Archive for: neuroscience

 

Memory Matters

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In the first Harry Potter movie, Neville Longbottom tests out his “Remembrall,” a magical ball that turns red when the user forgets something. When this happens...

 
 

Dreams into Movies

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Electrodes connected to a sleeping person’s head, lab-coated scientists monitoring a computer screen for subconscious activity—the ability to watch somebody’s...

 
 

Football and Brain Injury: “Something Needs to Change”

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Doctors diagnose more than 200 concussions in NFL players each year. That’s unacceptable, says Shyam Popat, BA ’15, especially considering the long-term consequences...

 
 

Searching for Hard-Hitting Solutions to Traumatic Brain Injury

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Earlier this season, former UT quarterback David Ash made the decision to quit after suffering a series of concussions so severe that team doctors told Ash that...

 
 

Minding His Own Business [Watch]

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UT neuroscientist Russell Poldrack is on a very personal quest to better understand mental disorders. In an era when data-crunching wristbands, mobile apps, and...

 
 

Research on the Brain: UT Opens New Imaging Center

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What if you had a machine so precise that you could peer into the brain of a fruit fly? You could investigate all the underlying factors associated with post-traumatic...

 
 
Top Army General Says Brain Injury Blood Test to be “Huge”

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Top Army General Says Brain Injury Blood Test to be “Huge”

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It happens all the time on the football field: A linebacker takes a hard hit to his head, shakes it off, and plays the rest of the game. He may have a concussion,...

 
 
A Big Bonus of Aging: Better Decision-Making

A Big Bonus of Aging: Better Decision-Making

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Ah, the aging process. It’s a trade-off. A 65-year-old may have less energy than a 25-year-old, but there’s a consolation. Older adults, UT psychologists...

 
 
 
 
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