎙️ neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/why-our...
October 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Why does social isolation reshape the brain?
This week, Ben Rein, a Neuroscientist, science communicator, and author of 'Why Brains Need Friends,' shares how connection influences brain health and what science says about loneliness in the modern world.
🎙️ neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/why-our...
This week, Ben Rein, a Neuroscientist, science communicator, and author of 'Why Brains Need Friends,' shares how connection influences brain health and what science says about loneliness in the modern world.
🎙️ neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/why-our...
Congrats to Bianxiao Cui on receiving the Transformative Research Award from the National Institutes of Health!
Dr. Cui will use this grant to support research to uncover and target a newly identified survival mechanism of metastatic cancer cells.
Read more: news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
Dr. Cui will use this grant to support research to uncover and target a newly identified survival mechanism of metastatic cancer cells.
Read more: news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
October 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Congrats to Bianxiao Cui on receiving the Transformative Research Award from the National Institutes of Health!
Dr. Cui will use this grant to support research to uncover and target a newly identified survival mechanism of metastatic cancer cells.
Read more: news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
Dr. Cui will use this grant to support research to uncover and target a newly identified survival mechanism of metastatic cancer cells.
Read more: news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
Six @stanford.edu scientists, including Anne Brunet @brunetlab.bsky.social, have been awarded High-Risk, High-Reward Research program grants from the National Institutes of Health.
This will support Brunet's work on the peripheral nervous system, organs & aging.
news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
This will support Brunet's work on the peripheral nervous system, organs & aging.
news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
October 8, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Six @stanford.edu scientists, including Anne Brunet @brunetlab.bsky.social, have been awarded High-Risk, High-Reward Research program grants from the National Institutes of Health.
This will support Brunet's work on the peripheral nervous system, organs & aging.
news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
This will support Brunet's work on the peripheral nervous system, organs & aging.
news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
What happens in our brains when we sketch?
Explore the neuroscience of sketching ideas with Stanford psychologist @judyefan. We discuss how we can better understand what we observe, how we process info, what happens when we put it on a canvas, and more.
🔗 neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/doodles...
Explore the neuroscience of sketching ideas with Stanford psychologist @judyefan. We discuss how we can better understand what we observe, how we process info, what happens when we put it on a canvas, and more.
🔗 neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/doodles...
October 7, 2025 at 9:16 PM
What happens in our brains when we sketch?
Explore the neuroscience of sketching ideas with Stanford psychologist @judyefan. We discuss how we can better understand what we observe, how we process info, what happens when we put it on a canvas, and more.
🔗 neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/doodles...
Explore the neuroscience of sketching ideas with Stanford psychologist @judyefan. We discuss how we can better understand what we observe, how we process info, what happens when we put it on a canvas, and more.
🔗 neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/doodles...
Congrats to the Seed Grant awardees! Projects include efforts to develop new tools for delivering drugs to the brain; study the role of neuropeptide molecules in pain & brain signaling; and probe the links between genetics, inflammation, & Alzheimer’s.
🔗 neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/pain-al...
🔗 neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/pain-al...
October 2, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Congrats to the Seed Grant awardees! Projects include efforts to develop new tools for delivering drugs to the brain; study the role of neuropeptide molecules in pain & brain signaling; and probe the links between genetics, inflammation, & Alzheimer’s.
🔗 neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/pain-al...
🔗 neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/pain-al...
Wu Tsai Neuro affiliate Jessica Ross and colleagues used TMS pulses to induce movements in people's hands—a common testing ground for new ideas in the field. By carefully timing those pulses to music, the team found they could double the impact of TMS.
neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/groove-...
neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/groove-...
September 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Wu Tsai Neuro affiliate Jessica Ross and colleagues used TMS pulses to induce movements in people's hands—a common testing ground for new ideas in the field. By carefully timing those pulses to music, the team found they could double the impact of TMS.
neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/groove-...
neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/groove-...
