Neurobiology
What's Better Than Sex? It Could Be Talking
Apparently a chaste activity does exist that is analogous to sex: talking about oneself. A recent series of studies conducted by Harvard neuroscientist and Associate Professor Jason P. Mitchell (who taught SLS 20 in 2010) and psychology student at the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Diana I. Tamir found that self-disclosure activates the same regions of the brain that are associated with food, money, and sex.
Scientist Portrait: Dr. Jeff Lichtman
Jeff Lichtman, a professor in the Neuroscience Department at Harvard, was recently lauded for his work with cutting-edge brain imaging techniques. The Crimson sat down with him to discuss his work.
Two Harvard Alumni Awarded Fulbright Scholarships
Trevor J. Bakker ’10 and Kevin X. Liu ’11 joined 37 other scholars from universities in the United States in the US-UK exchange program of 168 individuals.
Students Learn To Defend Against Zombie Apocalypse
Steven C. Schlozman, Harvard Medical School Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, spoke yesterday at a seminar hosted by The Harvard Society for Mind, Brian and Behavior.
Court Upholds Sex Bias Ruling
A panel of judges upheld a 2009 decision awarding a former Harvard faculty member $1.6 million in a sex discrimination suit.
All-Nighters Found to Cause Euphoria ... and Brain Damage
Pulling an all-nighter can not only help you study for a test, but can also create euphoric feelings the next day.
Harvard and MIT Scientists Examine Face ID and Gender
Scientists from Harvard and MIT have discovered that human brains tend to perceive a face as either male or female depending on where it appears in our field of view, according to a recently published study.
Dennett Discusses Neurobiology and the Law
Tufts University professor Daniel C. Dennett discussed the ways in which neuroscience may impact human understanding of moral and legal responsibility to an overflowing audience in Pound Hall at Harvard Law School yesterday.
Hauser Will Not Be Advising Harvard Students This Year
Harvard Psychology Professor Marc D. Hauser will not be advising any undergraduate theses or be the primary adviser for any graduate student while on leave.
Painting Perception
Writing not long after the death of Leonardo da Vinci, art historian and biographer Giorgio Vasari described the late master’s “Mona Lisa,” placing special emphasis on the lady’s uncanny simper. “And in this work of Leonardo’s there was a smile so pleasing, that it was a thing more divine than human to behold; and it was held to be something marvelous, since the reality was not more alive,” he wrote.
Eric Kandel discusses memory.
Eric R. Kandel ’52 speaks about the biology of memory at the Science Center yesterday. The Nobel laureate discussed the molecular basis of memory and answered questions from curious attendees.
