Departments
Brain and Cognitive Sciences
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How the brain recognizes faces
Machine-learning system spontaneously reproduces aspects of human neurology.
December 1, 2016 -
Enhancing education from pre-K to MIT and beyond
Two new initiatives take an in-depth look at learning.
November 23, 2016 -
Creating new treatments for amblyopia
Study finds decreasing activity in the eye can help overcome visual impairment.
November 21, 2016 -
Four MIT faculty elected 2016 AAAS Fellows
Green, Ketterle, Nedivi, and Shrobe are among those recognized for their efforts toward advancing science.
November 21, 2016 -
Lauren Uhr: a brain researcher motivated by personal experience
MIT senior studies cognitive science and medicine from the vantage point of a person with dyslexia.
November 21, 2016 -
Kay Tye Receives the Society for Neuroscience Young Investigator Award
Picower Neuroscientist recognized for her work on emotional circuitry of the brain.
November 15, 2016 -
Researchers create synthetic cells to isolate genetic circuits
Encapsulating molecular components in artificial membranes offers more flexibility in designing circuits.
November 14, 2016 -
Creating therapies for Alzheimer's disease by targeting neural circuits
Study finds a complex series of molecular, cellular, circuit and network-level changes contribute to the progression of Alzheimer's.
November 9, 2016 -
Earl Miller receives Goldman-Rakic Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Cognitive Neuroscience
Neuroscientist recognized for his role in modeling brain circuitry as it gives rise to cognition.
November 1, 2016 -
Michale Fee and Elizabeth Nolan win Teaching Prizes for Graduate and Undergraduate Education
School of Science faculty members honored for excellence in teaching.
November 1, 2016 -
Monumental new sculpture commissioned for MIT's McGovern Institute
"SCIENTIA" is the newest addition to MIT's Public Art Collection.
October 26, 2016 -
Study suggests approach to waking patients after surgery
Activating certain brain neurons may spur recovery from general anesthesia.
October 24, 2016 -
Working with purpose
Work-study program creates priceless relationships between MIT students and the local community.
October 24, 2016 -
A new player in appetite control
Brain cells that provide structural support also influence feeding behavior, study shows.
October 18, 2016 -
Professor Emeritus Whitman Richards dies at 84
Longtime professor and beloved advisor was known for advances in experimental and theoretical studies of vision, perception, and cognition.
October 17, 2016 -
A delicate balance between positive and negative emotion
Neuroscientists identify two neuron populations that encode happy or fearful memories.
October 17, 2016 -
From MIT to the national stage
MassJAS Symposium at MIT selects talented high school students to showcase their science research at the 2017 AAAS annual meeting.
October 13, 2016 -
Scientists identify neurons devoted to social memory
Cells in the hippocampus store memories of acquaintances, a new study reports.
September 29, 2016 -
Four MIT professors named inaugural Faculty Scholars
New program from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Simons Foundation, and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation supports early-career scientists.
September 22, 2016 -
Eight School of Science faculty appointed to named professorships
September 22, 2016