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Neuroscience and Beyond @neuroandbeyond.bsky.social · 2d

Noise doesn’t just distract us; it changes how the brain processes sound
🎧 Watch our latest episode to hear journalist Chris Berdik explain how noisy environments- from schools to workplaces to daily life-can compromise cognitive development and communication.
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Auditory Midbrain & Early Literacy

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Neuroscience and Beyond @neuroandbeyond.bsky.social · 16d

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨
Noise isn’t just annoying, it’s a global health threat. In our latest episode, Chris Berdik explains how noise impacts sleep, stress, cognition, and hearing, and why better soundscapes in cities, schools, and hospitals are vital for health and wildlife.
Watch here: youtu.be/A5HZSU03qIM

How Noise Impacts our Brain, Health and Nature | Chris Berdik

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Neuroscience and Beyond @neuroandbeyond.bsky.social · 19d

Did you know that even mild hearing loss can increase the risk of developing dementia? Chris Berdik highlights research showing how hearing problems can accelerate cognitive decline by increasing isolation and reducing social interaction.

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Hearing Loss and Dementia: The Hidden Connection

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Neuroscience and Beyond @neuroandbeyond.bsky.social · 20d

What is the real effect of noise on our health? From triggering the body’s stress response to disrupting sleep and cognition, noise pollution is more than just an annoyance.

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The Hidden Health Risks of Noise Pollution

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Neuroscience and Beyond @neuroandbeyond.bsky.social · 23d

Explore consciousness with Prof. Kukushkin: how the brain’s predictions and feedback shape the way we experience the world.
▶️Watch the full clip here: youtu.be/Dby2Dh1G8Uc
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Which Theory of Consciousness Is Your Favorite?

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Neuroscience and Beyond @neuroandbeyond.bsky.social · Sep 8

How Does the Brain Build Abstract Ideas from Information?
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The Neuroscience of Abstraction

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Neuroscience and Beyond @neuroandbeyond.bsky.social · Sep 1

Ever wondered where memory truly lives? 🧠 In our latest episode, we welcome Prof. Nikolay Kukushkin @niko-kukushkin.bsky.social (NYU), to discuss the biology of memory and consciousness.

▶️ Watch the full clip here: youtu.be/VY9gqT7rs_A
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Where Is Our Memory Stored? Everywhere and Nowhere

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Neuroscience and Beyond @neuroandbeyond.bsky.social · Aug 28

Are you curious about the neuroscience behind social interactions? Watch our podcast episode #28 on YouTube with Raymundo Baez Mendoza, PhD!

🔗Link to the full episode: youtu.be/AFb4pQJC9zo

🔗Find us on X, Instagram, Spotify and more: linktr.ee/neuroscience...

Neuroscience and Beyond @neuroandbeyond.bsky.social · Aug 25

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨

What If Every Cell Has a Memory? From Cells to Consciousness | Prof. Nikolay Kukushkin @niko-kukushkin.bsky.social

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What If Every Cell Has a Memory? From Cells to Consciousness | Prof. Nikolay Kukushkin

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Neuroscience and Beyond @neuroandbeyond.bsky.social · Aug 23

What makes neurons special? While all cells can change their gene expression and signals, neurons are unique because they form thousands of highly specific connections that can be modified independently. That specificity is what makes the brain so powerful and unique.

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Why are neurons so special?

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Neuroscience and Beyond @neuroandbeyond.bsky.social · Aug 22

Prof. Kukushkin explains the massed vs. spaced effect: memory lasts longer when learning is spread out, and this rule applies not just to humans, but even to single cells.
#Neuroscience #Learning #Memory

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Want Better Memory? Don’t Cram, Space It Out

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Neuroscience and Beyond @neuroandbeyond.bsky.social · Aug 21

Memory isn’t just in your brain; it lives in every cell. Prof. Kukushkin explains how even kidney and gut cells store experiences, hinting that “memory is from the past, but for the future”
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Memory Lives in Every Cell, Not Just Your Brain

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Neuroscience and Beyond @neuroandbeyond.bsky.social · Aug 18

Funding Models, Career Pressure, and the Future of Science | Challenges in Academia with Raymundo Báez-Mendoza, PhD @raymundobaez.bsky.social
🔗 Link to the video: youtu.be/0C6jGqtBDYc

Funding Models and Future of Science | Challenges in Academia with Raymundo Báez-Mendoza, PhD #11

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Neuroscience and Beyond @neuroandbeyond.bsky.social · Aug 11

The same brain area handles fear... and friendship? Meet the amygdala. It’s more versatile than you think.

