A Not-So-Short Circuit?As neuroscientists look to the future of their field, they are beginning to delve into the complex factors that define our emotions and intentions.Fifteen years after writing the book on the neurobiology of emotion, New York University neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux is rethinking his approach. “I’m not even using the word emotion anymore,” he says. . . .By Edyta Zielinska | MORE TOPICSBiodiversityFunding Nanomedicine Omics Synthetic Biology | ||||
 | Interview: Speaking of MemoryConsidered a renegade by his peers, Nobel Prize-winner Eric Kandel used a simple model to probe the neural circuitry of memory.Inspired by cell and molecular biologists who studied complex questions in the simplest available model systems, neuroscientist Eric Kandel bucked then-current trends in brain research by choosing to explore memory using an evolutionarily ancient organism, rather than human subjects.By Edyta Zielinska | |
 | Video: Kandel on NeuroscienceEric Kandel, winner of the 2000 Nobel... | |
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