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Linda Buck And The Science Of Scent, Rosie Irwin
Linda Buck And The Science Of Scent, Rosie Irwin
Sound Neuroscience: An Undergraduate Neuroscience Journal
Linda Buck has greatly influenced the field of neuroscience. She forged the foundation for olfactory research and understanding and is now working to defy time and reduce the effects of aging. As a woman in a predominantly male profession, Buck faced seemingly few obstacles. That said, she still had to work hard to prove herself, just as anyone does in a cutthroat profession. She was fortunate to have parents who shaped her childhood so that as an adult, she would work hard to reach higher goals and obtain many amazing opportunities to work with excellent scientists, which allowed her to …
Altering Physical Behavior Through Pheromones, Robin Vieira
Altering Physical Behavior Through Pheromones, Robin Vieira
Sound Neuroscience: An Undergraduate Neuroscience Journal
Throughout her scientific career, Martha McClintock has advanced current understanding of pheromone-induced behavior by generating theories and evidence through numerous reputable experiments. Discovering the biological foundation of menstrual synchrony and other pheromone induced physiological responses has opened doors for further research examining the effects of specific pheromones. While McClintock and her colleagues discovered that both rats and humans communicate through pheromones, studying pheromonal responses within other species may broaden current understanding of how various pheromonal responses are triggered and received. Doing so may enable humans to modulate various components of their endogenous neuroendocrine conditions based on that of another’s endogenous …
Innovation From The Powerful And Underestimated: Helen Mayberg And The Revolutionary Breakthrough Of Deep Brain Stimulation, Zander Biro
Sound Neuroscience: An Undergraduate Neuroscience Journal
This paper will provide a short biography of Martha Farah and her contributions to the field of cognitive science and neuroethics. It will also include a short discussion of the field of neuroethics, its emergence in the beginning of the twenty-first century, and some of the topics currently under discussion, such as enhancement of normal function and monitoring of brain functions.
Anne Buckingham Young’S Role In Movement Disorder Research, Skyler Tetreau
Anne Buckingham Young’S Role In Movement Disorder Research, Skyler Tetreau
Sound Neuroscience: An Undergraduate Neuroscience Journal
Dr. Anne Buckingham Young’s research on a variety of movement disorders, including Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease, and tremors, has been critical in advancing the understanding of these disorders and in furthering the emphasis on research in these fields. Her extensive and dedicated research background provided her with several unique leadership opportunities in the neuroscience community.
Martha Farah And Neuroethics, Yiqing Dong
Martha Farah And Neuroethics, Yiqing Dong
Sound Neuroscience: An Undergraduate Neuroscience Journal
This paper will provide a short biography of Martha Farah and her contributions to the field of cognitive science and neuroethics. It will also include a short discussion of the field of neuroethics, its emergence in the beginning of the twenty-first century, and some of the topics currently under discussion, such as enhancement of normal function and monitoring of brain functions.
Human Pheromones In Female Social Groups, Natalie Smith
Human Pheromones In Female Social Groups, Natalie Smith
Sound Neuroscience: An Undergraduate Neuroscience Journal
Martha McClintock is a biopsychologist who specializes in social behavior and the regulation of fertility. It is through her pioneering work that menstrual synchrony amongst social groups of females was discovered to be a result of human pheromonal interactions. During McClintock’s undergraduate work at Wellesley College, she observed that menstrual synchrony was a common phenomenon between her dorm mates and herself (1). Through greater experimentation, she associated this trend was due to pheromonal output of women during social interactions. This work became her senior thesis at Wellesley and was published in Nature in 1971 (2). The discovery of ovarian pheromones …
Focus On Cecelia Moens; A Woman In Neuroscience, Rosa Dale-Moore
Focus On Cecelia Moens; A Woman In Neuroscience, Rosa Dale-Moore
Sound Neuroscience: An Undergraduate Neuroscience Journal
Women in the field of neuroscience are hugely underrepresented and marginalized simply as a residual inequality of the gender gap in STEM fields. However, there are prominent women in this quickly expanding field. Cecilia Moens is a researcher at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington. Her lab works extensively with zebra fish researching early neural development. Zebrafish are very useful for projects like this because their eggs are completely transparent to hide the embryos from predators in the water, but it also allows for researchers to easily visualize inside the embryo to observe different stages of development. …