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Research

The pioneering discoveries in the Center for Brain Science can be grouped into many overlapping categories. You can find faculty interests by following the links below.

Behavior

What are the detailed natural behaviors that the brain governs?

Circuit Function

How do brain circuits work?

Circuit Structure

What are the detailed neural circuits in real brains?

Cognition

What are the intelligent thought processes in humans and other animals?

Development

How do brains wire themselves up?

Disorders

What can go awry in the structure and function of brains and how can these problems be fixed?

Evolution

How and why do the brains and behaviors of different species vary?

Movement

How do our brains learn to control our movements?

Sensation

How do we detect and process information about the physical world around us?

Technology

How can we record and perturb neural activity, circuit structure, and behavior?

Theory

How can we understand brain computations?