A distinctive Carney Institute for Brain Science program at Brown University trains quantitatively minded undergraduates to introduce new methods for solving problems in brain science labs.

By pairing a retina-like sensor with a spiking neural network, a new technique with potential applications for self-driving cars, search-and-rescue drones or medical imaging can reveal objects invisible to standard cameras.

A study provides new details about how the brain’s motor cortex reacts when people watch actions by agents that may appear more human, or less.