What can neuroscience tell us about psychosis?
Stanford psychiatrist Jacob Ballon and peer advocate Shannon Pagdon join our podcast to explore neuroscience, lived experience, and the shift toward recovery-oriented care.
Listen now: neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/what-ps...
Stanford psychiatrist Jacob Ballon and peer advocate Shannon Pagdon join our podcast to explore neuroscience, lived experience, and the shift toward recovery-oriented care.
Listen now: neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/what-ps...
September 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
What can neuroscience tell us about psychosis?
Stanford psychiatrist Jacob Ballon and peer advocate Shannon Pagdon join our podcast to explore neuroscience, lived experience, and the shift toward recovery-oriented care.
Listen now: neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/what-ps...
Stanford psychiatrist Jacob Ballon and peer advocate Shannon Pagdon join our podcast to explore neuroscience, lived experience, and the shift toward recovery-oriented care.
Listen now: neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/what-ps...
Stanford undergrads and local community college students paired with Wu Tsai Neuro researchers to find new ways to head off strokes, predict Alzheimer's disease, and more at the Annual NeURO and NeURO-CC Poster Session.
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Read the full story in the comments.
September 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Stanford undergrads and local community college students paired with Wu Tsai Neuro researchers to find new ways to head off strokes, predict Alzheimer's disease, and more at the Annual NeURO and NeURO-CC Poster Session.
Read the full story in the comments.
Read the full story in the comments.
Meet Muina Zaman, a 2025 NeURO-CC Fellow!
A Computer and Data Science major, Muina is working in the Zaharchuk Lab with mentor Bin Jiang to learn how tech and data can drive innovation in medical research. She aims to advance personalized medicine and healthcare equity.
A Computer and Data Science major, Muina is working in the Zaharchuk Lab with mentor Bin Jiang to learn how tech and data can drive innovation in medical research. She aims to advance personalized medicine and healthcare equity.
September 9, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Meet Muina Zaman, a 2025 NeURO-CC Fellow!
A Computer and Data Science major, Muina is working in the Zaharchuk Lab with mentor Bin Jiang to learn how tech and data can drive innovation in medical research. She aims to advance personalized medicine and healthcare equity.
A Computer and Data Science major, Muina is working in the Zaharchuk Lab with mentor Bin Jiang to learn how tech and data can drive innovation in medical research. She aims to advance personalized medicine and healthcare equity.
Introducing Aljona Reyno, a 2025 NeURO-CC Fellow!
Aljona studies Psychology at Foothill College with a focus on neuroscience. In the Bruce McCandliss Lab, she’s working with mentor Cherrysse Ulsa to research how neuroscience can support mental health and social change.
#Research #MentalHealth
Aljona studies Psychology at Foothill College with a focus on neuroscience. In the Bruce McCandliss Lab, she’s working with mentor Cherrysse Ulsa to research how neuroscience can support mental health and social change.
#Research #MentalHealth
September 8, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Introducing Aljona Reyno, a 2025 NeURO-CC Fellow!
Aljona studies Psychology at Foothill College with a focus on neuroscience. In the Bruce McCandliss Lab, she’s working with mentor Cherrysse Ulsa to research how neuroscience can support mental health and social change.
#Research #MentalHealth
Aljona studies Psychology at Foothill College with a focus on neuroscience. In the Bruce McCandliss Lab, she’s working with mentor Cherrysse Ulsa to research how neuroscience can support mental health and social change.
#Research #MentalHealth
Music activates most regions of the brain, which may help explain its healing potential.
Neuroscientist, musician & author Daniel Levitin joins us to share how music is being used to help heal disorders like Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, chronic pain & more.
neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/i-heard...
Neuroscientist, musician & author Daniel Levitin joins us to share how music is being used to help heal disorders like Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, chronic pain & more.
neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/i-heard...
September 4, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Music activates most regions of the brain, which may help explain its healing potential.
