• (December 1, 2022): Greatest Music of All Time #491 - Joseph LeDoux - Joe LeDoux was interviewed by Tom Cridland for his Greatest Music of All Time podcast.
  • (November 1, 2022) Knockout Noise Presents: The Neuroscience & Emotion: The Life, Work & Music of Dr.Joseph LeDoux
  • Mixture (Feb. 18, 2022) : Music by scientists (special issue) - The Amygdaloids featured in article on scientists who make music
  • (January 6, 2019)Jersey Beat | Reviewarama! By Jim Testa: Jim Testa from Jersey Beat had a review for Joe's latest record "A River of Hope and Love Flows through a Dark Abyss." - "LeDoux has a craggy, inflective voice.... a personality singer as opposed to a crooner"
  • (August 31, 2018) A River of Hope and Love Flows Through a Dark Abyss - LeDoux's first solo album released on the Amygdaloids YouTube channel
  • (August 28, 2018) Check out The Amygdaloids new improved YouTube Channel.
  • (June 1, 2018) Have we misunderstood what fear is? (Video) - Joseph LeDoux gave a Keynote lecture and So We Are (Joseph LeDoux and Colin Dempsey, the acoustic group of The Amygdaloids) closes out at El Aleph Festival de Arte y Ciencia (video) in the MUAC Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo Mexico City, Mexico, UNAM Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Cultura UNAM. (June 1, 2018)
  • (April 26, 2018) Silence and Memory: An Exploration of Music, Mind and Brain - Musician and psychotherapist Cornelius Dufallo (ETHEL, Flux Quartet) will host a concert and discussion featuring neuroscientist, Joseph LeDoux at Spectrum in Bushwick on Thursday, May 10 at 7 PM - 9 PM
  • OUTSIDE-IN: THE SOCIAL BRAIN, CULTURE, AND THE SEL : Joseph E. LeDoux will share stage with Siri Hustvedt, and Jason Tougaw talking about  elusive brains on Mar. 2 2018 in the Graduate Center, CUNY. The panel discussion will be followed by a musical performance by So We Are, LeDoux’s musical duo with Colin Dempsey.
  • Joseph LeDoux will speak at the coming conference – "Anxiety". Rome, Italy | Feb 10, 2018. Joined by his band member Colin Dempsey, he will also perform a few songs in the conference opening night.
  • (December 27, 2017) PORT0. "Once Bitten, Twice Shy" by Joseph LeDoux, The Amygdaloids, and the album "Anxious" (2015), is the official song of the 2nd World Congress on Facial Expression of Emotion (2ndWCFEE 2018), to be held in Porto (Portugal), on October 11-13, 2018. "It's a love song about Pavlovian conditioning," said Prof. Joseph LeDoux to Prof. Freitas-Magalhães.
  • (December 6, 2017) My Mind's Eye: A Series of Video Interviews with Joseph LeDoux. Episode #5: The Roots of Behavior: An interview with Cori Bargmann
  • SO WE ARE & THE ROCK VALLEY RETINUE: HiFi: Monday, November 21 at 7:30 PM – 9 PM
  • (Nov. 5, 2016) Preview "Things We've Learned" by So We Are & the Rock Valley Retinue. Listen@cdbaby
  • The Sounds of Fear: a pre Halloween show - Sidewalk, Oct 25 at 7:15 PM and Oct 26 at 8:30 PM
  • (Oct. 13, 2016)cronkitenews.azpbs.org: Why we love a good scare.
  • So We Are will perform songs about mind and brain in The Mind - one of NYU Inauguration Celebration Week events. LeDoux will moderate the event and Colin Dempsey will be speaking in the even too.
  • Summer Music 2016 at The Rock Valley Schoolhouse @ 4:00  PM, August 7
  • (April 21, 2016) Odyssey of the Mind:In this event, Neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux will be joined by Colin Dempsey  under the duo name So We Are , to give a musical performance related to the topic of his talk: The Unconscious Is Less Mysterious But No Less Important Than You Thought.
