The messy biological basis of culture Adrian Woolfson heralds Antonio Damasio’s bold argument that emotions define us. In attempts to define what makes us uniquely human, emotions and feelings are often marginalized. These deeply ingrained, often irrational aspects of our behaviour seem destined to be the poor cousins of the rational cognitive functions that…Continue Reading New Book by NGP Faculty: Antonio Damasio. The Strange Order of Things: Life, Feeling, and the Making of Cultures.
Month: February 2018
NGP faculty, Dr. Liman was featured in the New York Times.
Unlocking Secrets of Sour Flavors With Something Found in Your Ears A protein found in the inner ear also exists in cells that help us perceive sour tastes, according to a new study. CreditLeft, adoc-photos/Corbis, via Getty Images; right, Florilegius/SSPL, via Getty Images Of the five tastes — sweet, salty, sour, bitter and umami —…Continue Reading NGP faculty, Dr. Liman was featured in the New York Times.
NGP faculty member Emily Liman and graduate students Yu-Hsiang Tu, AJ Cooper and Bochuan Teng publish study in Science
Surprising discovery links sour taste to the inner ear’s ability to sense balance USC Dornsife scientists research ion channels in taste cells that respond to sour flavors USC Dornsife graduate student Yu-Hsiang Tu and Emily Liman, USC Dornsife biological sciences professor, have made a discovery about taste perception. (USC Photo/Mike Glier) Scientists at…Continue Reading NGP faculty member Emily Liman and graduate students Yu-Hsiang Tu, AJ Cooper and Bochuan Teng publish study in Science
USC scientist Valter Longo talks about how to live a longer and healthier life
What to know about fasting, aging, dieting and when you should eat Biochemist Valter Longo has devoted decades to discovering connections between nutrition and successful aging. He runs the Longevity Institute at the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, where the focus is on extending healthy life spans and finding ways to prevent and treat conditions like…Continue Reading USC scientist Valter Longo talks about how to live a longer and healthier life
Professor Sarah Bottjer studies the brains of zebra finches for clues to how humans learn.
Songbirds may hold the key to how babies learn to speak. he explanation for how people learn complex behaviors, such as speech, might be found in a new study of songbirds by scientists at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. “One hypothesis to explain speech development is that the sound of each…Continue Reading Professor Sarah Bottjer studies the brains of zebra finches for clues to how humans learn.
NGP faculty member Emily Liman and graduate students Yu-Hsiang Tu, AJ Cooper and Bochuan Teng publish study in Science
An evolutionarily conserved gene family encodes proton-selective ion channels Ion channels form the basis for cellular electrical signaling. Despite the scores of genetically identified ion channels selective for other monatomic ions, only one type of proton-selective ion channel has been found in eukaryotic cells. By comparative transcriptome analysis of mouse taste receptor cells, we identified…Continue Reading NGP faculty member Emily Liman and graduate students Yu-Hsiang Tu, AJ Cooper and Bochuan Teng publish study in Science