A detailed look at children’s brains might show how sex and gender are different, new study says Penn In the News CNN A detailed look at children’s brains might show how sex and gender are different, new study says A study co-authored by Dani S. Bassett of the School of Engineering and Applied Science finds that sex and gender map onto largely distinct parts of the brain. Watching Biden, many see the heartbreaking indignities of aging Penn In the News The Washington Post Watching Biden, many see the heartbreaking indignities of aging Jason Karlawish of the Perelman School of Medicine says that a debate inherently tests an individual’s cognitive abilities of attention, concentration, multitasking, working memory, and language. Who, What, Why: Lasya Sreepada on decoding Alzheimer’s disease nocred Who, What, Why Who, What, Why: Lasya Sreepada on decoding Alzheimer’s disease The doctoral candidate at the School of Engineering and Applied Science discusses her path to brain research and how it set her on a course to demystifying neurological diseases using data science approaches. Hurricane changed ‘rules of the game’ in monkey society For more than 17 years, PIK Professor Michael Platt and his collaborators have followed a free-ranging colony of rhesus macaques in the Puerto Rican Island of Cayo Santiago who, in 2017, experienced the devastation of Hurricane Maria. The team showed that the macaques who invested in relationships had higher survival rates, findings that can provide insights into human social behavior and health in the face of environmental change.(Image: Courtesy of Lauren J. Brent) Hurricane changed ‘rules of the game’ in monkey society PIK Professor Michael Platt and collaborators from the University of Exeter find Hurricane Maria transformed a monkey society by changing the pros and cons of their interpersonal relations. Making virtual worlds Lorraine Ruppert wore a virtual reality headset and zoomed in and out of her virtual world, which shows sites of historical memory and resistance in Philadelphia's Chinatown.nocred Making virtual worlds In a class this spring, Jeffrey Vadala of the Penn Brain Science Center taught students to analyze virtual reality landscapes and create their own. Fruitful insights on the brain China Byrns used high-magnification confocal microscopy to visualize senescent glia (red) in Drosophila brains as part of a multidisciplinary approach to define the origin and effects of senescent cells in brain aging.(Image: Courtesy of Riya Anand) Fruitful insights on the brain Research led by China Byrns of the lab of Nancy M. Bonini in the School of Arts & Sciences have uncovered new details about the role of zombie-like cells in brain aging, using the fruit fly as a model. Different brain structures in females lead to more severe cognitive deficits after concussion than males Image: iStock/DedMityay Different brain structures in females lead to more severe cognitive deficits after concussion than males New Penn Medicine research finds that axons in brains of female mammals may be more vulnerable to damage. B cells drive responses of other immune cells, can be modified to prevent multiple sclerosis symptoms Image: iStock/Nathan Devery B cells drive responses of other immune cells, can be modified to prevent multiple sclerosis symptoms Penn Medicine research finds that abnormally active B cell metabolism causes an inflammatory immune response in individuals with MS. More than two hearts beat as one Penn Integrates Knowledge professor Michael Platt holds appointments in the Department of Psychology in the School of Arts & Sciences, the Department of Neuroscience in the Perelman School of Medicine, and the Marketing Department in the Wharton School. More than two hearts beat as one PIK Professor Michael Platt and collaborators studied how physiologic measures like cardiac synchrony can guide decision making in groups. Their study found that heart rate synchrony was a much better predictor than standard questionnaire-based surveys. Addressing declining fertility In a recent paper, PIK Professor Michael Platt and the Perelman School of Medicine’s Peter Sterling posit that the underlying mechanism of the looming concern of human fertility declines is the epidemic of despair.(Image: iStock / TanyaJoy) Q&A Addressing declining fertility In a Q&A with Penn Today, Michael Platt talks about the socioeconomic and emotional factors leading to plummeting fertility rates. Load More
Watching Biden, many see the heartbreaking indignities of aging Penn In the News The Washington Post Watching Biden, many see the heartbreaking indignities of aging Jason Karlawish of the Perelman School of Medicine says that a debate inherently tests an individual’s cognitive abilities of attention, concentration, multitasking, working memory, and language. Who, What, Why: Lasya Sreepada on decoding Alzheimer’s disease nocred Who, What, Why Who, What, Why: Lasya Sreepada on decoding Alzheimer’s disease The doctoral candidate at the School of Engineering and Applied Science discusses her path to brain research and how it set her on a course to demystifying neurological diseases using data science approaches. Hurricane changed ‘rules of the game’ in monkey society For more than 17 years, PIK Professor Michael Platt and his collaborators have followed a free-ranging colony of rhesus macaques in the Puerto Rican Island of Cayo Santiago who, in 2017, experienced the devastation of Hurricane Maria. The team showed that the macaques who invested in relationships had higher survival rates, findings that can provide insights into human social behavior and health in the face of environmental change.(Image: Courtesy of Lauren J. Brent) Hurricane changed ‘rules of the game’ in monkey society PIK Professor Michael Platt and collaborators from the University of Exeter find Hurricane Maria transformed a monkey society by changing the pros and cons of their interpersonal relations. Making virtual worlds Lorraine Ruppert wore a virtual reality headset and zoomed in and out of her virtual world, which shows sites of historical memory and resistance in Philadelphia's Chinatown.nocred Making virtual worlds In a class this spring, Jeffrey Vadala of the Penn Brain Science Center taught students to analyze virtual reality landscapes and create their own. Fruitful insights on the brain China Byrns used high-magnification confocal microscopy to visualize senescent glia (red) in Drosophila brains as part of a multidisciplinary approach to define the origin and effects of senescent cells in brain aging.