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Cerebrum Winter 2021 Issue

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Cerebrum Winter 2021 Issue

Cerebrum Winter 2021 Issue

Table of contents, with links, for the Winter issue of Cerebrum's emagazine
Cerebrum Winter 2021 Issue

His and Hers: Sex Differences in the Brain

The neurobiological sex differences in the male and female brain remain largely a mystery. Our author—an acclaimed neuroendocrinologist at Northwestern University—tells us what we know and why we don’t know more.
stressed man lost in data
Cerebrum Winter 2021 Issue

The Promise of Big Data Imaging for Mental Health

Knowledge gleaned from big data and advances in neuroimaging have provided new insights into the workings of the brain. Our author, founding director of the Center for Translational Research in Neuroimaging and Data Science, traces the evolution of these two evolving fields.
Cerebrum Winter 2021 Issue

Psychedelics: Weighing the Healing Power

New research suggests drugs like psilocybin may help treat neuropsychiatric conditions ranging from depression to opioid addiction. But what do we really know about how psychedelics influence the brain?
Cerebrum Winter 2021 Issue

Your Brain on Food

Science is increasingly unpacking the ways that diet influences cognitive function and emotional well-being. Growing evidence suggests that the right diet may in fact mitigate some of the ill effects of stress on the brain, while the wrong diet may worsen the effects.
Cerebrum Winter 2021 Issue

The New Science of Spaces

How can the new field of environmental neuroscience, which is aimed at analyzing the use of physical and social spaces, help architects, urban planners, and policy makers improve psychological and physiological states?
Cerebrum Winter 2021 Issue

Marijuana: Young Minds and Other Concerns

Neuroethics Viewpoint

Any ethical evaluation of marijuana policies should consider the latest scientific understanding of marijuana’s effects on cognitive abilities on adolescents and its potential downstream impacts on education, employment, job performance, and income.
Cerebrum Winter 2021 Issue

The Sound of Healing

Clinical Corner

Recovery is not just repairing the cerebrum but renovating someone’s sense of self as we make our way towards a new “normally abnormal.” A Clinical Corner column
Cerebrum Winter 2021 Issue

Podcast with Catherine Woolley, Author of His and Hers: Sex Differences in the Brain

Catherine Woolley, Ph.D., author of our Cerebrum cover story, “His and Hers: Sex Differences in the Brain,” discusses what the research has told us so far and why more research is desperately needed.
Cerebrum Winter 2021 Issue

Podcast with Vince Calhoun, Author of The Promise of Big Data Imaging for Mental Health

Cerebrum author Vince Calhoun discusses his pioneering research and the evolution of a growing field that has enormous potential to have an impact of both mental health and neurodegenerative treatment.

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