How brains do what they do is more complex than what anatomy on its own suggests
A bioengineer explains how a clearer picture of brain structure and function may fine-tune the ways brain surgery attempts to correct structure and medication tries to correct function.
Salvatore Domenic Morgera, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Bioengineering, Tau Beta Pi Eminent Engineer, University of South Florida
• conversation
July 16, 2020 • ~11 min
July 16, 2020 • ~11 min
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Teens are wired to resent being stuck with parents and cut off from friends during coronavirus lockdown
Together the social and emotional 'jobs' of adolescence – developing intimate friendships and achieving autonomy – make teens uniquely resistant to calls for social distancing.
Catherine Bagwell, Professor of Psychology, Oxford College, Emory University •
conversation
April 22, 2020 • ~7 min
April 22, 2020 • ~7 min
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