🔗 Watch the full clip here: youtu.be/L7SAEQXNQbc
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Fear vs. Friendship: How the Brain’s Amygdala Shapes Emotions

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Neuroscience and Beyond @neuroandbeyond.bsky.social · Aug 4

🧠Which brain regions control how we connect with others? The answer is... complex.
Watch the full clip here: youtu.be/zppBiFVXSDc
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#SocialBrain #Neuroscience

Which Brain Regions Drive Social Behavior?

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Neuroscience and Beyond @neuroandbeyond.bsky.social · Jul 28

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨

Neuroscience of Social Interactions: Friendship, Theory of Mind & the Amygdala | Dr. Raymundo Báez-Mendoza

Dr. Báez-Mendoza’s work reveals how the #brain makes sense of our most fundamental social experiences.

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Neuroscience of Social Interactions: Friendship & Theory of Mind | Dr. Raymundo Báez-Mendoza

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Neuroscience and Beyond @neuroandbeyond.bsky.social · Jul 26

🎧 Join us in the upcoming episode of our Challenges in Academia series, where Dr. Baez Mendoza @raymundobaez.bsky.social unpacks how funding pressures shape lab dynamics, career paths, and scientific risk-taking. 🔗Stay tuned for the new episode!

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How does research funding reward quantity over quality, and what impact does that have on science?

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Neuroscience and Beyond @neuroandbeyond.bsky.social · Jul 25

Dr. Mendoza @raymundobaez.bsky.social, neuroscientist at the German Primate Center, explains how brain damage can drastically alter social behavior.
#Amygdala #SocialBrain #Neuroscience

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The Brain Glitch That Breaks Boundaries

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Neuroscience and Beyond @neuroandbeyond.bsky.social · Jul 24

In our upcoming episode, Dr. Raymundo Baez Mendoza @raymundobaez.bsky.social, neuroscientist at the German Primate Center @primatenzentrum.bsky.social, explains how game theory is used to understand cooperation, competition, and social risk in controlled lab settings. 🐒

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How do researchers study social interactions?

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Neuroscience and Beyond @neuroandbeyond.bsky.social · Jul 21

Dr. Haage shares actionable ideas, such as creating peer spaces and a trust-based lab culture to rethink what mentorship and leadership should look like in modern science.

What's your biggest frustration with research culture? Share your thoughts in the comments! 💬

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Rethinking the Research Culture | Challenges in Academia with Dr. Haage #10

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Neuroscience and Beyond @neuroandbeyond.bsky.social · Jul 14

Dr. Verena Haage introduces SciLead, tackling academia's hidden challenge: the lack of early #leadership and #mentorship training. They offer events, workshops, and research to cultivate crucial skills for future scientific leaders.

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#Academia #Mentorship #SciLead

SciLead: Empowering Academic Leadership

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Neuroscience and Beyond @neuroandbeyond.bsky.social · Jul 7

Dr. Verena Haage explains how single-cell RNA sequencing helps us understand microglia,at a single cell level. Discover how this tool uncovers the brain’s immune system in unprecedented detail.

Watch the full clip here: youtu.be/kWxBdTXnbAw

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Importance of Single Cell RNA Sequencing in Microglia Research

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Neuroscience and Beyond @neuroandbeyond.bsky.social · Jun 30

In Episode 27, we explore microglia - the brain’s immune cells - with Dr. Verena Haage. Learn how RNA sequencing, transcriptomics, and proteomics uncover their role in brain health, disease, and aging - plus insights into SciLead and research culture.
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Neuroscience and Beyond @neuroandbeyond.bsky.social · Jun 29

In our latest episode, we tackle a crucial question with Dr. Verena Haage: How different are human and mouse microglia? She explains these differences and the challenges of translating promising drug discoveries from preclinical mouse studies to human trials.

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Human vs. Mouse Microglia

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Neuroscience and Beyond @neuroandbeyond.bsky.social · Jun 27

Did you know that microglia, the brain's immune cells, show significant sex-dependent differences, varying across brain regions in mice? Join us for the upcoming episode with Dr. Verena Haage from Charité Berlin to learn about #microglia in #health and #disease.

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Brain's Immune Cells & Sex Differences

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