Brain & Behavior

Prof. Yael Hanein

Long-Term Vision

08.04.2013

Nano Physics, Brain & Behavior, Technology & Applications

The methods she learned in her physics research at the Weizmann Institute help Prof. Yael Hanein create unique medical nanodevices

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Israeli Researchers to Participate in European Commission Flagship

27.01.2013

Brain & Behavior, Science Teaching

The European Commission has officially announced the selection of the Human Brain Project (HBP) as one of its two Future Emerging Technologies (FET)...

Volunteers had "whiskers"attached to their fingers

Learning a New Sense

09.01.2013

Brain & Behavior

Weizmann Institute scientists observe as humans learn to sense like a rat, with “whiskers”

white smell illustration

The Smell of White

09.01.2013

Brain & Behavior

Weizmann Institute scientists apply the principles of white color and white noise to create a white smell

white smell illustration

The Smell of White

22.11.2012

Brain & Behavior

Weizmann Institute scientists apply the principles of white color and white noise to create a white smell

Anat Arzi and Prof. Noam Sobel

A Lesson in Sleep Learning

18.11.2012

Brain & Behavior

Subjects did not recall learning, but their sniffs showed they had learned the night’s lesson

Illustration: attaching plastic “whiskers” to the fingers of blindfolded volunteers and asking them to carry out a location task

Learning a New Sense

05.11.2012

Brain & Behavior

Weizmann Institute scientists observe as humans learn to sense like a rat, with ”whiskers”

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The Persistence of Memory

03.09.2012

Brain & Behavior

Why do some troubling memories continue to haunt while others can be repressed?

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A Lesson in Sleep Learning

26.08.2012

Brain & Behavior

Associations formed in the brains of sleeping volunteers remained intact when the subjects were awake

Locally Produced Proteins

Locally Produced Proteins

26.07.2012

Biochemistry, Brain & Behavior

How do long nerve extensions get a crucial molecule to an injury site in time?

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Shedding Light on the Dark Hours

Credit: Coleen Murphy, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

Cracking the Code of a Worm's Throat

“Eight Shining Examples of Excellence”

Burning Cancer’s Bridges

Press Releases

“Eight Shining Examples of Excellence”

The Weizmann Institute of Science Ranked among the World’s Top Ten Academic Institutions

A Discovery to Set Your Heart a-Knocking