How do neural circuits in the brain evolve to take on new functions? Melina Hale, PhD’98 PROFESSOR
O R G A N I S M A L B I O LO G Y A N D A N AT O M Y
How does the brain help an animal adapt to environmental challenges and increase evolutionary fitness? Xiaoxi Zhuang, PhD PROFESSOR
N E U R O B I O LO G Y
The Big Questions
What scientists throughout the BSD and across the campus are seeking to answer about the brain and human behavior
How is it that certain chemicals (i.e., drugs), in certain people, acquire control over behavior and apparently subvert rational choices? Harriet de Wit, PhD PROFESSOR
P S YC H I AT R Y A N D B E H AV I O R A L N E U R O S C I E N C E
What are the structures of computation in the brain that allow it to perform one of the most important problems it must solve: prediction? Stephanie Palmer, PhD A S S I S TA N T P R O F E S S O R
O R G A N I S M A L B I O LO G Y A N D A N AT O M Y
What happens differently in the brain when we “choke under pressure” vs. when we thrive when the stakes are highest? Sian Beilock, PhD PROFESSOR
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THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICINE AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES DIVISION
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