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Helen Hou partners with International Brain Laboratory

Caroline Cosgrove — Thu, 14 May 2026 14:00:34 +0000

��ϳԹ��Դ Assistant Professor Helen Hou and her lab have been selected as one of the seven inaugural project partners of the International Brain Laboratory (IBL). Supported by the Simons Foundation, the IBL is a global collaboration of independent labs seeking to bring about a better understanding of the brain. The 22-member consortium...

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Say Cheese3D: A new model for tracking facial expression

Samuel Diamond — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:00:05 +0000

Nature Neuroscience, Kyle Daruwalla, Irene Nozal Martin, and colleagues at ��ϳԹ��Դ introduce a computer vision system called Cheese3D. As senior author Helen Hou puts it, “Cheese3D turns the face into a window into the brain.” Image: Kyra Wang" data-description="A pencil drawing of three bats in different poses, overlaid with blue perspective grid lines." />Love, pain, joy, fear, desire: the full spectrum of emotion resides in facial expression. We grasp this almost intuitively. However, we still lack a quantifiable understanding of the nuanced relationship between the face and the brain. We haven’t yet found a way to precisely measure and reliably interpret the full complexity of facial expressions in...

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Great minds think AI

Luis Sandoval — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 11:30:49 +0000

What if there was a tiny drone whose in-flight controls were modeled on the visual capabilities of the common fruit fly? What if individual neurons in the human brain were sensitive to speech context? Yesterday’s flights of fancy are today’s emerging discoveries as leading scientists from around the world gather at ��ϳԹ��Դ...

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Animal behavior quiz

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

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Isabella Rossellini shares the stage with CSHL

Communications Department — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 11:30:03 +0000

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Tour a CSHL lab with film icon Isabella Rossellini

Communications Department — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 12:30:19 +0000

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Darwin’s Smile explores the cross-section of art and science

Luis Sandoval — Fri, 02 Dec 2022 12:30:10 +0000

Blue Velvet and Death Becomes Her. She is also the daughter of influential Italian film director Roberto Rossellini and Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman. Image: © André Rau" data-description="" />Humans convey a wide range of emotions through facial expressions. But emotions aren’t inherently human. Anyone with a pet dog or cat knows that animals also use facial expressions to communicate with us and each other. Why have these emotions and facial expressions been conserved throughout evolution? That is what famed Italian actress Isabella Rossellini...

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CSHL welcomes neuroscientist Helen Hou

Nick Wurm — Fri, 01 Jul 2022 11:30:46 +0000

Helen Hou joined ��ϳԹ��Դ’s neuroscience faculty on July 1, 2022. The Hou Lab explores how the brain controls movements and behaviors, including how the brain coordinates facial expressions to convey emotions. “I’m excited to recruit and mentor lab members from a diverse range of backgrounds in biology, engineering, and quantitative disciplines to...

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