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A photograph of a tree that has knots that resemble a face
Neuroscience
We see faces, everywhere
Published Winter 2024
Humans see the face of an old man in the knots of a tree, the shape of an animal in the clouds, the man on the moon. There's a word for that phenomenon: pareidolia. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
A little brown bat rests on a log
Animal behavior
Bats' Plan B for when they can't hear
Published Nov 25, 2024
New research by Johns Hopkins neuroscientists reveals instant compensation strategy that other animals might share
Flat Map With Location Pointer Illustration
Neuroscience
Brains can tune their navigation system without landmarks
Published June 27, 2024
Johns Hopkins team discovers visual motion clues alone help recalibrate your brain's internal GPS
Susan Courtney
In memoriam
Visionary cognitive neuroscientist Susan Courtney dies at 57
Published June 13, 2024
Courtney's research focused on understanding the neural basis of higher cognitive function, and she was especially interested in how brain structure was affected by aging or disease
Curious little white laboratory mouse looking out of a cage and a hand of a researcher
Animal cognition
'Surprisingly strategic' mice think like babies
Published April 26, 2024
Findings by Johns Hopkins neuroscientists deepen our understanding of animal cognition
A robotic surgical device demonstrates a brain operation technique on a clear mannekin head
Biomedical engineering
Navigational technology aids brain surgery visualization
Published Aug 31, 2023
Researchers demonstrate promise of 'augmented endoscopy,' a real-time neurosurgical guidance method that uses advanced computer vision
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The artful mind
Published Summer 2023
In their new book, authors Susan Magsamen, founder and director of the International Arts + Mind Lab, and Ivy Ross contend that making and experiencing art can help us flourish / Johns Hopkins Magazine
A magenta line weaves through an array of fluorescent green dots
Neuroscience
Machine learning helps scientists see synapse changes
Published June 7, 2023
Visualizing connections in the brain could yield insights into how our brains change with learning, aging, injury, and disease
A person holding a model of a brain
In Memoriam
Donald Price, a pioneer in clinical and experimental neuropathology, dies at 87
Published May 31, 2023
Price, the founding director of the Division of Neuropathology at Johns Hopkins Medicine is remembered for his mentorship and influential research
A person skis
Neuroscience
New study reveals set of brain regions that control complex sequences of movement
Published May 13, 2023
A new study in mice highlights areas of their brains that control complex movements. The findings could be used to target those regions in humans and restore motor function caused by injury or illness