How do great artists tap into our visual system?
In this video, Allen Institute researchers visit the new exhibit Color & Pattern at Seattle's Pivot Art+Culture to show us how what our brain expects to see can have a strong impact on what it does see.
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A wiring diagram for sleep
Anyone who suffers from insomnia knows how sleep is not so easily untangled from being awake--and recent research by scientists at the Allen Institute for Brain Science and the University of California, Berkeley shows that the brain's own wiring reflects that pattern.
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A turbo engine for tracing neurons
Publication in Neuron highlights the Allen Developing Mouse Brain Atlas and its ability to trace regions of the developing brain to better understand human brain developmental diseases
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Apply now to be a Next Generation Leader
Next Generation Leaders at the Allen Institute for Brain Science gain tremendous experience and professional development while serving as Institute ambassadors. The application deadline is June 9, 2017.
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NeuroFutures 2017
The annual NeuroFutures conference brings together experts from across the field of neuroscience for a series of stimulating talks and posters. Join Allen Institute researchers at NeuroFutures 2017: Brain Connectivity in Health and Disease on July 9-11 at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, B.C.
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IN THE NEWS
Video Games Help Model Brain's Neurons New York Times, April 24, 2017
Mozak turns brain cell mapping into video game, thanks to UW and Allen Institute GeekWire, April 24, 2017
Online 'brain game' helping Allen Institute scientists map human brain
KOMO News, May 3, 2017
The brain makers on All in the Mind ABC Radio Network, April 9, 2017
The Spiritual, Reductionist Consciousness of Christof Koch Nautilus, April 6, 2017
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