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Reason No. 1: It'll lift your mood because natural light raises serotonin levels, which are lowest in winter, says Kathryn A. Roecklein, PhD. Learn More
Lauren M. Bylsma, PhD, says tears may have grown from the alarm calls of infants into something more complex. Learn More
Matt Smith, PhD, studies how the brain reacts to visual stimuli. One goal is to help people with attention deficit disorder use feedback with a brain-computer interface to improve their focus. Learn More
The move is based on a Pitt-Emory University study showing that thrombectomy within 24 hours after a stroke reduces disability. Learn More
A Pitt-led study found that children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder engaged in substance use at younger ages and were more likely to smoke marijuana and cigarettes as adults. Learn More
Bioengineer Tracy Cui, PhD, is focusing on the ventral tegmental area, which produces large amounts of dopamine and is part of the brain's reward center. Learn More
A study in Biological Psychiatry, led by David Lewis, MD, suggests that multiple disruptions across brain regions give rise to schizophrenia symptoms. Learn More
Daniel Buysse, MD, says some most people who think they can get by on several hours are fooling themselves. Learn More
Marlene R. Cohen, PhD, will receive a Troland Research Award for her pioneering studies of how neurons process visual information. Learn More
Kathryn Roecklein, PhD, says cognitive behavior therapy not only also eases SAD, but might even prevent symptoms from recurring the following year. Learn More
Bioengineer Xinyan 'Tracy' Cui, PhD, uses aptamers in the living brain to examine neuron sensitivity by age, and to see how drugs like cocaine concentrate in different areas of the brain. Learn More
A tech-free 30 minutes is crucial to a good night's sleep, no matter how much time you spend on-line the rest of the day, according to studies by social media expert Brian Primack, MD, PhD. Learn More
More precision is needed to generate fine-grained control signals to allow brain-computer interfaces to move individual fingers, says Andrew Schwartz, PhD. Learn More
Sleep researcher Peter Franzen, PhD, says forcing teens to follow adult sleep schedules results in reduced school performance, more car accidents and depression. Learn More
Brian Primack, MD, PhD, pushes back on the concept that parents can protect their kids from the ill effects of social media, which include depression, anxiety and feeling isolated. Learn More
Chengcheng Huang, PhD, is a computational neuroscientist who uses neuronal networks to model how the auditory part of the brain perceives pitch. Learn More
Takashi Kozai, PhD, is also working with Franca Cambi, MD, PhD, to study the role of oligodendrocyte progenitor cells in relation to brain-computer interface technology. Learn More
Up to five older patients with vision loss from atrophic dry macular degeneration will be surgically treated with a miniaturized wireless photovoltaic sub-retinal implant, developed in Paris. Learn More
Leah Byrne, PhD, leads a team that is using CRISPR/Cas9 tools to replace malfunctioning genes in inherited retinal degeneration. Learn More
New Year's resolutions set our brain to trigger us into action when we are not acting on the goal, says Greg Siegle, PhD. Learn More