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A photograph of a person holding a potted plant. The image depicts only the hands of the person. One hand is holding the small potted plant, while the other hand is touching the leaves of the plant inside. The plant is fuzzy, green stems and leaves about 3 inches tall. — An Alphabet For Hand Actions in the Human Brain

A rendering of an office area with workers and cubicles. — Setting the SCENE for Neuroscience Breakthroughs

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Nov 17, 2025

Bringing sickle cell disease pain into focus

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Nov 06, 2025

Plush Neuron Makes AI Approachable

Oct 15, 2025

Amy Bastian to Receive Andrew Carnegie Prize in Mind and Brain Sciences

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Oct 01, 2025

The Long Game

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Sep 25, 2025

Elizabeth Lee Awarded 2025 Sutherland-Merlino Fellowship

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Sep 15, 2025

Better Screening Tool for Sickle Cell Disease Progression

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Aug 29, 2025

An Alphabet For Hand Actions in the Human Brain

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Aug 22, 2025

Laurie Heller Is Changing How We Understand, and Potentially Treat, Misophonia

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Aug 21, 2025

What Happens in the Brain When it Learns Something New

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Jul 07, 2025

Gittis Awarded Dr. Frederick A. Schwertz Distinguished Professorship of Life Sciences

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Jul 01, 2025

BCI Robotic Hand Control Reaches New Finger-Level Milestone

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Jun 24, 2025

Improved Muscle Mapping Could Aid Neurological Treatment

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Jun 09, 2025

Jessica Cantlon's 'Science Homecoming' Mobilizes Scientists to Advocate for Support

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May 19, 2025

Physics Powers Li's Neuroscience Discoveries

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May 13, 2025

Setting the SCENE for Neuroscience Breakthroughs

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May 08, 2025

CMU Neuroscientist Has Big Plans for Guggenheim Fellowship

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Apr 16, 2025

Advancing Neuroscience While Removing Racial Bias

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Apr 11, 2025

Research Rising Stars

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Apr 08, 2025

Keen Mind

Apr 01, 2025

Chase Elected to AIMBE College of Fellows

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Mar 19, 2025

Obituary: Carl Olson Advanced Our Understanding of the Neural Basis of Cognition

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Feb 27, 2025

Teaching Computational Neuroscience on the African Continent

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Feb 24, 2025

A New Minimally Invasive Method for Deep Brain Stimulation

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Feb 20, 2025

Researchers Propose Framework to Identify Food Selectivity Origins in the Brain

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Feb 10, 2025

Developmental Psychologists and Statisticians Come Together to Ensure Research Tools Measure Up

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Feb 05, 2025

Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellows Map Language in the Brain

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Jan 23, 2025

Neuroscience Institute Spurs Collaboration, New Discoveries

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Jan 21, 2025

Insights on Limits of Non-Invasive Deep-Brain Stimulation

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Jan 17, 2025

The One-Way Paths of Neural Population Activity

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Dec 10, 2024

BRAIN Initiative Director Visits CMU, Pitt

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