Postdoctoral Scholar in Neuroscience, University of California, San Francisco
Shelly is an accomplished neuroscientist and science writer.
Her PhD thesis work (at the University of British Columbia, UBC) culminated in a Nature Neuroscience paper. She is currently working as a post-doctoral fellow at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), studying the mechanisms of brain aging and the potential for rejuvenation with Dr. Saul Villeda.
Shelly is also an award-winning science writer. Her popular science articles have appeared in Scientific American MIND, Discover,Science of Eating Disorders and UBC Medical Journal. She works as a contributing editor in neuroscience at Singularity Hub, an online publication with an eye for salient scientific and technological progress. She also runs the award-winning science blog NeuroFantastic.
Electrically stimulating your brain can boost memory – but here's one reason it doesn't always work
May 16, 2017 16:02 pm UTC| Health
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