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Cerebrum Fall 2021 issue

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Cerebrum Fall 2021 issue

Cerebrum Fall 2021 Issue

Table of contents, with links, for this issue of Cerebrum's emagazine
Cerebrum Fall 2021 issue

The Pressure to Perform

Assessing mental health risks for those in the public eye

Are those who perform before the public—hundreds, thousands, even millions of spectators at a time—at heightened risk of mental illness? It’s complicated.
Cerebrum Fall 2021 issue

Migraine: The Road to New Targeted Drugs

Research from four labs in different parts of the world led to a major breakthrough—and the 2021 Brain Prize

The 2021 Brain Prize went to four individuals whose independent research led to useful treatments for a disorder affecting a billion people.
Cerebrum Fall 2021 issue

Magic of the Mind

After receiving his degree in neurobiology, our author decided to pursue a career as a magician, a profession that requires a unique understanding of how the mind works.

Cerebrum Fall 2021 issue

Brain Trees

A sampling of work by Dana Simmons, Ph.D., a neuroscientist who created works of art from the beauty she saw through the use of microscopy to study autism.
Cerebrum Fall 2021 issue

A Conversation Worth Having

Clinical Corner

A psychiatrist falls seriously ill, and considers anew the dogma not to share details of one's life with one's patients.
Cerebrum Fall 2021 issue

False Hope and Deep Pockets

Neuroethics Viewpoint

So far, the story of the new drug Aduhelm, intended to treat signs of Alzheimer's disease, is "buyer beware."

Cerebrum Fall 2021 issue

Magic of the Mind – with Daniel Roy

The job of a magician is to exploit loopholes in the way you process reality. What are the psychological implications of deception? Daniel Roy, neuroscientist and magician, shares some secrets.

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