How the Brain Seeks Pleasure and Avoids Pain
Neuroscientist Kay Tye tackles the physical basis of emotions and behavior. As a child, Kay Tye was immersed in a life of science. “I grew up in my mom’s lab,” she says. At the age of five or [...]
New method could take a snapshot of the whole brain in action
Imagine being able to take a crystal-clear snapshot of an entire brain, recording what every single neuron was doing at a particular moment as an animal experienced fear or pleasure or any other [...]
New tool offers snapshots of neuron activity
FLARE technique can reveal which cells respond during different tasks. Many cognitive processes, such as decision-making, take place within seconds or minutes. Neuroscientists have longed to [...]