NEWS AND EVENTS

April 3, 2008. The Amygdaloids are not rocket scientists but brain scientiests who rock-it. Watch the <video> for a short lecture on Emotion, Memory and the Brain by Dr.Joseph LeDoux followed by songs performed by The Amygdaloids at 92nd Y.

LeDoux's research and his band The Amygdaloids are among Brainwave festival events running across New York City until June -- Read the Article in Nature Books & Arts column.

Science current issue(Jan.11, 2008) has a short story on Dr. LeDoux's band in the Newsmakers column. Read the article Here. (PDF)

“Why Do We Feel So Afraid?” - Topic of Joseph LeDoux Lecture, Oct. 10

Sicience, Music & Your Brain - Click here to watch the video(Monday, October 1, 2007).

The Emotional Brain -- A Lecture by Joseph LeDoux at the New York Open Center (Tuesday, October 2, 8pm)

Joseph LeDoux's heavy mental -- Jonathan Cott and Karen Rester interview Joe for Salon.Com about his research and The Amygdaloids. Jonathan is author of "On the Sea of Memory: A Journey From Forgetting to Remembering," editor of "Bob Dylan: The Essential Interviews." He also did John Lennon's last interview, and has interviewed numerous other musicians. Karen Rester is a free-lance writer working on her first novel (July 25, 2007).

Heavy Mental: The Message is in the Music -- Arianna Huffington Blog Site Features Amygdaloids. Read the Article on the Huffington Post (July 24, 2007).

Radio Lab, Friday, June 08, 2007, an NPR program, interviewed Joe LeDoux about "Memory and Forgetting". Available as a podcast too. Listen to the whole show .

Dr. Joseph LeDoux and his band The Amygdaloids appeared in a Washington Square News article about NYU's graduating class of 2007.
Read the <Article>
Watch The Amygdaloids' performance <Video>

Henry and Lucy Moses Professor of Science Joseph LeDoux gave a speech to the class of 2007 at the graduation ceremony for NYU's College of Arts and Science at Madison Square Garden. Following his speech, LeDoux and his band, The Amygdaloids, performed for the crowd of graduates and their families. Read the <Speech>

NEW INSTITUTE ESTABLISHED TO STUDY BRAIN'S EMOTIONAL FUNCTIONS. Monday, April 16, 2007

Wipe out a single memory-A news story about our recent study from Nature.com.

A Band of Scientists Who Really Are a Band - An aticle in The New York Times.<Read the article>

The Amygdaloids performed as part of the Entertaining Science Cabaret at Cornelia Street Café on Sunday, Mar. 4, 2007 at 6PM. Click here for the details.

Our poster in TimeOut about this event

The Amygdaloids Neighborhood: Greenwich Village Venue: Cornelia Street Café Travel: Subway: A, C, E, B, D, F, V to W 4th St Category: Around Town Address: 29 Cornelia St Phone: 212-989-9319 This week's schedule: March 4 at 6pm Details: Four NYU scientists, including neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux (The Emotional Brain) perform original songs, such as “Mind-Body Problem,” “All in a Nut” and “If You Want Your Mind to Last.”

Message in The Music -- An article on FORWARD (Fri. Jan 05, 2007) about The Amygdaloids.

The Amygdaloids was on NYU Tonight news in Nov.30, 2006 (set the time bar on RealPlayer at 9:29 min, the Amygdaloids News lasts about 4 minutes).

A Night of Mental Disorder -- Lectures followed by Rock music, November 1, 2006, 7:30 PM. See the poster for the details.<Download the poster>

10 questions for Joseph LeDoux -- an interview with Dr. Ledoux.

Joseph LeDoux was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Mastery of Emotions - The Feb/Mar 2006 issue of Scientific American Mind has an article featuring Dr. Joseph LeDoux, titled "Master of Emotions"

Forgetting Fear - Both Dr. Phelps and Dr. Ledoux 's research appeared on this ScienCentral News. Read the full story.

Joseph LeDoux is the recipient of the 2005 Fyssen Prize.CONGRATULATIONS, Joe!

Joseph LeDoux received the 2005 award From New York Academy of Sciences, CONGRATULATIONS, Joe!

Joseph LeDoux and his research appeared on CBS NEWS SUNDAY MORNING --- "Delightfully Scared!" Sunday, October 31, 2004.

Joseph LeDoux and his research appeared on Washington Post ---- Tuesday, October 19, 2004; Page A01 "Is Every Memory Worth Keeping?"

Charlie Rose interviewed Joseph LeDoux in February 20, 2004

Fear: Its Political Uses and Abuses
----- A social research conference at new school university February 5-7, 2004
Dr. Joe LeDoux spoke at this conference in Session 2 (Friday, February 6, 2004, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.).

A Science article (Science Apr 25 2003: 568-569) features LeDoux's research on fear.

Joseph LeDoux gave the Seventh Annual Swartz Foundation Mind/Brain Lecture on March 31st.

Newsweek cover story --- Our Bodies, Our Fears
A cover story in Newsweek's Feb. 24 issue features Joe LeDoux and his research.

Joseph LeDoux and his research in the recent Discover Magazine cover story:
Emotions and the Brain ---A cover story about Joseph LeDoux and his research in the current issue of Discover Magazine --- DISCOVER Vol. 24 No. 3(March 2003)

Taking a Clinical Look at Human Emotions:
On a recent balmy evening, Dr. Joseph LeDoux, a professor of neuroscience at New York University, strode to the stage of the Cornelia Street Cafe in Greenwich Village and read from his latest book, "The Synaptic Self: How Our Brains Become Who We Are." --- Read the full article on New York Times, Tuesday, October 8, 2002

Joseph LeDoux on TEN Cover Essay and TEN Interview:
In volume 4 : number 4--Neurological Engineering : Gaining Access to the Hidden Circuitry in Human Memory and Emotion. TEN - Trends in Evidence-Based Neuropsychiatry has a cover Essay and an interview articles about Dr. Joseph LeDoux and his research.

Joseph LeDoux on npr's Science Friday :
March 29, 2002, Hour Two, in this hour of Science Friday, Ira talked with scientist Joseph LeDoux about his new book " The Synaptic Self: How Our Brains Become Who We Are."
Click the link here to hear Joe's Talk on Talk of the Nation in sengment 02.

Stress in the City : On January 29 Joseph LeDoux and other scientific and medical experts on stress spoke to the public on 'Stress in the city' as a result of Sept. 11.
Click the link here to view lecture video and discussion video