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Worldwide collaboration, brain-wide technology

Samuel Diamond — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 11:30:59 +0000

What if we could map how behaviors play out across the entire brain at the level of single cells? What if, using that data, we could measure how prior knowledge affects decision-making? As featured on CNN, two new studies from the International Brain Laboratory (IBL) suggest it’s no longer a question of “if” but “when.”...

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Mind-blowing neuroscience research

Communications Department — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 11:30:19 +0000

The brain is the most complex and powerful part of the human body. When things are working as they should, we don’t notice at all. However, any number of conditions can disrupt healthy brain function. ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) neuroscientists focus on understanding how neural connections in the brain translate into behavior. Their research...

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A hearing aid for … your nose?

Nick Wurm — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 12:30:56 +0000

AI generated voice with Florin Albeanu’s actual voice Kaboom! The first time most of us hear the sound of an explosion is in the movies. Encountering the sound in the real world—even at a distance—has a profoundly different effect. Why? It’s all about context. How we react to sounds and other sensory stimuli depends on...

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At the Lab Season 1 Research Rewind: Neuroscience

Communications Department — Tue, 15 Oct 2024 11:30:25 +0000

Trying to remember that one thing that one CSHL scientist said about the brain that one time? Jog your memory and catch up on what you might have missed in our latest Research Rewind. This week At the Lab, you’ll hear all about our innovative neuroscience research from CSHL scientists Arkarup Banerjee, Benjamin Cowley, Hiro...

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At the Lab Episode 14: What’s that smell?

Communications Department — Tue, 09 Jul 2024 11:30:02 +0000

Smell is often dismissed as somehow less important than our other four senses. But you shouldn’t look down your nose at it. After all, in the wild, it could mean the difference between life and death. This week At the Lab, CSHL Associate Professor Saket Navlakha offers insight into how we learn to distinguish between...

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Cocktails & Chromosomes: Of mice and moms

Communications Department — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 16:00:43 +0000

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At the Lab Episode 9: Musical mice

Communications Department — Tue, 28 May 2024 11:30:20 +0000

Imagine walking along a busy city sidewalk. How do you know when to change pace with the crowd? Now think about striking up a conversation. How can you tell when to speak faster or slower? CSHL Assistant Professor Arkarup Banerjee seeks to answer these questions with the help of an animal called Alston’s singing mouse.

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New AI accurately predicts fly behavior

Samuel Diamond — Wed, 22 May 2024 15:00:49 +0000

We’ve been told, “The eyes are the window to the soul.” Well, windows work two ways. Our eyes are also our windows to the world. What we see and how we see it help determine how we move through the world. In other words, our vision helps guide our actions, including social behaviors. Now, a...

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At the Lab Episode 6: Supermoms to the rescue

Communications Department — Tue, 07 May 2024 11:30:22 +0000

Not all heroes wear capes. You can always count on a supermom to come to the rescue of a child in distress. But just what motivates this behavior, and why does a supermom feel so good when she embraces her crying child? In this episode of At the Lab, Professor Stephen Shea gives us a...

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Alien language: CSHL returns to Cinema Arts Centre

Samuel Diamond — Tue, 12 Mar 2024 11:30:15 +0000

Arrival, accompanied by a discussion with CSHL neuroscientist Arkarup Banerjee. This is CSHL’s second event at the Cinema in as many years. In 2023, CSHL’s Anthony Zador and Kyle Daruwalla spoke about AI at a sold-out screening of Her. Image: Sony Pictures" data-description="" />What if an alien spaceship were to touch down in your front yard tomorrow? How would you communicate with your unexpected guests? How would anyone for that matter? Now, consider the prospect that any unintended miscommunication might result in interstellar war. Questions like these form the premise of 2016 sci-fi blockbuster Arrival, starring Amy Adams...

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How a mouse’s brain bends time

Luis Sandoval — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 10:00:43 +0000

Life has a challenging tempo. Sometimes, it moves faster or slower than we’d like. Nevertheless, we adapt. We pick up the rhythm of conversations. We keep pace with the crowd walking a city sidewalk. ��ϳԹ��Դ Assistant Professor Arkarup Banerjee explains: “There are many instances where we have to do the same action...

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The sound of music … by mice

Communications Department — Fri, 22 Dec 2023 12:30:19 +0000

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Animal behavior quiz

Communications Department — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 17:00:19 +0000

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Smells like learning

Margaret Osborne — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 18:00:33 +0000

Order wine at a fancy restaurant, and the sommelier might describe its aroma as having notes of citrus, tropical fruit, or flowers. Yet, when you take a whiff, it might just smell like … wine. How can wine connoisseurs pick out such similar scents? ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) Associate Professor Saket Navlakha and Salk...

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Reactivate, repurpose, and rewire the brain

Jennifer Michalowski — Wed, 04 Oct 2023 11:30:29 +0000

Developing brains become shaped by the sights, sounds, and experiences of early life. The brain’s circuits grow more stable as we age. However, some experiences later in life open up opportunities for these circuits to be rapidly rewired. New research from ��ϳԹ��Դ Associate Professor Stephen Shea helps explain how the brain adapts...

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What drives mom to pick up the kids?

Communications Department — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 17:00:25 +0000

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The science of supermoms

Nick Wurm — Tue, 10 Jan 2023 12:30:07 +0000

When you pick up a baby, you can’t help feeling happy. But where does this feeling come from? How does it influence future behavior? ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) Associate Professor Stephen Shea has found that, when it comes to maternal care, social contact is its own reward. “We know that, as human beings, it’s...

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Even fruit flies count

Margaret Osborne — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 11:30:26 +0000

Imagine sitting in your house when you hear a knock on your front door. You peer through the window and see a stranger outside. Almost immediately, your brain knows you’ve never encountered this person before. Maybe you feel scared and pretend you’re not home. Now instead of a stranger, imagine a close friend or family...

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Mom’s protective behaviors run deep

Communications Department — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 15:00:53 +0000

The image of a mouse mom fetching her pup safely home calls to mind a human mother’s rapid response when their toddler wanders toward danger. Neuroscientists at ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) now report this resemblance applies in more ways than one. In a first-of-its-kind study, postdoctoral fellow Roman Dvorkin and CSHL Associate Professor Stephen...

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Deciphering algorithms used by ants and the Internet

Eliene Augenbraun — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 00:01:49 +0000

Engineers sometimes turn to nature for inspiration. ��ϳԹ��Դ Associate Professor Saket Navlakha and research scientist Jonathan Suen found that adjustment algorithms—the same feedback control process by which the Internet optimizes data traffic—are used by several natural systems to sense and stabilize behavior, including ant colonies, cells, and neurons. Internet engineers route data...

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