Disorders of the visual system often involve neuronal loss in the retina and in the higher visual centers of the brain, which eventually leads to low vision and blindness.

Big data offer exciting opportunities to derive insights and make synergistic connections across many levels of inquiry.

Alexandra Colón-Rodríguez, a postdoc at the University of California, Davis, became a neuroscientist after seeing family members suffer from Alzheimer’s and PTSD. She wanted to find out for herself and others why these diseases happen. Colón-Rodríguez is also passionate about outreach. She shares her own experience as a Puerto Rican woman advancing in the field to inspire others, especially females and underrepresented minorities, to become neuroscientists. Here’s her story.

Neuroscientists at all career stages have meaningful perspectives to share with policymakers about why supporting the scientific enterprise is so important for the field and society. In this webcast, you will learn ways that you can persuasively advocate for science, and hear how recent Congressional actions may impact funding for biomedical research issues and your work.

Pain is a conscious experience that encompasses sensory, emotional, and cognitive dimensions.

Teresa Morales is an associate professor at the Institute for Neurobiology at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).

Visual information emerging from the extrafoveal locations is important for visual search, saccadic eye movement control, and spatial attention allocation. Our everyday sensory experience with visual object categories varies across different parts of the visual field which may result in location-contingent variations in visual object recognition. We used a body, animal body, and chair two-forced choice object category recognition task to investigate this possibility. Animal body and chair images with various levels of visual ambiguity were presented at the fovea and different extrafoveal locations across the vertical and horizontal meridians. We found heterogeneous body and chair category recognition across the visual field. Specifically, while the recognition performance of the body and chair presented at the fovea were similar, it varied across different extrafoveal locations. The largest difference was observed when the body and chair images were presented at the lower-left and upper-right visual fields...

Working memory is a central component of human goal-oriented behavior, reasoning, and decision-making.

Tell a good story. It’s a mantra we scientists live by. We all weave narratives into papers and talks, but the stories we tell stem from one common denominator: evidence.

There may be times when you have something to say but lack the confidence or skills to say what you think with clarity and grace. Sharing your opinions, raising an innovative or controversial idea, or challenging the status quo can take a lot of courage. Difficult discussions are par for the course in your career, but good communication and negotiation skills can help you think and speak with clarity and grace. This workshop will provide insight into best practices for interpreting a job offer, asking for what you want, and bringing colleagues around to your way of thinking. The fears that often prevent people, especially women, from speaking up will also be addressed.