Neuroscientist, musician & author Daniel Levitin joins us to share how music is being used to help heal disorders like Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, chronic pain & more.
neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/i-heard...
Neuroscientist, musician & author Daniel Levitin joins us to share how music is being used to help heal disorders like Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, chronic pain & more.
neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/i-heard...
Meet Jillian Quach, a 2025 NeURO-CC Fellow!
A Biology major, Jillian is working in the Frank Longo Lab under mentor Tao Tang to explore the molecular mechanisms that contribute to brain health. She hopes to advance neuroscience through research and meaningful societal impact.
#Stanford #Research
A Biology major, Jillian is working in the Frank Longo Lab under mentor Tao Tang to explore the molecular mechanisms that contribute to brain health. She hopes to advance neuroscience through research and meaningful societal impact.
#Stanford #Research
September 3, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Introducing Manuel Moya, a 2025 NeURO-CC Fellow!
A Computer Science major at De Anza College, Manuel is working in the Todd Coleman Lab with mentor Sabrina Liu. He hopes to leverage technology to improve healthcare and advance neuroscience and medical research in the future.
A Computer Science major at De Anza College, Manuel is working in the Todd Coleman Lab with mentor Sabrina Liu. He hopes to leverage technology to improve healthcare and advance neuroscience and medical research in the future.
August 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Introducing Manuel Moya, a 2025 NeURO-CC Fellow!
A Computer Science major at De Anza College, Manuel is working in the Todd Coleman Lab with mentor Sabrina Liu. He hopes to leverage technology to improve healthcare and advance neuroscience and medical research in the future.
A Computer Science major at De Anza College, Manuel is working in the Todd Coleman Lab with mentor Sabrina Liu. He hopes to leverage technology to improve healthcare and advance neuroscience and medical research in the future.
Meet Kelly Mac, a 2025 NeURO-CC Fellow!
Kelly is a freshman at @go2missionsc.bsky.social. She is working in the lab of Irene Llorente under the mentorship of Vanessa Kan.
She plans to transfer to a four-year university and study biochemistry, with the goal of becoming a physician.
Kelly is a freshman at @go2missionsc.bsky.social. She is working in the lab of Irene Llorente under the mentorship of Vanessa Kan.
She plans to transfer to a four-year university and study biochemistry, with the goal of becoming a physician.
August 27, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Meet Kelly Mac, a 2025 NeURO-CC Fellow!
Kelly is a freshman at @go2missionsc.bsky.social. She is working in the lab of Irene Llorente under the mentorship of Vanessa Kan.
She plans to transfer to a four-year university and study biochemistry, with the goal of becoming a physician.
Kelly is a freshman at @go2missionsc.bsky.social. She is working in the lab of Irene Llorente under the mentorship of Vanessa Kan.
She plans to transfer to a four-year university and study biochemistry, with the goal of becoming a physician.
What happens in the brain as children learn to read?
Bruce McCandliss, Director of the Stanford Educational Neuroscience Initiative, explains how literacy reorganizes neural systems—and how this research can help us support struggling readers.
Listen now: neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/how-we-...
Bruce McCandliss, Director of the Stanford Educational Neuroscience Initiative, explains how literacy reorganizes neural systems—and how this research can help us support struggling readers.
Listen now: neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/how-we-...
August 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
What happens in the brain as children learn to read?
Bruce McCandliss, Director of the Stanford Educational Neuroscience Initiative, explains how literacy reorganizes neural systems—and how this research can help us support struggling readers.
Listen now: neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/how-we-...
Bruce McCandliss, Director of the Stanford Educational Neuroscience Initiative, explains how literacy reorganizes neural systems—and how this research can help us support struggling readers.
Listen now: neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/how-we-...
Meet Sumaya Journati, a 2025 NeURO-CC Fellow!
