Humans and Technology The smartphone app that can tell you’re depressed before you know it yourself Analyzing the way you type and scroll can reveal as much as a psychological test. by Rachel Metz 2018-10-15T05:00:00-04:00
Rewriting Life New Brain-Mapping Technique Captures Every Connection Between Neurons A new technique called MAP-seq uses RNA bar codes to quickly and cheaply chart connections between brain cells. by Ryan Cross 2016-08-18T13:10:00-04:00
Rewriting Life The Rogue Immune Cells That Wreck the Brain Beth Stevens thinks she has solved a mystery behind brain disorders such as Alzheimer’s and schizophrenia. by Adam Piore 2016-04-04T00:00:00-04:00
Rewriting Life Immune System Offers Major Clue to Schizophrenia A massive genetic study has sketched out a molecular link between schizophrenia and how the brain is shaped in adolescence. by Adam Piore 2016-01-27T13:45:00-05:00
Rewriting Life Why America’s Top Mental Health Researcher Joined Alphabet Tom Insel explains why he’s ready to give Silicon Valley a try. by Antonio Regalado 2015-09-21T11:00:00-04:00
Rewriting Life Gilad Evrony | Innovators Under 35 Single-neuron genome sequencing is revealing clues about what goes wrong in the brain. by Julia Sklar 2015-08-18T00:05:00-04:00
Rewriting Life Brain Organoids A new method for growing human brain cells could unlock the mysteries of dementia, mental illness, and other neurological disorders. by Russ Juskalian 2015-02-18T00:05:00-05:00
Rewriting Life More than a Hundred Genetic Variants Tied to Schizophrenia A multinational research collaboration has identified more than 100 genetic loci associated with an increased risk for the psychiatric disease. by David Rotman 2014-07-22T15:08:10-04:00
Rewriting Life Shining Light on Madness Drugs for psychiatric illnesses aren’t very effective. But new research is offering renewed hope for better medicines. by David Rotman 2014-06-17T00:05:00-04:00
Rewriting Life How to Make an Implant that Improves the Brain Enhancing the flow of information through the brain could be crucial to making neuroprosthetics practical. by Loren M. Frank 2013-05-09T09:00:00-04:00