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Johns Hopkins UniversityEst. 1876

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Brain science
Mind tricks
Brain retrained
Published Aug 18, 2015
Researchers learn how visual cortex of blind children adapts to respond to spoken language, sound
What you see
Color in the brain of the beholder
Published June 2, 2015
Brain generalizes millions of colors to 'best' versions of basic colors, research suggests
Say what?
Language and the brain
Published May 6, 2015
Researchers explore how the brain separates our abilities to talk, write
Holy agility!
The biology of bat flight
Published April 30, 2015 Video
Keen sense of touch allows bats to fly with breathtaking precision
Baby talk
How little ones learn best
Published April 2, 2015 Video
Infants seek out more information about objects that surprise them, researchers say
Drug shows promise as early dementia treatment
Published March 11, 2015
Hyperactivity calmed in brains of patients at high risk for dementia due to Alzheimer's disease
My View
Going batty
Published March-April 2015
Professor Cindy Moss talks about how she finds bats for her lab—and why she studies them / Gazette
Brain researcher honored
Published Jan 23, 2015
Lisa Feigenson receives $75,000 Troland Research Award from NAS for her ongoing investigation of early brain development, number sense
Innovative ideas, born over beers
Published Jan-Feb 2015
How an innovative grants program (and Belgian beer mixers) fuel discoveries about the human brain / Gazette
Neuroscientist recognized
Published Nov 17, 2014
Michela Gallagher to receive Lifetime Achievement Award from Society for Neuroscience