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Farhan Jivraj sits at a desk and looks at the topographic rug in the biophilic room

Can nature-inspired designs affect cognition and mood?

A team from the Center for Neuroaesthetics created a biophilic room to test the idea. Preliminary findings from a small pilot show promise, but also spur many questions about how to best use such a space.

Microscopic view of illuminated brain neurons.

New evidence suggests human brain produces immature neurons throughout lifespan

Work from Perelman School of Medicine and elsewhere found these neurons in significant numbers in the hippocampus. The findings pave the way for the deeper study of the role this neuron formation plays in memory, mood, behavior, and brain disorders.

Neuroscience says this is what happens to your brain when you don’t get enough sleep

The research of Zachary Zamore and Sigrid C. Veasey of the Perelman School of Medicine shows why it is crucial to study what happens when people become sleep deprived.

Four students and Elizabeth Johnson in a Wharton lab.

A mashup of marketing and neuroscience

Wharton’s Visual Marketing course examines the real-world applications of visual cognition and its influence on consumer behavior.

An elderly person doing a crossword puzzle.

From 5 to 95: The impact of life experiences on brain health

Structural and social determinants of health (SSDoH) are environmental conditions in which individuals are born, live, and learn that affect health, and evidence suggests that SSDoH can help to explain similar outcomes in Alzheimer’s disease.

Dirk Trauner appointed Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor

Trauner, one of the world’s most innovative interdisciplinary chemists, will have joint appointments in the School of Arts & Sciences and in the Perelman School of Medicine.

graphic of person tending to plants growing out of a person's head, suggesting a flourishing mind

Both nature and nurture contribute to signatures of socioeconomic status in the brain

In the first study of its kind, Penn researchers and an international team of collaborators found that genetics and environmental factors contribute to how socioeconomic status shapes the architecture of the brain.

A new approach to nerve healing

Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine developed an injectable microtissue that preserved muscle function in rodents with a severed nerve.

The promise of transcranial magnetic stimulation

Research led by Penn Medicine shows that transcranial magnetic stimulation might help stimulate brain repair by helping the brain “reorganize” signals around the damaged area.

Three adults rhesus macaques and two infants macaques sitting on a rock in a forest located on the island of Cayo Santiago.

Social connections influence brain structure of rhesus macaques

Researchers from Penn, Inserm, and elsewhere observed that the number of grooming partners an individual animal had predicted the size of brain areas associated with social decision-making and empathy.

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