  • (March 30, 2016) Rocking Out for CNS 2016:Three bands made up of CNS members – The Amygdaloids, Pavlov’s Dogz, and The Shrinks – are playing this Sunday, on the occasion of the CNS annual meeting in New York.
  • (Jan. 14, 2016) Heavy Mental Music : Sun, April 3rd, 2016
  • (Jan. 6, 2016) So We Are will play on Monday with Don Piper and Eric Ambel. Colin Dempsey and Joseph LeDoux will be previewing new tunes. Don PIper with So We Are and Eric Ambel: Mon 8 PM · HiFi · New York, NYMonday, 11 January, 20:00
  • "I Got a Mind to Tell You" is a new blog by Joe. The goal is cut through the hype and provide straight talk about the brain.
    • NEWS & PRESS ARCHIVE (2015)
  • November 4, 2015 - Memory, Trauma and Resilience at Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum. Nov 18, 730p. Tickets on sale now.
    Learn about new research on memory and trauma in this moderated panel featuring Joseph LeDoux (New York University), George Bonanno (Columbia University), Charles Marmar (NYU Langone Medical Center) and Daniela Schiller (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai). BBC journalist and author Kim Ghattas will serve as moderator.
  • October 23, 2015 - Today's Book-of-the-Day Show - How To Control Your Fear: My Interview With Top Neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux | Tai Lopez.
  • So We Are + Courtney Lee Adams Jr. at HiFi Back Room: WED, OCTOBER 21, 2015, 8:00 PM
  • rogerdooley.com (September 17, 2015): What Your Amygdala Really Does, with Joseph LeDoux - An interview conducted by Roger Dooley. Covers The Amygdaloids and Anxious (the book and CD).
  • psychologytoday.com/blog (August 25, 2015): Psychotherapy as a Learning Experience - Suggestions from the neuroscience of learning and memory by Joseph E LeDoux in "I Got a Mind to Tell You"
  • psychologytoday.com/blog (August 10, 2015): The Amygdala Is NOT the Brain's Fear Center by Joseph E LeDoux in "I Got a Mind to Tell You"
  • The Mixtape on WJFF: On Friday, August 14, Joseph LeDoux will join Jason Tougaw to discuss Anxious the book and the CD, and to spin lots of songs about anxiety and fear. They will preview some of these songs during the coming week on Music about mind and brain and mental disorders
  • madinamerica.com (August 07, 2015) Thoughts on the Nature of Emotions By Jill Littrell, Ph.D.
  • NATURE | BOOKS AND ARTS (August 06, 2015) Inside the fear factor - Dr. Susanne Ahmari reviews Anxious (The book) for Nature
  • Anxious with Joseph LeDoux + Mark Epstein - July 15, 2015. The Rubin Museum of Art. In conversation with psychiatrist Mark Epstein, neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux tells us why in his latest book ANXIOUS: Using the Brain to Understand and Treat Fear and Anxiety.
  • WNYC(July 15, 2015)- The Leonard Lopate Show: How the Brain Processes Anxiety
  • ANXIOUS: Using the Brain to Understand and Treat Fear and Anxiety - Joe's new book and CD released today - July 14th, 2015
  • Brain and Music Conference, Nashville, Tennessee - August 1, 2015
  • (June 22, 2015) SciArt Center presented "An evening of neuroscience and music with The Amygdaloids” at Cornelia Street Cafe.
  • LeDoux Recognized by APS for Fear, Anxiety Research - Joseph E. LeDoux, a 2015 recipient of the APS William James Fellow Award, will speak at the 27th APS Annual Convention in New York City, to be held May 21–24, […]
  • Brains and Brews - On Mar. 22, Eric Klann and Joseph LeDoux will talk about Neuroscience followed by a concert by So We Are. Click HERE to get the free tickets.
