Kilachand Center’s New MRI Scanner Yields Outstanding Data

CNC team invites neuroscientists across both BU campuses to use machine Neuroscientist Tyler Perrachione, who studies speech and language, is delighted with BU’s new Siemens Prisma 3 Tesla MRI scanner in the Cognitive Neuroimaging Center at the Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering. Photo by Mira Whiting Photography. Neuroscientist Tyler Perrachione, who studies […]

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How Decisions Work

CAS professor researches the cognitive process behind choices Joe McGuire, a CAS assistant professor of psychological and brain sciences, uses behavioral studies and brain imaging scans to learn how people make decisions. Photo by Cydney Scott. “Attention, Green Line passengers. There is a service disruption due to some track repairs. Shuttle buses will be available […]

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MED Neuroscience Program Gives Undergrads Experience and Insight

Integrates research, hands-on neuroanatomy, and neurosurgery University of Michigan senior Rachel Feltman (from left), Colgate senior Courtney Dunphy, and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign junior Madeline McDevitt with the cadaver brains that have been donated to MED. Photo by Cydney Scott. From their looks of cheerful expectation, you might think the eight undergraduates gathered around […]

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