Nagaraj Mahajan, a doctoral student in the Mysore Lab has identified, for the first time, an neural circuit mechanism that controls causally the generation of categorical responses in the brain. […]
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Sholei Croom receives Graduate Research Fellowship Award from the National Science Foundation
Congratulations to Sholei Croom on receiving the prestigious Graduate Fellowship Award from the National Science Foundation. The NSF GRFP recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported STEM disciplines who […]
Kishore Kuchibhotla Receives NSF Career Award
Congratulations to Kishore Kuchibhotla on receiving NSF’s prestigious CAREER award for his exciting project is titled “The control of learning rate through multi-timescale cholinergic neuromodulation”. NSF CAREER awards are made to […]
New study is the first to show that curious babies become curious toddlers
Lisa Feigenson, professor and director of the Laboratory for Child Development, was featured in the Fall 2021 Johns Hopkins Magazine for her work on curiosity in babies in toddlers.
Jason Fischer explains the psychology behind the pumpkin spice craze
Assistant Professor Jason Fischer discusses how the brain processes smells and memories in The Baltimore Sun and other major media.
Shreesh Mysore receives NSF CAREER award
Congratulations to Shreesh Mysore on receiving NSF’s prestigious CAREER award for investigating neural circuit mechanisms of spatial target selection in the mammalian midbrain. NSF CAREER awards are made to support […]
Ninad Kothari awarded Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Fellowship from NIH
Congratulations to Ninad Kothari on receiving the Ruth L. Kirschstein postdoctoral NRSA felllowship , awarded to “promising postdoctoral candidates who have the potential to become productive, independent investigators in scientific […]
Yoonjung Lee awarded Dingwall Dissertation Fellowship
Yoonjung Lee awarded the Dingwall Dissertation Fellowship in the Cognitive, Clinical, & Neural Foundations of Language.
Blind people can’t see color but understand it the same way as sighted people
People born blind have never seen that bananas are yellow, but Johns Hopkins University researchers have found that like any sighted person, those born blind understand two bananas are likely […]
The most curious babies become the most curious toddlers
A first-of-its-kind longitudinal study of infant curiosity by Professor Lisa Feigenson found that months-old babies most captivated by magic tricks became the most curious toddlers, suggesting a pre-verbal baby’s level of interest in surprising aspects of the world remains constant over time and could predict their future cognitive ability.