Neuroscience

Decoding acoustic objects

Third-year student Lily Wei spent the summer conducting research in the lab of Vijay Balasubramanian using algorithms to propose how the brain may recognize acoustic objects.

What pumpkin spice creation is most searched for in Texas? Here’s what Google says

Postdoc Sarah Cormiea of the Perelman School of Medicine says that olfactory systems are built to respond enthusiastically to odors and their associated memories, including familiar words or phrases.

An unsolved mystery: Why are we sleepy when sick?

David Raizen, a professor of neurology, alongside PURM student Hina Sako, spent the summer moving forward research examining how sickness affects sleep.

What social media does to the teen brain

Frances Jensen of the Perelman School of Medicine examines the impact that social media is having on the brains of teenagers, the first “truly digital generation.”

In twins study, concussions in early life tied to memory issues decades later

Holly Elser of the Perelman School of Medicine says that preventive measures are key to limiting the risk of concussions.

rendering of a brain and its different sections highlighted as different colors.

A link between memory and appetite in the brain to explain obesity

Penn Medicine researchers have found the hippocampal subnetwork, located within the memory center of the brain, is more dysregulated in patients with higher body mass indexes, leading to an inability to control or regulate eating habits.

Notes of jasmine? Hints of citrus? Computers can be trained to smell like a human, say scientists at Philly’s Monell Center

A study by Joel Mainland of the Perelman School of Medicine and colleagues used an artificial intelligence tool to predict the smells of new, lab-made chemicals by mapping the smells of known chemical substances.

Traumatic brain injuries linked to cognitive decline later in life

Holly Elser of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on the results of a twin study demonstrating a relationship between head injuries and cognitive impairment or dementia later in life.

People looking at modern art in a museum or gallery setting.

A summer studying the aesthetic brain

For third-year Olivia Kim, a PURM research experience with Penn neuroscientist Anjan Chatterjee allowed her to combine her love of neuroscience and art in a working lab.

Mitch McConnell may be experiencing small seizures, doctors suggest

Sami Khella of the Perelman School of Medicine says that one or two seizures can beget more seizures and need to be treated.

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