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How does math help us understand the brain?

January 31, 2019

An exploration of how computational neuroscientist Tatiana Engel uses math to understand how the brain makes decisions.

From many mice, unexpected genius

October 31, 2018

Researchers find that some individual mice are smarter than their fellow rodents, which can provide insights into decision-making.

Being a scientist means being part of a team

June 12, 2018

High school senior Jerinna Solages learns what it’s really like to do scientific research in CSHL’s Partners for the Future program.

Portrait of a Neuroscience Powerhouse

April 27, 2018

A relatively small neuroscience group at CSHL is having an outsized impact on a dynamic and highly competitive field

Dopamine neurons factor ambiguity into predictions that enable us to “win big and win often”

March 9, 2017

Researchers describe how dopamine-releasing neurons weigh the ambiguity of sensory information, indicating that neurons are highly sophisticated.

Alumnus Josh Sanders makes neuroscience research tools open and affordable

May 2, 2016

Josh Sanders developed a series of tools for neuroscience research that filled major needs in the field.

Some neurons can multitask, raising questions about the importance of specialization

November 10, 2014

New findings challenge assumptions about how information is encoded in the brain

Gambling with confidence: Are you sure about that?

September 18, 2014

Scientists uncover the neural basis of confidence in the rat brain

‘Should I stay or should I go?’ CSHL scientists link brain cell types to behavior

May 26, 2013

The activity of two specific neuron types correlates with foraging decisions in mice

Adam Kepecs, Ph.D., CSHL Neuroscientist, is named an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow

February 20, 2009

Adam Kepecs, Ph.D., a neuroscientist at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), has been named an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow.

Experiments at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory support alternative theory of information processing in the cortex

October 15, 2008

Scientists discover a role for remarkably precise timing in the brain’s “neural code”.

CSHL neuroscientists glimpse how the brain decides what to believe

August 11, 2008

Study shows that laboratory rats calculate confidence to make decisions

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