Neuroscience in Society

2021 September - October Article Library

Advanced Group

Director: Kyuree Kim (Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology)

Group Leaders: Ruth Mirtil (Florida International University) & Shrihari Nagarajan (Thomas Jefferson Independent Day School)

1. A human three-dimensional neural-perivascular ‘assembloid’ promotes astrocytic development and enables modeling of SARS-CoV-2 neuropathology 🔗

2. Lesion network localization of criminal behavior 🔗

3. High-performance brain-to-text communication via imagined handwriting 🔗 

4. The Rise of Neurotechnology Calls for a Parallel Focus on Neurorights 🔗 

5. A Combination of Dopamine Genes Predicts Success by Professional Wall Street Traders 🔗 

Beginners Group

Director: Angelina Ly (Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology)

Group Leaders: Leen Ramdoun (Başakşehir Anatolian High School),  Alisha Khan (Lovejoy High School), & Sophia Zheng (Norfolk Academy)

1. Building a Brain in the Lab 🔗  

2. Keeping a Close Eye on Organoids 🔗  https://dana.org/article/keeping-a-close-eye-on-organoids

3. What Does a Guilty Brain Look Like? 🔗  

4. Understanding the Effects of Solitary Confinement on the Brain 🔗  

5. Experimental brain implant lets man with paralysis turn his thoughts into words 🔗  

6. It’s Time for Neuro - Rights 🔗  

7. Neuroeconomics: Making Big and Small Decisions 🔗  

8. Did You Buy Bitcoins? Your Brain’s Anatomy Might Be to Blame 🔗