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Neuroscience
Brain science
Free will in the brain
Published July 13, 2016 Video
JHU researchers glimpse the human brain making a purely voluntary decision to act
Faculty honors
Huganir to lead Society for Neuroscience
Published July 5, 2016
JHU researcher elected president of world's largest organization of scientists, physicians who focus on brain, nervous system
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Addiction
Driven to binge
Published May 31, 2016
Researchers locate what could be brain's trigger for binge behavior
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Neuroscience of fun
Lighten up, it's good for you
Published Summer 2016
Scientists explain the tricky, vague, and elusive neuroscience of fun / Johns Hopkins Magazine
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Zika virus
'Mini-brains' help show how Zika affects fetal cortex
Published April 22, 2016
Researchers confirm key process by which virus causes microcephaly, other damage in fetal brains
Research award
Sol Snyder honored
Published April 19, 2016
Pioneering neuroscientist receives Salk Institute's Medal for Research Excellence
Wendy Suzuki
Q+A
Finding her happy
Published April 11, 2016
For neuroscientist and author Wendy Suzuki, learning how exercise affects the brain has been a life-changing experience
Evidence
Why you can't stop checking your phone
Published Spring 2016
Neuroscientists are probing the brain to figure out what happens when we lose focus / Johns Hopkins Magazine
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Brain science
How we know what's up
Published March 10, 2016
Scientists find neurons that use environmental cues to infer direction of gravity
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Neuroscience
Big potential of 'mini-brains'
Published Feb 12, 2016 Video
Human-derived structures could allow for better research, reduce animal testing / School of Public Health