Robert J. and Nancy D. Carney Institute for Brain Science
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The Carney Institute for Brain Science is accelerating the pace of scientific discovery about the brain and helping to find treatments and therapies for some of the world’s most devastating diseases.
Carney Institute
The Carney Institute for Brain Science is accelerating the pace of scientific discovery about the brain and helping to find treatments and therapies for some of the world’s most devastating diseases.
Commencement Community Spotlights
Our special Community Spotlight series featuring Carney-connected undergraduates: see what they've learned and how they plan to use their degrees.
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Commencement 2026 Spotlight: Megan Wang
The neuroscience and early modern world concentrator reflects on what she's learned--and where she's going next.
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Commencement 2026 Spotlight: Dylan Heinstein
The neuroscience and music concentrator reflects on what he's learned--and where he's going next.
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Commencement 2026 Spotlight: Evan Braho
The neuroscience concentrator reflects on what's he's learned--and where he's going next.
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Commencement 2026 Spotlight: Tony El Nemer
The computer science and cognitive and psychological sciences concentrator reflects on what he's learned--and where he's going next.
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Commencement 2026 Spotlight: Jane Baker
The computational neuroscience concentrator reflects on what she's learned--and where she's going next.
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Through the Advancing Research Careers program, Benca-Bachman studied the relationship between sleep and PTSD.
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Recent News
More news Genetically modified nematodes provide a new disease model to screen potential treatments for a rare neurogenetic disorder that has no cure.
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Lab to launch
Three trainee-led startups are on a mission to fight Alzheimer's disease.
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Science News
Newly mapped brain networks link far-flung regions
Astrocyte networks may have roles in disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease, traumatic brain injuries and stroke — perhaps in varied roles that could both damage and heal.
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This year’s awardees are making key contributions to the study of addiction, ALS, Alzheimer’s disease, anxiety and traumatic injury.
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New research shows that AI language models can develop a mathematical “understanding” that differentiates between events that are commonplace, improbable, impossible or just plain nonsense.
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New York Times
Why it's crucial we understand how AI 'thinks'
For us to trust it on certain subjects, researchers in the growing field of interpretability might need to learn how to open the black box of its brain.
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Brain Circuits and Behavior
The Robert J. and Nancy D. Carney Institute for Brain Science community is united under the common goal of understanding how brain circuits—networks of interconnected neurons—generate and control complex behavior.
Carney Now Newsletter
In the latest issue of Carney Now: An innovative tool that sheds light on the electrical activity in the brain, breakthrough AI models and new hope for people with spinal cord injuries.
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Intellectual demands have certain moments that are just transformational. That's exactly where brain science is right now.
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With “trans-Tango,” a technology developed at Brown University and described in a new study in Neuron, scientists can bridge across the connections between neurons to trace — and in the future control — brain circuits.
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What does brain science mean to you?