talked about the “lowly origins” of humanity, and he was just talking apes. Nick Strausfeld, in the first of the UA College of Science “Evolving Brain” lectures, traces development of the human brain ...

It may seem unlikely, but bars in San Francisco are sites for academic lectures, part of a new program called Big Brain SF. "People are there for the knowledge, but they’re also there for the ...

A single week of intensive meditation and mind-body practices led to measurable changes across the brain and body. Researchers observed improved brain efficiency, boosted immune signaling, and ...

The human brain solves problems in a nearly perfect way, if you observe the biology of it from the perspective of a physicist. Biophysicist William Bialek, the final speaker in the “Evolving Brain” ...

The UA College of Science “Mind and Brain” lecture series that’s been filling up Centennial Hall continues this evening with “The Making of a Mind,” presented by LouAnn Gerken, a professor of ...

Patel and colleagues took 20 healthy adults and dropped them into a seven-day retreat that was part classroom, part monastery ...

Decade of the Brain Lecture, 8:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.: "Consolidating the gains in brain" Presidential Special Lecture, 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.: "Cell death in development ...

Shaun Nichols, a professor of philosophy, will discuss: Does morality come from the emotions, or from rational thought? Philosophers have struggled with this question for centuries. Recent work in ...

On the occasion of the scientific opening symposium of the Cooperative Brain Imaging Center Frankfurt two public events happen focusing on brain research. FRANKFURT. The Cooperative Brain Imaging ...

A dimly lit suburban resto bar, quiet chatter, rows of chairs facing a projector screen, one might think it’s trivia night, but no, it’s a lecture on emotional neuroscience. Across cities like Pune, ...