An improved implant
February 26, 2020
Researchers have developed a breakthrough cochlear device that could enable hearing-impaired people to detect pitch.
New 'Babies' series on Netflix features UC Merced professor
February 24, 2020
Eric Walle explores why babies who walk have vocabularies that are significantly larger than those who crawl.
Surviving the era of unlimited distraction
January 29, 2020
Putting the ‘lazy eye’ to work
January 28, 2020
New research on how amblyopia actually works could lead to better treatments that improve 3-D vision.
America’s most widely consumed cooking oil causes genetic changes in the brain
January 23, 2020
Soybean oil is linked to metabolic and neurological changes in mice in new research.
Brain scans could flag children’s future mental health problems
January 6, 2020
The findings could pave the way for earlier, more effective diagnoses of attention deficit disorder and more.
Drugs that quell brain inflammation reverse dementia
December 12, 2019
‘We can reverse brain aging,’ says UC Berkeley biologist Daniela Kaufer.
Believe it or not, you have a really good sense of direction
November 25, 2019
We take it for granted, but our innate ability to navigate is actually extraordinary and rooted in the brain.
In Down syndrome mouse model, scientists reverse intellectual deficits with drugs
November 18, 2019
Scientists were able to correct learning and memory deficits associated with the condition in a surprising new finding.
Escaping Alzheimer’s
November 13, 2019
One woman’s resistance to genetic, early-onset Alzheimer’s may hold the key to future therapies.