The research team of Michael Greenberg and Justin Hulbert (Bard College) wants to know if it is possible to “hack” your brain using mindfulness meditation. Undergraduate student Michael Greenberg’s pitch presented a study proposing that the focus on breathing in a...
THE PROJECT: Why exactly does “absence make the heart grow fonder?” Merridee Lefner and Matthew Wanat (The University of Texas at San Antonio) are analyzing the neurobiology of motivated behavior. How does dopamine work in influencing our responses to rewards and...
THE PROJECT: Lorenzo Ciccione (Collège de France, PSL University) and Stanislas Dehaene (Collège de France) are examining how our brains extract information from plots and charts. Scientists have discovered many people do not understand complex data visualizations....
World-renowned illusionist Mark Mitton gives a preview of the fun in store for the audience while introducing the first pitch of the competition. BrainStorm Neuroscience Pitch Competition is an innovative pitch competition connecting early‐career neuroscience...
World-renowned illusionist Mark Mitton delights and awes the crowd with interactive perception-versus-reality ‘tricks’ while audience votes are being tallied for the winner of BrainStorm 2019. Mark Mitton is a professional magician who is fascinated by using magic to...
