News & Announcements Archive


Congratulations to Ball Lab alumni Dr. Tyler Stevenson

Dr. Tyler Stevenson, A&S ’11, will receive the Michael Harbuz Prize for Young Investigators at the Society for Behavioral Neuroscience’s annual conference, awarded to honor the memory of and contribution to neuroendocrinology […]


What free will looks like in the brain

Dr. Susan Courtney’s latest research on decision-making and brain activity will be published in the journal Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics.


Why Is Breaking Bad Habits Hard? Our Brains Are Biased by Past Rewards

Why Is Breaking Bad Habits Hard? Our Brains Are Biased by Past Rewards
Prof. Susan Courtney and her team demonstrate for the first time that when people see something associated with a past reward, their brain flushes with dopamine—even if they aren't expecting a reward and even if they don't realize they're paying attention. The results suggest we don't have as much self-control as we might think.


Drug for Early Alzheimer’s Heads to Clinical Trial

Johns Hopkins University researchers have received an estimated $7.5 million National Institutes of Health grant to clinically test what would be the first treatment to prevent or delay the onset of Alzheimer's dementia.


The Color We See Isn’t the Color We Remember

The Color We See Isn’t the Color We Remember
Though people can distinguish between millions of colors, we have trouble remembering specific shades because our brains tend to store what we've seen as one of just a few basic hues, a team led by Prof. Jonathan Flombaum discovered.