People Majewska honored by NINDS for exceptional mentorship By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Jun. 21, 2022 Ania Majewska, Ph.D., has been named a 2022 Landis Award for Outstanding Mentorship awardee by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) for her dedication to superior ...
Research Walking gives the brain a ‘step-up’ in function for some By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Jun. 17, 2022 It has long been thought that when walking is combined with a task – both suffer. Researchers at the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience at the University of Rochester found that this is not always ...
Research How the brain interprets motion while in motion By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Jun. 15, 2022 New findings about how the brain interprets sensory information may have applications for treating brain disorders and designing artificial intelligence.
Research New research finds the risk of psychotic-like experiences can start in childhood By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Apr. 25, 2022 Research has long focused on the impact environmental and socio-economic factors – including income disparity, family poverty, and air pollution – have on increasing a person’s risk of developing ...
Research Diverse minds and determined hearts make change: Forging equitability in Neuroscience By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Apr. 25, 2022 The Neuroscience Diversity Commission has a simple but powerful purpose – to fundamentally change the bench. The group was formed in 2020 and has been meeting bi-weekly since. Made up of mostly ...
Education Student Spotlight: Victoria Popov By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Apr. 25, 2022 Victoria Popov is a second year in the Neuroscience Graduate Program at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Popov graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology with an M.S. in professional ...
People Faculty Q&A: Samuel Norman-Haignere By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Apr. 25, 2022 Samuel Norman-Haignere, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of Neuroscience, and Biostatistics and Computational Biology. He received his B.A. in Cognitive Science from Yale University and completed his ...
Research The art of smell: Research suggests the brain processes smell both like a painting and a symphony By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Apr. 4, 2022 New research suggest the brain has multiple responses to representing a smell. In one strategy, the brain uses a snapshot, like a painting or a photograph, at a given moment to capture the essential ...
Research A key to restoring sight may be held in a drug that treats alcoholism By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Mar. 18, 2022 The pathway that the drug disulfiram blocks to treat alcoholism was very similar to the pathway that’s hyper-activated in degenerative blindness.
Research Researcher develops new methods to understand how the brain responds to sounds – including singing By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Feb. 23, 2022 New research has identified neurons in the brain that ‘light up’ to the sound of singing, but do not respond to any other type of music.