Luvaas grant expands Alzheimer’s research
Updated from an article originally published in the Winter 2018 Alzheimer’s Update Alzheimer’s Disease causes irreversible brain degeneration, taking with it the thinking skills and memories...
Category: Behavioral Neuroscience
A look at the influence of race and emotional context on face perception
Unofficial reports by some media outlets and community outreach organizations that track and document police violence demonstrate that more than any other demographic group, young black males are at...
Nourish your neurons during the 2018 Brain Awareness Season
What are the ingredients we need to maximize our brains' potential? This year, our 2018 Brain Awareness Season lecture series explores the critical influence nourishing the brain has on our daily...
Year in review: The most popular “On the Brain” posts of 2017
As we welcome in 2018, here’s a look back at the ten most popular posts of 2017. 1. A strong neuroscience program is about to get stronger—meet leaders and researchers at the...
Discovering the latest in TBI research, evaluation and treatment
For many graduate students, myself included, conferences and symposiums are little more than an opportunity to stuff your face with free food, nervously defend your most bewildering preliminary data,...
A look back at SAIL, the Summer Academy to Inspire Learning
As students end their summer break and head back to school this month, we take a look back at July's Summer Academy to Inspire Learning (SAIL), a week-long summer camp for high school students...
Meet the minds behind NW Noggin, a K-12 neuroscience outreach program
At 8 a.m. in an eastern Washington elementary school gymnasium, Bill Griesar, Ph.D. ’01, is in a situation that would make anyone else sweat. Dr. Griesar has brought his group of neuroscience...
Taking a seat at the table as an advocate for science
Our first meeting on Capitol Hill was in the office of Senator Jeff Merkley. I was seated across from a staff member with expertise in health policy and next to neuroscience department chairs...
New research looks at the influence of race and emotional context on face perception
Reports by some media outlets and community outreach organizations that track and document police violence demonstrate that more than any other demographic group, young black males may be at a...