  • “SO WE ARE” AT SIDEWALK – JAN. 15, 2015
    • NEWS & PRESS ARCHIVE (2014)
  • medpagetoday.com(December 22, 2014): The Amygdaloids: NYU Docs Rock the House-Heavy 'mental' music from neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux
  • NYU(December 19, 2014):New York University will host Alexis Gambis, founder and director of Imagine Science Films, for a discussion of his first feature-length film, “The Fly Room,” on Fri., Jan. 23, 2015. Joe has a small role as Theodore Dreisser (the novelist) in this film.
  • El País (December 14, 2014): The LeDoux Lab, especially Lorenzo Diaz-Mataix, in El Pais. The Amygdaloids also get a nod: Identificado el mecanismo que graba el miedo en el cerebro.
  • (Nov. 18, 2014) The 3rd Annual EBI Emotion in the Arts and Sciences Event : Photos
  • October 17, 2014 - Emotion in the Arts and Sciences: a roundtable discussion between Rosanne Cash and Joseph LeDoux, moderated by Judith Regan (host of Sirius-XM Stars Channel’s “The Judith Regan Show”), will take place on Tues., Nov. 18, 7-8 p.m. at NYU’s Global Center for Academic and Spiritual Life (Grand Hall Room573). The event is free and open to the public with limited seating available. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. Reservation is required, and a seat can be requested at eventsebi.nyu@gmail.com.
  • (August 20, 2014) Scientific American : How Do Our Brains Remember? [Video] – Joe LeDoux interviews Eric Kande.
  • June 30, 2014 - Scientific American (June 30, 2014): Free Will: Is Your Brain the Boss of You? [Video] - Joe LeDoux interviews Mike Gazzaniga on the topic of free will and the brain featuring "How free is your will" By Amygdaloids
  • (June 4, 2014) IT’S ONLY NATURAL– THE AMYGDALOIDS IN NATURE
  • (Mar.10, 2014) ROCK YOUR MIND! to Feature NYU Scientists at the Bowery Electric
  • February 26, 2014 - ROCK YOUR MIND! Brain Science and Rock Music Come Together to Shift Communication for Consciousness Science During Brain Awareness Week at The Bowery Electric---March 13
  • February 25, 2014 - PNAS: The Amygdaloids. by Stephen Ornes, Science Writer.
  • February 10, 2014 - PNAS: QnAs with Joseph LeDoux - This is a QnAs with a recently elected member of the National Academy of Sciences to accompany the member’s Inaugural Article. Hosted by Prashant Nair.
    • NEWS & PRESS ARCHIVE (2013)
  • December 18, 2013 - HAPPY HOLIDAYS! The Amygdaloids entertained EBI and LeDouxlab's joint holiday party at Cantina Royal in Williamsburg.
  • December 10, 2013 - "Gumbo, Fear and Rock-n-Roll - New Online Publication Covers the Emotional Brain and Reveals at Least One of Joe’s Little Secrets" . By JoAnna Klein@ledouxlab.tumblr.com
  • December 9, 2013 - "Joe LeDoux: The Emotional Brain, Gumbo and the Amygdaloids" - in the official newsletter of the International Society for Research on Emotion , Emotion Researcher, featured Joe LeDoux as the first interviewee of the series.
  • (Oct. 3, 2013) A Night With the Amygdaloids
  • (Aug.8, 2013) GOOGLE HANGOUTS: CONVERSATION WITH JOSEPH LEDOUX ABOUT MY MIND’S EYE
  • (Apr. 22, 2013) Second Annual Heavy MeNtal Variety Show @Sat May 18, 630-8p
  • PNAS/Science and Culture (Feb.25, 2014): The Amygdaloids by Stephen Ornes Science Writer
  • February 2, 2013 - This Week In Geek: Joseph E. LeDoux - NYU Local.
