Developing a biological understanding of how the mind operates will be the central challenge for scientists in the 21st century, says Eric R. Kandel, a professor at Columbia University and a winner, ...

The work of Eric R. Kandel forms the basis for much of what we understand about how memories are formed. Dr. Kandel was awarded the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his extensive body of ...

Introduction. The emergence of a reductionist school of abstract art in New York -- The Beginning of a Scientific Approach to Art -- The Biology of the Beholder's Share: Visual Perception and ...

Eric R. Kandel is a neuropsychiatrist who won a Nobel prize in 2000 for his research on the physiological basis of memory storage in neurons. You may have seen Kandel co-hosting the Brain Series with ...

To understand the human brain, take note of the rare, the strange and the downright spooky. That’s the premise of two new books, Unthinkable by science writer Helen Thomson and The Disordered Mind by ...

Eliezer J. Sternberg is a neurologist at Massachusetts General Hospital and the author of “NeuroLogic: The Brain’s Hidden Rationale Behind Our Irrational Behavior.” I called it “fascinating,” and to ...

The first person to consider the biology of emotion was Charles Darwin. In the course of his work on evolution, Darwin came to understand that emotions are mental states shared by all people in all ...

Personal memory and the biology of memory storage -- A child in Vienna -- An American education -- One cell at a time -- The nerve cell speaks -- Conversation between nerve cells -- Simple and complex ...

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) has been described as a disorder of memory. It has become quite apparent that there are two types of memory in PTSD: the first being the involuntary intrusions of ...