Neuroscience students have opportunities to get hands-on research experience with their professors. Learn about some of the neuroscience research taking place at YorkU.
Jeff Schall
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How do the brain and body intersect to enact decision making? What role does vision play? These questions are driving new frontiers of research.
Jeff Schall: Cutting to the Heart of Free Will and Human Nature
Lauren Sergio & Robert Allison
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In trying to understand how the brain controls movement, a wide variety of expertise is needed, from neuroscience to virtual reality.
Lauren Sergio & Robert Allison: It Takes a Community to Raise a Cure
Niko Troje
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How do the brain and body intersect to enact decision making? What role does vision play? These questions are driving new frontiers of research.
Niko Troje: We’re Not Seeing Eye to Eye with This New Normal
Laurence Harris
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When our eyes and balance system in the inner ears send opposing signals to the brain, the mismatch can be disorienting. Roller-coaster's 'weird sensations' starts with just the anticipation of unpleasantness.
Laurence Harris: Roller-coaster's 'weird sensations' perceived differently with age
Videos courtesy of Research2Reality and York University's VISTA program.