Neuroscience

Movies Brain Function

Movies are helping scientists map how the brain responds to audio and visual stimulation

From diagnosing brain disorders to cognitive enhancement, 100 years of EEG have transformed neuroscience

EEG History Uses

Can we train our taste buds for health? A neuroscientist explains how genes and diet shape taste

Taste Buds Health Foods

Brain scans pinpoint unique responses to chronic pain, paving way for better treatments

Chronic Pain Brain Scans 2

Where were you on 9/11? Why our 'flashbulb' memories aren't as accurate as we believe

memories of sept 11

Learning a new skill? Taking short breaks could help, research shows

Learning a new skill

Thomas Jefferson University projects to be conducted as part of first private mission to International Space Station

Jefferson Space Mission

You don't have a male or female brain – the more brains scientists study, the weaker the evidence for sex differences

Brain Sex Differences

Former FDA head Stephen Hahn joins board of Philly therapeutics company

'Silent' neurological damage caused by COVID-19 may lead to future health problems

Brain deficits with COVID

Penn researcher's breakthrough enables blind to 'see' letters, shapes

Blind Penn Vision

The causes of epilepsy are not always clear, but there are ways to treat and prevent it

Understanding epilepsy

Children's Health

Adult, baby brains mirror each other during play, Princeton study finds

Princeton Babies

Bad dreams may help you deal with your fear, study says

Bad dreams benefit emotions

Extra virgin olive oil could help prevent dementia, Temple researchers find

EVOO

A specialized brain cell could be a root cause of OCD and anxiety, especially in women

OCD Anxiety Cells

Brain surgery patient grateful to now live as a 'stereotypical' young adult

Penn Medicine Brain Surgery AVM 2

Penn researcher behind Alzheimer's discoveries wins $3 million prize

Virginia M.Y. Lee

CHOP study finds potential blood-based biomarker for PTSD

CHOP PTSD

Reading and listening to books stimulates the same areas of the brain

Brain Maps Berkeley Reading Books Listening Audiobooks study

Americans are OK with adults using Adderall at work – but not athletes or students

Does Adderall help with tests?

Our brains are hardwired to scarf down calorie-rich foods – new study explains why

brain overeating

Penn Medicine breaks ground on new Radnor outpatient center

Radnor Penn Medicine

Why are there so many suckers? A neuropsychologist explains

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How do you view a person with a facial deformity?

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Penn Medicine launches first neuroaesthetics research center in United States

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CHOP finds brain remaps in child who received double hand transplant

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Penn study spots evidence for higher concussion vulnerability in women

Can memory loss be cured? Penn researchers' brain map has some answers

Penn experiments discover brain region key to driving behavioral change

CHOP looks to brain scans for breakthrough in early detection of autism

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Infrequently Asked Questions: Do puzzles really 'train your brain'?

Drexel researchers devise headband to measure social brain activity

Awaiting sentencing, Fattah launches neuroscience consulting group

This Philly biotech company wants to revive the dead

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Jefferson 'neurotheologist' featured on 'The Story of God with Morgan Freeman'

Jefferson receives $20 million gift for CRISP initiative

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Penn scientists find dopamine bursts aren't just for happy times

Lab mouse

Jefferson neuroscience receives $500K gift for new Stem Cell Center

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Scientists discover six new neurons in brain cell census

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Drexel neurosurgeon to provide treatments for Parkinson's, other movement-related disorders

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Three monkeys linked in 'brainet' experiment show power of collective mind

Gallery: Art and the Brain at the Mütter Museum

Carroll - Mind Illuminated Exhibit Mutter Museum

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