Professor Ricardo Araneda is a co-PI for Learning the Rules of Neuronal Learning, a five-year grant in NSF’s Emerging Frontiers “Understanding the Rules of Learning” program. The project will begin January 1, 2022.
Pioneering late marine researcher took the world along for the ride—literally.
The award from the National Institutes of Health will support his pioneering research to understand how biology influences behavior.
New study by Assistant Professor Heidi Fisher and Postdoctoral Associate Kristin Hook shows that machine learning can help identify cell shapes associated with complex cell behaviors. The results were published on September 22, 2021, in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
Neuroscience and Cognitive Science graduate students Ira Kraemer (advisor: Catherine Carr) and Elizabeth Kolberg wrote an essay in Acoustics Today on how to support disabled people in research and beyond.
A new paper by a group of University of Maryland researchers including Professor Jonathan Simon in the Journal of Neuroscience determines that these cortical networks naturally segregate when listeners are asked to pay attention to either math or to language in a situation where both are present.
The most recent research conducted by Alexander (advisor: Colenso Speer) focuses on investigating a specific neuronal cell type that syncs mammals' sleep/wake cycle—known as circadian rhythm—to the sun cycle.
NIH monkey study with co-author Associate Professor Daniel Butts finds that in visual decision-making, information relevant to the decision is broadcast widely. The study was published in Nature Communications.
Researchers including Professor Sergei Sukharev describe how Trypanosoma cruzi, the parasite that causes Chagas disease, can sense its internal and external environment in a new study published in eLife.
Researchers including Professor Jonathan Simon funded by a new two-year, $460K grant from the National Institutes of Health National Institute on Aging hope to shed light on whether mindfulness training could be used therapeutically to help people who have had minor strokes experience more complete recoveries.