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05.15.2023
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11.12.2022
Neuroscientists send live human brain samples on a trip to glean insights into consciousness, therapy for depression and anxiety
08.26.2022
Allen Institute welcomes interns on-site for the first time since 2019 — these are some of their stories
08.23.2022
New public dataset captures billions of electrical spikes from brains of animals trained to identify ‘oddball’ photos
Podcast
05.26.2022
Can we put a number on human consciousness?
05.09.2022
3 new projects launch on OpenScope, a shared neuroscience observatory at the Allen Institute
04.21.2022
Thoughts, memories, sensations — why are we still in the dark about how they work?
03.18.2022
Scientists on the OpenScope team help share the Allen Institute’s ‘observatory of the mind’ with the larger scientific community
