Episode 3: Who is in Control? is available to view online at pbs.org

Episode 2: What Makes Me? is available to view online at pbs.org

Episode 1: What is Reality? is available to view online at pbs.org

Drs Weiner and Uncapher served as Script Supervisors for all episodes in the new PBS series, The Brain. The six-part series is hosted by Dr David Eagleman, and can be viewed online at pbs.org. 

The six episode TV series will air every Wed evening at 10p from 10/14 through 11/18. 

In a new publication by Dr Weiner and colleagues in Germany and at Stanford, two new brain regions are identified and described. 

​Full text here.

The National Academy of Sciences, along with the Institute of Digital Media and Child Development, are launching a global convening of researchers, pediatricians, child psychologists, and neuroscientists who are investigating the impact of technology and media use on childrens' brains and behavior. 

IAN's Dr Uncapher is a co-organizer and will chair the working group day of the conference. 
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White papers will be published in an upcoming issue of Pediatrics, and select primary papers and reviews will be published in upcoming issues of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.   

Dr Uncapher (Assistant Professor of Neurology, UCSF) joins Ben Riley (ED of Deans for Impact), Dr Dan Willingham (Professor of Psychology, U of Virginia) and dean Greg Anderson (Temple University) for the national launch of the Science of Learning report from Deans for Impact at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. 

The report summarizes insights from the Science of Learning into practical implications for teaching and learning in the classroom. 

Watch video here. More information on the Science of Learning report here.

Discover Magazine highlights how Dr Weiner and colleague Dr Jason Yeatman rediscovered a part of the human brain that has a storied history. 

Read article here.