Emily Sohn

Oct 18, 2024 | boisestatepublicradio.org | Emily Sohn

A mother in Nigeria pretends to cook food in a pot of water to calm her hungry children. In Houston, another mom can’t get to the food bank because the family’s car was flooded by Hurricane Beryl in July. A dad in India says, "Every day, from dawn to dusk, the one thought that floods my heart and mind is that the kids shouldn't ever go to sleep hungry.

Oct 18, 2024 | npr.org | Emily Sohn

PHOTOS: How 9 families cope when they can't afford 3 healthy meals a day for the kidsA mother in Nigeria pretends to cook food in a pot of water to calm her hungry children. In Houston, another mom can’t get to the food bank because the family’s car was flooded by Hurricane Beryl in July. A dad in India says, "Every day, from dawn to dusk, the one thought that floods my heart and mind is that the kids shouldn't ever go to sleep hungry.

Oct 11, 2024 | nytimes.com | Eric J. Ruby |Eli Durst |Jenn Plus Jake |Matt Hintz |David E. Williams |Jenna Marotta | +3 more

CHRISSY TEEMS, 13 Eighth grade, Los AngelesMy style changes once every week. I can't stick to the same type of aesthetic. But I do have a lot of pink items in my closet. I love all things girlie. The New York Times for KidsTo find out what's trending now, The New York Times for Kids visited middle schools across the country. CHRISSY TEEMS, 13 Eighth grade, Los AngelesMy style changes once every week. I can't stick to the same type of aesthetic. But I do have a lot of pink items in my closet.

Aug 7, 2024 | thetransmitter.org | Alla Katsnelson |Grace Lindsay |Emily Sohn |Jill Adams

When neuroscientists study how behaviors or cognitive abilities are represented in the brain, they usually study them one by one. But that’s not how brains work. We know intuitively that learning builds on itself—you probably could not have learned algebra without first grasping arithmetic (even if you’ve forgotten it all now). A neural network described in a new study suggests how such additive learning might happen.

Jun 11, 2024 | thetransmitter.org | Bertrand Massot |Yves Sciama |Angie Voyles Askham |Emily Sohn

Contributing writer Share this article: Tags: Sleep, Behavioral neuroscience, Brain implant, Brain mapping, brain waves, Consciousness, Cortex, Midbrain, Publishing, Science and society On a December morning in 2019, Paul-Antoine Libourel, a tall, bearded 39-year-old French neuroscientist, stood before his surgical instruments, nearly 100 of them, shining in the bright light of his headlamp.