  • January 28, 2013 - What Is Consciousness? Go to the video! - The Mind Body Problem: Joe‘s interview with Ned Block for Scientific American By Mark Fischetti
    • NEWS & PRESS ARCHIVE (2012)
  • Motherboard(Oct. 25, 2012): An Interview with Joe LeDoux, NYU Neuroscience Professor and Frontman of The Amygdaloids.
  • (October 23, 2012) Joseph LeDoux participated in a discussion on The Daily Circuit, a broadcast of Minnesota Public Radio News, on why our fears don't always match up with the facts, and how to make healthier choices in a risky world.
  • (September 23, 2012) Joseph LeDoux has received the 2012 Gantt Medal from the Pavlovian Society.
  • (September 10, 2012)On fear, emotions and memory- Rock star/Neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux’s new terms – An interview by Margaret Emory in Brain World Magazine(Issue 1, Volume 4, Fall 2012)
  • ( August 6, 2012) Joe was interviewed by guest host Rosanne Cash on the WNYC Leonard Lopate show. They talked music, science and whatever else came up. Wednesday August 8, 12 noon WNYC 93.9FM, 820AM, archive at www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/
  • (July 5, 2012) The Mental Groove: Joe was interviewed by Dr. Susan Hickman and Co-Host Courtney Armstrong on VoiceAmerica Variety Channel.
  • (March 25, 2012) Finding Clues in the Fearful Brain. Joe's article in The New York Times opinion section.
  • (January 24, 2012) The Amygdaloids on “Science & U”
    Barry Mitchell interviews Joseph LeDoux and members of his band The Amygdaloids — New York City neuroscientists who write and perform “brainy” rock music.Their new EP, “All In Our Minds,” drops on January 28 and is available for download at www.amygdaloids.com.
  • (January 22, 2012) Searching the Brain for the Roots of Fear, Joe's article in NYtimes.
    • NEWS & PRESS ARCHIVE (2011)

    2011

  • (November 1, 2011) Doomsday On The Brain: DDFF 2011 by Doomsday Film Festival.
  • The Research Digest (July 4, 2011):  Psychologists and neuroscientists who rock
  • (June 14, 2011)Music and the brain, literally - Read Joe's new article in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
  • (June 13, 2011) The flip side: scientists who rock - Read Joe's article in Trends in Cognitive Sciences.
  • (May 19-20, 2011) Joe, as a honorary guest of the 15th Kraków Methodological Conference, delivered the 2011 Copernicus Lecture: Our emotional brains. Watch the <video>
  • (April 29, 2011)Joe LeDoux has been presented the Karl Spencer Lashley Award of the American Philosophical Society.
  • All in the Mind on ABC Radio National, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Sat  Apr.2, 2011, 1:05pm) - Fear, brains and rock'n'roll: meet Joe LeDoux
  • A Stockholm Psychiatry Lecture held Feb 2nd 2011 at Karolinska Institutet: What fearful rats can tell us about treating psychiatric disorders (Video)
  • TheScientist(Feb.1,2011): Lyrics to "How Free Is Your Will " quoted in an Editorial in The Scientist
  • Scientific American(Jan. 14, 2011):  MIND Reviews: Theory of My Mind
  • sciencesounds.com(Jan. 11, 2011): Introducing the Drummer and an Instrumental Jam
    • NEWS & PRESS ARCHIVE (2010)
  • sacrit.blogspot (Nov.11.2010): Beautiful Tunes for Beautiful Brains
  • nyas.org ( The New York Academy of Sciences, Nov. 1 : 2010)Fearful Brains in an Anxious World: An Evening with Joseph LeDoux. Listen the<Audio>
  • The New York Academy of Sciences (October 20, 2010): Joe Wins American Psychological Association’s Distinguished Scientific Award.
  • selfabsorbedboomer.blogspot (Oct.14,2010): The Amygdaloids, "Brainstorm", with Lenny Kaye and Steve Wynn
  • nowiveheardeverything.com (Oct.12, 2010): Music Video: The Amygdaloids (with Guests Lenny Kaye and Steve Wynn) – Brainstorm
  • Der Spiegel, Oct 9, 2010.  The Amygdaloids were mentioned in an cover story on fear ("Lob der Angst") by Guten Tag and Samiha Shafy.
