Researchers working in the lab of Carnegie Mellon University neuroscientist Aryn Gittis have identified two groups of neurons that can be turned on and off to alleviate the movement-related symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. The activation of these cells ... read more
Steven Chase (BME), received the 2017 Dean’s Early Career Fellowships for groundbreaking work in his field. Dr Chase is one of 4 young CMU faculty members who have been granted fellowships to provide funding to further their outstanding research. The De... read more
Carnegie Mellon University’s Roberta Klatzky has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, joining the world’s most accomplished scholars, scientists, writers, artists and civic leaders. Dr. Klatzky, the Charles J. Queenan Professor o... read more
Neuroscientists in Alison Barth’s lab at Carnegie Mellon University have identified principles for information processing in the neocortex, an evolutionarily expanded area of the brain critical for cognition. The study is one of most elaborate of it... read more
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University are closer than ever before to understanding the neural basis of facial identification. CMU’s Mark D. Vida, a postdoctoral research fellow in the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences’ Dep... read more
Marlene Behrmann, George A. and Helen Dunham Cowan Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Professor of Psychology at CMU, and Wayne Wu, Associate Director and Associate Professor, Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, will discuss the topics of visi... read more
Matt Smith, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and member of the CNBC, recently appeared on “Sight: The Story of Vision”, an hour-long documentary broadcast on PBS. The film, narrated by Sir Elton John, begins with an overview of the basic s... read more
Steven Chase, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and the Center for Neural Basis of Cognition was recently awarded the National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award to discover the link between the neural reo... read more
In a recent study, CNBC researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have demonstrated substantial anatomical connections between the adrenal medulla, which regulates responses in conditions of physical and emotional stress, and a variety of cortical areas... read more
David Danks has been named the Louis Leon (L.L.) Thurstone Professor of Philosophy and Psychology. Danks, head of the Department of Philosophy, uses computational cognitive science to develop computational models to describe, predict and, most importan... read more