(Image: Courtesy of Riya Anand) Fruitful insights on the brain Research led by China Byrns of the lab of Nancy M. Bonini in the School of Arts & Sciences have uncovered new details about the role of zombie-like cells in brain aging, using the fruit fly as a model. Different brain structures in females lead to more severe cognitive deficits after concussion than males Image: iStock/DedMityay Different brain structures in females lead to more severe cognitive deficits after concussion than males New Penn Medicine research finds that axons in brains of female mammals may be more vulnerable to damage. B cells drive responses of other immune cells, can be modified to prevent multiple sclerosis symptoms Image: iStock/Nathan Devery B cells drive responses of other immune cells, can be modified to prevent multiple sclerosis symptoms Penn Medicine research finds that abnormally active B cell metabolism causes an inflammatory immune response in individuals with MS. More than two hearts beat as one Penn Integrates Knowledge professor Michael Platt holds appointments in the Department of Psychology in the School of Arts & Sciences, the Department of Neuroscience in the Perelman School of Medicine, and the Marketing Department in the Wharton School. More than two hearts beat as one PIK Professor Michael Platt and collaborators studied how physiologic measures like cardiac synchrony can guide decision making in groups. Their study found that heart rate synchrony was a much better predictor than standard questionnaire-based surveys. Addressing declining fertility In a recent paper, PIK Professor Michael Platt and the Perelman School of Medicine’s Peter Sterling posit that the underlying mechanism of the looming concern of human fertility declines is the epidemic of despair.(Image: iStock / TanyaJoy) Q&A Addressing declining fertility In a Q&A with Penn Today, Michael Platt talks about the socioeconomic and emotional factors leading to plummeting fertility rates.
Who, What, Why: Lasya Sreepada on decoding Alzheimer’s disease nocred Who, What, Why Who, What, Why: Lasya Sreepada on decoding Alzheimer’s disease The doctoral candidate at the School of Engineering and Applied Science discusses her path to brain research and how it set her on a course to demystifying neurological diseases using data science approaches.
Hurricane changed ‘rules of the game’ in monkey society For more than 17 years, PIK Professor Michael Platt and his collaborators have followed a free-ranging colony of rhesus macaques in the Puerto Rican Island of Cayo Santiago who, in 2017, experienced the devastation of Hurricane Maria. The team showed that the macaques who invested in relationships had higher survival rates, findings that can provide insights into human social behavior and health in the face of environmental change.(Image: Courtesy of Lauren J. Brent) Hurricane changed ‘rules of the game’ in monkey society PIK Professor Michael Platt and collaborators from the University of Exeter find Hurricane Maria transformed a monkey society by changing the pros and cons of their interpersonal relations.
Making virtual worlds Lorraine Ruppert wore a virtual reality headset and zoomed in and out of her virtual world, which shows sites of historical memory and resistance in Philadelphia's Chinatown.nocred Making virtual worlds In a class this spring, Jeffrey Vadala of the Penn Brain Science Center taught students to analyze virtual reality landscapes and create their own.
Fruitful insights on the brain China Byrns used high-magnification confocal microscopy to visualize senescent glia (red) in Drosophila brains as part of a multidisciplinary approach to define the origin and effects of senescent cells in brain aging.(Image: Courtesy of Riya Anand) Fruitful insights on the brain Research led by China Byrns of the lab of Nancy M. Bonini in the School of Arts & Sciences have uncovered new details about the role of zombie-like cells in brain aging, using the fruit fly as a model.
Different brain structures in females lead to more severe cognitive deficits after concussion than males Image: iStock/DedMityay Different brain structures in females lead to more severe cognitive deficits after concussion than males New Penn Medicine research finds that axons in brains of female mammals may be more vulnerable to damage.
B cells drive responses of other immune cells, can be modified to prevent multiple sclerosis symptoms Image: iStock/Nathan Devery B cells drive responses of other immune cells, can be modified to prevent multiple sclerosis symptoms Penn Medicine research finds that abnormally active B cell metabolism causes an inflammatory immune response in individuals with MS.
More than two hearts beat as one Penn Integrates Knowledge professor Michael Platt holds appointments in the Department of Psychology in the School of Arts & Sciences, the Department of Neuroscience in the Perelman School of Medicine, and the Marketing Department in the Wharton School. More than two hearts beat as one PIK Professor Michael Platt and collaborators studied how physiologic measures like cardiac synchrony can guide decision making in groups. Their study found that heart rate synchrony was a much better predictor than standard questionnaire-based surveys.
Addressing declining fertility In a recent paper, PIK Professor Michael Platt and the Perelman School of Medicine’s Peter Sterling posit that the underlying mechanism of the looming concern of human fertility declines is the epidemic of despair.(Image: iStock / TanyaJoy) Q&A Addressing declining fertility In a Q&A with Penn Today, Michael Platt talks about the socioeconomic and emotional factors leading to plummeting fertility rates.