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Picower Institute scientists study behaviors and cognitive processes including learning, memory, emotion, reasoning and consciousness. To learn more about these or other areas of inquiry, select them under Research Topics and you'll find relevant Picower people, discoveries and events.

July 1, 2019

News Feature

Studies yield new insights into behavior, development, anesthesia

May 1, 2019

Picower People

Designation recognizes community leadership, service

March 14, 2019

Research findings

Noninvasive treatment can improve Alzheimer’s symptoms such as memory loss and amyloid plaque buildup in mice.

February 12, 2019

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Research will probe how states like sleep emerge and are sustained

January 14, 2019

Research findings

Prefrontal cortex may be able to regulate arousal in locus coreuleus

December 20, 2018

Research findings

Study may lead to a better understanding of the digestive tract’s nervous system

December 11, 2018

Research findings

Going back to a scene makes engram cells more electrically excitable

December 5, 2018

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CMU award recognizes 'physician-scientist'

December 4, 2018

Research findings

Open-source system provides for fast, accurate neural decoding

November 13, 2018

Recent Events

Researchers take part in field's largest annual exchange of ideas

October 24, 2018

Research findings

Brain rhythms have crucial role in maintenance and control

October 15, 2018

Picower People

Miller will deliver lecture in San Francisco in March