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Neuroscientists focus on the brain and its effects on behavior, mental functioning, and how people think. They investigate what happens to the nervous system when people have emotional, mental, and physical problems. A neuroscientist can specialize in a variety of fields, from neuroanatomy to neuropsychology. Research in this field can improve our understanding of both the brain and the body, how it works, and the health problems that affect them.
What is Neuroscience?
Neuroscience is a multidisciplinary science that works collaboratively with other fields, such as mathematics, linguistics, engineering, computer science, chemistry, philosophy, psychology, and medicine. Here we will talk about the research of great neuroscientists.
Eric Kandel
Kandel’s award-winning study focused on sea slug Aplysia. Few nerve cells, many of which are very large and readable are found in the sea slug Aplysia. The sea slug also has a protective reflex to monitor its lungs, which Kandel uses to learn basic learning techniques. These experiments, combined with his recent research on mice, confirmed that memory was concentrated in synapses. As changes in synaptic function created different types of memory. Kandel has shown that weak substances cause certain chemical changes in synapses; these changes are the basis of temporary memory, lasting minutes to hours. The powerful stimulus triggers different synaptic changes, leading to long-term memory that can last for weeks.
Kandel’s books include The Age of Insight: The Quest to Understand the Unconscious in Art, Mind, and Brain: From Vienna 1900 to the Present (2012) and The Disordered Mind: What Unusual Brains Tell Us About Ourselves (2018). In Search of Memory: The Emergence of New Psychological Sciences (2006) was an autobiography.
Adele Diamond
Adele Dorothy Diamond is a professor of neuroscience at the University of British Columbia, where she currently chairs the Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. Adele is one of the pioneers in the field of cognitive development neuroscience. She is investigating how management activities are affected by biological and environmental factors, especially in children.
Recent research
Diamond’s work began based on “YES, YOU CAN”. A child may seem incapable of doing or understanding something, but they can. You must question differently or teach a concept in new ways so the child can succeed. Diamond has shown this approach first with infants’ understanding of the concept. Then with their ability to understand unintelligible concepts. Followed by children’s ability to succeed in a task that requires memory and prevention.
His lab is researching the power of art (music and spoken voice) to improve emotions and reduce or reverse the decline in understanding of aging. As well as the effects of stress, and how it differs in gender and genetics.
Antonio Damasio
Antonio Damasio is a Portuguese and American neurologist. He is currently chairing David Dornsife in Neuroscience, as well as Professor of Psychology, Philosophy, and Neurology, at the University of Southern California. He is an interim professor at the Salk Institute. He previously served as chair of neurology at the University of Iowa for 20 years. Damasio leads the Brain and Creativity Institute and has authored several books. His latest work, Self Comes to Mind: Building a Conscious Brain (2010), explores the relationship between the brain and consciousness. Damasio’s research on neuroscience has shown that emotions play a key role in social understanding and decision-making.
Antonio Damasio’s research on neuroscience has shown that emotions play a key role in social understanding and decision-making. His work has greatly influenced the current understanding of neural systems, which support memory, language, and cognition.
References:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Damasio
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adele_Diamond#Recent_research
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Eric-Kandel
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Arvid-Carlsson
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2000/kandel/facts/
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2000/kandel/biographical/
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