  • Thebeautifulbrain.com: INSIDE THE BRAIN, BEHIND THE MUSIC -- Joe’s  Dispatch on TheBeautifulBrain.com – Part 1: Fearing ( June 29, 2010) – Part 2: Mind Over Matter (July 1, 2010) – Part 3: Glue(July 8,2010) – Part 4: How Free is Your Will” (July 15, 2010) – Part 5: Crime of Passion (July 23, 2010) – Part 6: Brainstorm (Oct.8, 2010)
  • nowiveheardeverything.com (Sep.29,2010): Tonight: Multimedia Science and Music with The Amygdaliods and Special Guests at Don Hill’s
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  • Bringing do-it-yourself science to the masses - An Article about a mega science fair 'World Maker Faire' hosted by the New York Hall of Science and a Dana grantee. Joe LeDoux, joined by Ward White and Noah Hutton, played in the Rock-It Science Cabaret (Sept. 27, 2010).
  • (July 09, 2010 ) Joe and his band Amygdaloids on NPR's SCIENCE FRIDAY.
  • Joe's Blog Series on Beautiful Brain: Inside the Brain, Behind the Music
    -- Part 1: Fearing ( June 29, 2010)
    -- Part 2 Mind Over Matter (July 1, 2010)
    -- Part 3 Glue(July 8,2010)
    -- Part 4 How Free is Your Will (July 15, 2010)
    -- Part 5 Crime of Passion(July 23, 2010)
    -- Part 6 Brainstorm(October 8, 2010)
  • Joe LeDoux discusses emotion, memory, and the brain on Big Think– 6.24.10.
    --Watch's Joe's Interview on Big Think.
  • May 27, 2010 Joe LeDoux is on Charlie Rose Brain Series Episode Eight.
  • Well Tuned Guitars and Highly Strung People : New Huffington Post Blog about Joe's evening with Lenny Kaye at the Rubin Museum (April 26, 2010)
    • LeDoux and Guitarist Lenny Kaye of the Patti Smith Band in the conclusion of the 2010 Brainwave Series. (April 24, 2010 by Noah Hutton). View <Photos> by Michael Palmafor the Rubin Museum of Art.
  • Upcoming event: Sunday. June 6, 2010 in Cornelia St Cafe , Joe and Daniela will lecture on Fear, followed by The Amygdaloids' performance.
  • April 19, 2010 at 7 pm: How We Get Highly Strung, an evening with Lenny Kaye and Joseph LeDoux at the Rubin Museum. Talk and music. <Photos> by href="http://www.pcpa.com/events/event.php?event=5231">2010 Brain Awareness Lecture Series and then performed some Amygdaloids songs. Watch the <Video> (March 1, 2010)
  • This month’s PODCAST features an interview with Joseph LeDoux(Feb.5th, 2010): The Neuroscience Rocker: Inside the LeDoux Lab
  • The Hidden Face of Fear: A Film by Enrico Cerasuolo & Sergio Fergnachino
    with Professor Joseph E. LeDoux and Dr. Eric R. Kandel. The documentary is going to be screened by ARTE (France and Germany) on Friday January 29, 2010, at 10.05pm.(Jan.26,2010)
    • NEWS & PRESS ARCHIVE (2009)
  • Joseph LeDoux received the 2009 D.O. Hebb Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award.Congratulations Joe!
  • The Synaptic Reunion: The LeDoux lab celebrated 20 years at NYU in Hemmerdinger Hall on Saturday, December 12, 2009. Previous and current lab members presented work from their labs.
  • A cocktail reception in honor of Joe's 60th Birthday: On December 11, 2009, Joe's friends and the NYU community celebrated Joe's 60th Birthday in Hemmerdinger Hall, NYU.
