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.
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Grad students learn the art of fellowship funding at USC
Application workshops pay off with a record number of National Science Foundation Fellowships. Panthea Heydari Video Preparing for grad school these days means more than being ready for late nights in the lab. It can also mean looking for fellowship opportunities that could jumpstart a young scholar’s career. At USC, students are taught how to…Continue Reading Grad students learn the art of fellowship funding at USC
Neuroscience: A life of regret
Regret springs from a region of the brain called the medial orbitofrontal cortex, according to a study that used functional magnetic resonance imaging to analyse peoples’ response to a gamble. Read more…Continue Reading Neuroscience: A life of regret