Cerebrum Winter 2020 issue Archives

Cerebrum Winter 2020 issue

Podcast with Roger E. Beaty, author of The Creative Brain

Roger E. Beaty, Ph.D., author of “The Creative Brain,” discusses how creative thinking works in different domains and contexts.

Cerebrum Winter 2020 issue

Cerebrum Winter 2020 Issue

Table of contents, with links, for the Winter 2020 issue of Cerebrum's emagazine

Cerebrum Winter 2020 issue

Podcast with Keely A. Muscatell, author of Brains, Bodies, and Social Hierarchies

Keely A. Muscatell, Ph.D., author of "Brains, Bodies, and Social Hierarchies," discusses new research that ties income and other factors to stress and emotional responses.

Cerebrum Winter 2020 issue

Our author’s Cognitive Neuroscience of Creativity Lab at Penn State uses brain imaging and behavioral experiments to examine how creative thinking works in different contexts and domains, from the arts to the sciences to everyday life. His article examines the part of the brain that directs creative thought and asks the million-dollar question: Can creativity be enhanced?

Cerebrum Winter 2020 issue

Brains, Bodies, and Social Hierarchies

Does how we perceive our social standing impact our life expectancy and heart health? Are there interventions available to develop emotion regulation strategies?

Cerebrum Winter 2020 issue

Build a Better Brain Model

Organoids, chimeric cells, and other new experimental biotech offer us ways to study things we've never had access to before and ethical questions anew.