Difficult decisions require gathering evidence over extended periods, placing demands on working memory. Yet, how working memory limitations affect decision-making remains largely unknown. We trained ...

Classic experiments by Albert Bandura more than 50 years ago first illustrated that aggression is shaped not just by innate predisposition but also by…

When people listen to music, they often imagine remarkably similar stories. The authors show these shared imaginings selectively rely on stimulus-specific patterns in a set of modality-general brain r...

Kim, Geiger et al. report that early-life stress increases the chromatin modification H3K4me1 and its enzymatic writer, SETD7, in the ventral tegmental area. They show that this form of epigenetic pri...

The authors present a dense connectomic reconstruction of a 0.1 mm3 hippocampal CA3 volume and reveal spatial gradients, high convergence and cell-type-selective feedforward inhibition of inputs to py...

Claire White’s research group is investigating how to make cement from moon rock. This year, her team received support for research on lunar cement from Princeton’s School of Engineering and Applied S...

The cerebellum ages unevenly, with some regions showing preservation that may help protect the brain from decline. The authors show that large cerebellar volume is associated with stronger cognitive r...

Princeton researchers have combined brain cells and advanced electronics into a single 3D device that can be programmed to recognize patterns using computational techniques.

By subtly editing the DNA of the workhorse delivery vehicle—the Adeno-Associated Virus (AAV)—scientists have prevented the virus from triggering an innate immune alarm that can damage critical neural ...

The cerebellum ages unevenly, with some regions showing preservation that may help protect the brain from decline. The authors show that large cerebellar volume is associated with stronger cognitive r...

Children are adept statistical learners, capable of parsing streams of structured input into meaningful units, but the cognitive processes they engage during learning may differ from those of adults...

Eight Princeton professors were elected to the National Academy of Sciences this year: Cliff Brangwynne, Chris Chang, Maria Chudnovsky, Jianqing Fan, Sabine Kastner, Sebastian Seung, Daniel Sigman and...

Princeton Neuroscience Institute (PNI) faculty members Sabine Kastner and H. Sebastian Seung have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). Established in 1863 by President Abraham Linco...

Four Princeton research teams are receiving funding through the University’s Provost and Dean for Research Transformative Equipment Initiative to acquire state-of-the-art equipment or replace aging…

Every organism must be able to respond to stimuli in its environment, but when animal sizes strain the limits of neuron signaling, how do these massive creatures adapt?

Across the Princeton campus and beyond, groundbreaking biomedical advances are emerging from interdisciplinary partnerships among brilliant scholars — each bringing their individual gifts to the tough...

As part of our 125th Anniversary celebration, the Princeton Graduate School is proud to introduce Princeton's first Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Competition, a globally recognized platform for graduate ...

Depending on social circumstances and genetics, male African striped mice either dote on pups or attack them.

In striped mice, the social environment affects expression of the Agouti gene, which in turn can drive pup-directed hostility.