A Neuroscience major at
@go2missionsc.bsky.social, Sumaya is working in the lab of Birgitt Schuele under the mentorship of G Kumar and Faria Zafar.
She plans to transfer to a research-focused university and pursue a career as a neuroscientist.
A Neuroscience major at
@go2missionsc.bsky.social, Sumaya is working in the lab of Birgitt Schuele under the mentorship of G Kumar and Faria Zafar.
She plans to transfer to a research-focused university and pursue a career as a neuroscientist.
August 19, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Meet Sumaya Journati, a 2025 NeURO-CC Fellow!
A Neuroscience major at
@go2missionsc.bsky.social, Sumaya is working in the lab of Birgitt Schuele under the mentorship of G Kumar and Faria Zafar.
She plans to transfer to a research-focused university and pursue a career as a neuroscientist.
A Neuroscience major at
@go2missionsc.bsky.social, Sumaya is working in the lab of Birgitt Schuele under the mentorship of G Kumar and Faria Zafar.
She plans to transfer to a research-focused university and pursue a career as a neuroscientist.
Introducing Natalia Jaramillo Becerra, a 2025 NeURO-CC Fellow!
Natalia is studying how neuroscience research can support patient care in the @erinmgibson.bsky.social Lab under mentor Themistoklis Tsarouchas. She aims to become a neurosurgeon advancing health equity.
#Neuroscience #Research
Natalia is studying how neuroscience research can support patient care in the @erinmgibson.bsky.social Lab under mentor Themistoklis Tsarouchas. She aims to become a neurosurgeon advancing health equity.
#Neuroscience #Research
August 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Introducing Natalia Jaramillo Becerra, a 2025 NeURO-CC Fellow!
Natalia is studying how neuroscience research can support patient care in the @erinmgibson.bsky.social Lab under mentor Themistoklis Tsarouchas. She aims to become a neurosurgeon advancing health equity.
#Neuroscience #Research
Natalia is studying how neuroscience research can support patient care in the @erinmgibson.bsky.social Lab under mentor Themistoklis Tsarouchas. She aims to become a neurosurgeon advancing health equity.
#Neuroscience #Research
Meet Stefanie Garza, a 2025 NeURO-CC Fellow!
A microbiology major at De Anza College, Stefanie studies the connection between the brain and its environment in the lab of @erinmgibson.bsky.social with mentor Yohan Auguste. She aims to help both people and the planet through scientific research.
A microbiology major at De Anza College, Stefanie studies the connection between the brain and its environment in the lab of @erinmgibson.bsky.social with mentor Yohan Auguste. She aims to help both people and the planet through scientific research.
August 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Meet Stefanie Garza, a 2025 NeURO-CC Fellow!
A microbiology major at De Anza College, Stefanie studies the connection between the brain and its environment in the lab of @erinmgibson.bsky.social with mentor Yohan Auguste. She aims to help both people and the planet through scientific research.
A microbiology major at De Anza College, Stefanie studies the connection between the brain and its environment in the lab of @erinmgibson.bsky.social with mentor Yohan Auguste. She aims to help both people and the planet through scientific research.
What does neuroscience reveal about how kids with autism process voices?
Stanford neuroscientist Dan Abrams shares how the brain’s hearing centers connect with voice-reward networks, and how this could inform early intervention for kids on the spectrum.
neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/why-voi...
Stanford neuroscientist Dan Abrams shares how the brain’s hearing centers connect with voice-reward networks, and how this could inform early intervention for kids on the spectrum.
neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/why-voi...
August 7, 2025 at 7:31 PM
What does neuroscience reveal about how kids with autism process voices?
Stanford neuroscientist Dan Abrams shares how the brain’s hearing centers connect with voice-reward networks, and how this could inform early intervention for kids on the spectrum.
neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/why-voi...
Stanford neuroscientist Dan Abrams shares how the brain’s hearing centers connect with voice-reward networks, and how this could inform early intervention for kids on the spectrum.
neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/why-voi...