Marcelo Magnasco
Head of the Laboratory of Mathematical Physics at Rockefeller University
Marcelo Magnasco is the Head of the Laboratory of Mathematical Physics at Rockefeller University, where he leads a group of physicists who use living beings as a source of inspiration for creating new mathematical descriptions of nature. His work often looks at many aspects of sensory processing, including auditory, visual and olfactory. Dr. Magnasco graduated from the National University of La Plata in Argentina with a bachelor’s degree in physics in 1987. He received his Ph.D. in physics from The University of Chicago in 1992.
It is commonly said that we use only ten percent of our brain. The Rockefeller neuroscientist reveals this to be a misconception.
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Life’s events happen once and only once, meaning that we do not have defined categories for storing our experiences.
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From an evolutionary perspective, it makes far more sense to have sound capable of changing emotional states rather than vision or smell. Hence our hearing never really turns off, even […]
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And all this time you thought you saw with your eyes. A mathematical physicist explains his research into how sound defines the world.
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Our ears do more than hear. They can sense when someone is stressed, relaxed, or angry, and they can recognize the shininess of bathroom walls.
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The Homeric epithet “wine-dark sea” does more than paint a pretty image—it also tells us about the very strong character of Greek wine.
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By analyzing the Odyssey’s references to celestial events, Marcelo Magnasco has traced the exact days Homer described, including his experience of a full lunar eclipse on April 16, 1178 BC. […]
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A conversation with the head of the Laboratory of Mathematical Physics at Rockefeller University
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