USC Dornsife News

Antonio Damasio and Hanna Damasio of USC Dornsife’s Brain and Creativity Institute receive honorary degrees from the Sorbonne in Paris.

Researchers in USC Dornsife’s Brain and Creativity Institute are using Holocaust survivor testimonies from USC Shoah Foundation — The Institute for Visual History and Education to map brain circuitry.

USC Dornsife’s Giorgio Coricelli of economics and psychology uses MRI to show that failure is a rewarding experience when the brain has a chance to assess its options and mistakes.

A four-decade analysis of brain studies generates new insight, perhaps changing the way scientists view its architecture.

USC Dornsife scientists collaborate with engineers to image synapses in living zebrafish and gain a better understanding of the brain.

Alumnus John Monterubio manages operations and provides legal counsel for ReefCam, a company that promotes marine conservation by showing the world the fragile beauty of our threatened coral reef ecosystems.

Dubbed ‘Golgi,’ a new map of a rat brain built by USC Dornsife researchers makes it easy for scientists and doctors to explore the brain and connectome.

A world-leading behavioral neuroscientist who spent a half-century on memory research, University Professor Emeritus Richard F. Thompson developed USC Dornsife’s neuroscience research program.

University Professor Larry Swanson’s new book, an encyclopedic parts inventory providing a comprehensive vocabulary for brain maps, will serve as a valuable resource for President Obama’s Brain Initiative.