Assistant Professor Tavoni studies how information is encoded and processed in neural networks and the mechanisms that optimize these functions.
Gaia Tavoni, PhD, awarded Sloan Research Fellowship (Links to an external site)
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Key regulator of decision-making pinpointed in brain (Links to an external site)
Findings shed light on mental illnesses, including obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety
How does waste leave the brain? (Links to an external site)
Professor Krikor Dikranian and Assistant Professor Peter Bayguinov among authors of new study in Nature describing a route that serves as a passageway to clear fluid waste from brain.
Newly opened Jeffrey T. Fort Neuroscience Research Building dedicated (Links to an external site)
Celebration signals ‘new era for medical science’
Camillo Padoa-Schioppa: Value in the brain, orbitofrontal cortex, and causality in neuroscience (Links to an external site)
Listen to Professor Padoa-Schioppa discuss his training and research on the BJKS Podcast.
Scialog: Molecular Basis of Cognition Funding Awarded to 7 Research Teams (Links to an external site)
Assistant Professor Yao Chen received two awards for collaborative projects to advance understanding of the molecular or mechanistic processes that underlie memory and cognition.
Do spiders dream? What about cuttlefish? Bearded dragons? (Links to an external site)
Read Professor Paul Shaw’s insights in Big Think on sleep across the animal kingdom.
The Tyrannosaurus rex May Have Had More Brains Than You Think (Links to an external site)
Read Dr. Ashley Morhardt’s comments in Discover on a new study in the Journal of Comparative Neurology.
“Why neuroscience matters, with Ilya Monosov” (Links to an external site)
Dr. Monosov, Associate Professor of Neuroscience, discusses his research on the neurobiological roots of curiosity on the Choose to Be Curious program.
For ninth year David Van Essen earns spot among Highly Cited Researchers
David Van Essen, PhD, Alumni Endowed Professor of Neuroscience at Washington University, is among the scholars on Clarivate’s 2023 list of Highly Cited Researchers.