Studying ‘Hunters and Busybodies,’ Penn and American University Researchers Measure Different Types of Curiosity

A new study undertaken by Dani Bassett and collaborators uses Wikipedia browsing as a method for describing curiosity styles. Using a branch of mathematics known as graph theory, their analysis of curiosity opens doors for using it as a tool to improve learning and life satisfaction.

Bioengineering
Electrical and Systems Engineering

Evolution, Emergence and the Brain

A Radical New Model of the Brain Illuminates Its Wiring

Network neuroscience could revolutionize how we understand the brain—and change our approach to neurological and psychiatric disorders. Dani Bassett discusses this developing discipline in this recent Wired article.

Bioengineering
Electrical and Systems Engineering

Evolution, Emergence and the Brain

Dani Bassett, Jordan Dworkin, and Perry Zurn

Rooting Out Systemic Bias in Neuroscience Publishing

An interdisciplinary research team has found statistical evidence of women being under-cited in academic literature. They are now leading efforts to analyze systemic racial bias in neuroscience citations, and have suggestions for combatting it.

Bioengineering
Electrical and Systems Engineering
Neuroscience

Evolution, Emergence and the Brain

Dani Bassett receives OHBM 2020 Early Career Investigator Award

Each year, the Organization for Human Brain Mapping recognizes the outstanding contributions of members in the field of human brain imaging. Dani Bassett has received their 2020 Early Career Investigator Award.

Bioengineering
Electrical and Systems Engineering

Evolution, Emergence and the Brain

What do ‘Bohemian Rhapsody,’ ‘Macbeth,’ and a list of Facebook friends all have in common?

New research from Dani Bassett finds that works of literature, musical pieces, and social networks have a similar underlying structure that allows them to share large amounts of information efficiently.

Bioengineering
Electrical and Systems Engineering

Evolution, Emergence and the Brain

To err is human, to learn, divine

New research from Dani Bassett finds that the human brain detects patterns in complex networks by striking a balance between simplicity and complexity, much like how a pointilist painting can be viewed up close to see the finer details or from a distance to see its overall structure.

Bioengineering
Electrical and Systems Engineering

Evolution, Emergence and the Brain

Machine learning identifies personalized brain networks in children

In a new study published in the journal Neuron, a multidisciplinary team led by Ted Satterthwaite used machine learning techniques to show how brain networks unique to each child can predict cognition.

Psychiatry

Evolution, Emergence and the Brain

Research Identifies Changes in Neural Circuits Underlying Self-Control, Decision Making During Adolescent Brain Development

Researchers from the Lifespan Brain Institute and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, including Ted Satterthwaite, applied tools from network science to identify how anatomical connections in the brain develop to support neural activity in key areas.

Psychiatry

Evolution, Emergence and the Brain

Penn Researchers’ Model Optimizes Brain Stimulation Therapies, Improving Memory in Tests

In an effort to better personalize and optimize brain stimulation as a type of therapy, a new study from Danielle Bassett has developed a way to model how a given patient’s brain activity will change in response to targeted stimulation.

Bioengineering
Electrical and Systems Engineering

Evolution, Emergence and the Brain

Science fiction and superhero films portray brain-machine interfaces as malevolent robots that plug into human brains for fuel in The Matrix (top left) or as power-enhancing devices in X-Men (top right).

Brain-machine interfaces: Villainous gadgets or tools for next-gen superheroes?

Penn Today talked with Konrad Kording, a Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor whose group works at the interface of data science and neuroscience to better understand the human brain, to learn more about brain-machine interfaces and where real-world technologies and science fiction intersect.

Bioengineering
Neuroscience

Evolution, Emergence and the Brain

News

Studying ‘Hunters and Busybodies,’ Penn and American University Researchers Measure Different Types of Curiosity

A Radical New Model of the Brain Illuminates Its Wiring

Rooting Out Systemic Bias in Neuroscience Publishing

Dani Bassett receives OHBM 2020 Early Career Investigator Award

What do ‘Bohemian Rhapsody,’ ‘Macbeth,’ and a list of Facebook friends all have in common?

To err is human, to learn, divine

Machine learning identifies personalized brain networks in children

Research Identifies Changes in Neural Circuits Underlying Self-Control, Decision Making During Adolescent Brain Development

Penn Researchers’ Model Optimizes Brain Stimulation Therapies, Improving Memory in Tests

Brain-machine interfaces: Villainous gadgets or tools for next-gen superheroes?