  • Daniela Schiller was featured in Discover Magazine: Daniela is the subject of an article on both her science in the Phelps/LeDoux lab and her drumming for The Amygdaloids in the Nov issue of Discover.
  • The Neurology of fear: An Exclusive Interview With Joseph LeDoux on constructinghorror.com.
  • East Coast rocker-scientists swap labs for stage: An article in MSN Entertainment describes how LeDoux bundles his music and research together.(8/20/2009)
  • The Synaptic Reunion - 20 Years of the LeDoux Lab at NYU

     The LeDouxlab alumni reunion took place Saturday, December 12th, 2009. It included a day of presentations (of science and reminiscences) and ended with a party.

    There was a cocktail reception in honor of Joe's 60th birthday, followed by a performance by his band - The Amgydaloids.

  • Joseph LeDoux was on NPR's Morning Edition again (September 4, 2009) - Listen to and read the story: In Future, Science Could Erase Traumatic Memories.
  • Joseph LeDoux was on NPR's Morning Edition (August 28, 2009) - In Health Care Debate, Fear Trumps Logic..
  • Joseph LeDoux was awarded the 2009 Cátedra Santiago Grisolía Prize in
    Valencia, Spain.
  • Joseph LeDoux was given a Presidential Citation from the American
    Psychological Association     for his contributions to the study of the emotional brain.
  • Joseph LeDoux was awarded the 2008 Donald O. Hebb Award from the American Psychological Association for Distinguished Scientific Contributions
  • Joseph LeDoux on THE HUFFINGTON POST
  • How does your brain work? (Posted May 11, 2009)
  • Guns, Germs and Squeals (Posted May 13, 2009 | 06:53 AM (EST)
  • Why the "Right Brain" Idea is Wrong-Headed (Posted: May 29, 2009 02:01 PM )
  • FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH: Joseph LeDoux's Exploits on Sabbatical at Cambridge
  • Post 1: Saturday, April 11, 2009, Cambridge UK
  • Post 2: Why “For What It’s Worth”
  • Post 3: One is the Loneliest Number
  • Post 4:Curse of the Watchtower, or Life Imitates Blog
  • Post 5:Guys, Spies, Rough Stuff, and Snuff
  • Post 6: Interstellar Overdrive
  • Post 7: Hold on, I’m Coming
  • Post 8: Radio, Radio
  • Post 9: A hard night’s day
  • Post 10: Synchronicity
  • Post 11: Slow Down
  • Post 12: Oh Lord, Please Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
  • Post 13: The boy from New York City
  • Post 14: Spanish Castle Magic
  • Post 15: The Long and Winding Road
  • Post 16: Highway 61 Revisited
  • post 17: How does your brain work? (TheHuffington Post)
  • Post:18: Guns, Germs and Squeals (The Huffington Post)
  • Post:19: New York State of Mind
  • Post 20: Tomorrow Never Knows
  • An art exhibition from an artist in residence at Joseph LeDoux’s lab -- Nene Humphrey
  • the-scientist.com (March 6, 2009): Rock-It Science
  • Sensation and emotion network (Mar. 3, 2009): Rock-It Science Festival
  • The Rock-It Science Festival: Rock It Science will feature The Amygdaloids and other bands made up of scientists, and lots of great guest artists: Lenny Kaye, Dee Snider, The Kennedys, Peter Holsapple, Gary Lucas, Steve Wynn, Dan Levitin, and more.

    Where: Highline Ballroom
    When:Tues March 3, 2009
  • Interview Joe LeDoux - Discover Magazine Video - Watch the <Video>.
    ------ More related articles on Discover Magazine :
    How to Erase a Single Memory
    Emotions and the Brain: Fear
  • A conference on emotion regulation: March 2-3, 2009 Time: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Park Central Hotel Ballroom, 870 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10019. Following the conference a music festival featuring science bands and special guest artists will take place.
