Kavli Institute For Brain And Mind (audio)

Isabelle Peretz examines what congenital amusia - the condition where one is amusical, lacking such abilities as pitch or rhythm recognition - can tell us about the neurobiological origins of musical ability in humans. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 32445]

Na Ji of UC Berkeley presents breakthroughs in hIgh-speed volumetric Imaging of brain activity. Series: "Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind" [Science] [Show ID: 33285]

Yale University's Daniel Colon-Ramos discusses in-vivo imaging of brain synapses assembling and functioning. Series: "Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind" [Science] [Show ID: 33290]

Darold Treffert shares the fascinating story of Leslie Lemke, a musical savant, to provide a look at the characteristics of savantism. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 32447]

Yale University's BJ Casey shares an in-depth look into the detrimental effects on the brain resulting in behavioral and developmental impairment caused by stress during childhood. Series: "Women in Science" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 31760]

Erik Jorgensen discusses breakthroughs in imaging the process of chemical signaling that occurs at synapses. Series: "Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind" [Science] [Show ID: 33288]

Jamie Ward examines the relationship between autism and synaesthesia, and the characteristics shared by these two cognitive anomalies. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 32444]

Bruce Miller describes insights that can be gained about the human brain from patients who develop artistic abilities as neurodegenerative diseases emerge and progress. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 32443]

Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz discusses new imaging technologies and what they are revealing about cellular architecture in the brain. Series: "Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind" [Science] [Show ID: 33291]

Mark Ellisman discusses advances in state-of-the-art brain imaging and the secrets they are revealing. Series: "Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind" [Science] [Show ID: 33284]

Phillip Keller discusses breakthroughs in high-resolution imaging and its implications in understanding the brain. Series: "Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind" [Science] [Show ID: 33289]

State-of-the-art imaging at the molecular, cellular, circuit, and whole animal scales in rodents and primates are discussed in this symposium, while addressing the challenges of bridging spatial and temporal scales. Series: "Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind" [Science] [Show ID: 33283]

State-of-the-art imaging at the molecular, cellular, circuit, and whole animal scales in rodents and primates are discussed in this symposium, while addressing the challenges of bridging spatial and temporal scales. Series: "Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind" [Science] [Show ID: 33282]

Question and answer session and closing remarks for the Imaging the Brain, from Molecules to Circuits and Beyond symposium. Series: "Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind" [Science] [Show ID: 33294]

Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind co-director Rusty Gage and symposium co-chair Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz deliver opening remarks for the Imaging the Brain, from Molecules to Circuits and Beyond symposium. Series: "Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind" [Science] [Show ID: 33293]

The RIKEN Institute's Atsushi Miyawaki discusses the power of genetically coded tools for analyzing the brain and its function. Series: "Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind" [Science] [Show ID: 33292]

Harald Hess discusses using the fly brain is helping to understand the circuitry of the brain. Series: "Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind" [Science] [Show ID: 33287]

Rockefeller University's Alipasha Vaziri discusses new tools for understanding entire networks of neuronal circuits in the whole brain. Series: "Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind" [Science] [Show ID: 33286]

State-of-the-art imaging at the molecular, cellular, circuit, and whole animal scales in rodents and primates are discussed in this symposium, while addressing the challenges of bridging spatial and temporal scales. Series: "Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind" [Science] [Show ID: 33281]

Simon Fisher gives a fascinating account of how an irregularity in one single base of DNA leads to a rare and severe inherited language deficit, and how this finding helps reveal aspects of the evolutionary history of the human capacity for language. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 32441]