  • Washington Square News (March 1, 2009): Rocking your brain
    • NEWS & PRESS ARCHIVE (2007-2008)
  • Fearful Brains in an Anxious World: (Nov 11, 2008 • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM) An Evening with Joseph LeDoux An Evening with Joseph LeDoux. Sponsored by: Science & the City. Listen the<Audio> and View the<slide show>.
  • Factoring Fear: What Scares Us and Why (October 27, 2008 ). An article on LeDoux's work from Scientific American.
  • selfabsorbedboomer.blogspot (Oct. 11, 2008): The Amygdaloids: neuroscience and rock 'n' roll
  • Spring, 2008. NYU Alumni Magazine: Anxiety on the Brain .
  • Yediot Ahronot (Apr. 11, 2008): Musical Brains ("Yediot Ahronot"  is one of the primary newspapers in Israel)
  • April 3, 2008. The Amygdaloids are not rocket scientists but brain scientists 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.
  • Blog.nyu.edu (Apr. 3, 2008) : Do You Like Heavy Mental?
  • 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.
  • Nature(Feb. 14,  2008):Festival: Neural networking in Manhattan
  • Science (Jan. 11,  2008): A short story about Amygdaloids in the Newsmakers column (Vol. 319. no. 5860, p. 141). Read the story (PDF)
  • Dana Press Blog (Jan. 04, 2008): Neuroscientists rock Kennedy Center
  • WashingtonPost(Dec. 27, 2007) : The Amygdaloids
  • Washington CityPaper (Dec. 27, 2007): The Amygdaloids
  • Can Fear Be Forgotten? POPULAR SCIENCE features LeDoux and his research (Dec.26, 2007).
  • Discover Magazine (Nov. 01, 2007): The rock star-neuroscience professor talks about erasing memories, why amnesiacs remember things best, and letting evolution do our thinking.Watch the <Video>
  • Drug may soothe bad memories:(Oct.11, 2007) Washington Square News Features Joseph LeDoux's research.
  • “Why Do We Feel So Afraid?” - Topic of Joseph LeDoux Lecture, Oct. 10
  • The Emotional Brain -- A Lecture by Joseph LeDoux at the New York Open Center (Tuesday, October 2, 8pm)
  • Science, Music & Your Brain - Click here to watch the video(Monday, October 1, 2007).
  • 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).
  • Salon.Com (Jul. 25, 2007): Joseph LeDoux's heavy mental
  • The Huffington Post (Jul. 24, 2007): Heavy Mental: The Message is in the Music
  • ScienceBlogs.com (Jun. 22, 2007): Heavy Mental Music
  • 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 .
  • idealawg (May 18, 2007): Singing lawyers and now singing neuroscientists — The Amygdaloids: Neuroscientists as rock stars
  • 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.
  • The Times™ of London (Apr. 9, 2007): Don’ t count on arithmetic - The Amygdaloids were mentioned in Science Correspondent's column.
  • easternblot (Apri. 9, 2007) : The Amygdaloids
  • TheScientist(Mar. 30, 2007) : The Amygdaloids: Scientists who rock out
  • Positive Technology Journal (Mar 16, 2007): The Amygdaloids
  • The New York Times (Mar. 6, 2007) : A Band of Scientists Who Really Are a Band
  • 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.
  • The Forward (Jan. 05, 2007) : Message in The Music
  • A Band of Scientists Who Really Are a Band - An article in The New York Times.<Read the article>
  • Wired to get wound up! Why emotions are so hard to control (Video)---Professor Joseph E LeDoux, Professor Keith Kendrick, Professor Raj Persaud - Gresham College Lectures (Wed. 21 February 2007 6pm at the Museum of London)

    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.
    • NEWS & PRESS ARCHIVE (Before 2006)
  • 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.
  • Mastery of Emotions - The Feb/Mar 2006 issue of Scientific American Mind has an article featuring Dr. Joseph LeDoux, titled "Master of Emotions"
  • 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.
  • 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)
  • 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."