Departments
Brain and Cognitive Sciences
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A new glimpse into working memory
Study finds bursts of neural activity as the brain holds information in mind, overturns a long-held model.
March 17, 2016 -
“Lost” memories can be found
Neuroscientists retrieve missing memories in mice with early Alzheimer’s symptoms.
March 16, 2016 -
Bringing more data to language debate
Larger set of translations may shed light on an idiosyncratic Amazonian language.
March 9, 2016 -
McGovern Institute for Brain Research awards Scolnick Prize to neurogeneticist Cori Bargmann
Bargmann honored for her work on the genetic and neural mechanisms that control behavior in the nematode <i>C. elegans.</i>
March 1, 2016 -
Four MIT faculty win Presidential Early Career Awards
Buie, Buonassisi, Tisdale, and Tye honored with the U.S. government's highest award for young scientists and engineers.
February 19, 2016 -
MIT senior takes on double major in brain and cognitive sciences plus theater arts
Abra Shen pursues medicine and theater, and someday hopes to combine the two.
February 19, 2016 -
Neuroscientists reverse autism symptoms
Turning on a gene later in life can restore typical behavior in mice.
February 17, 2016 -
Pinpointing loneliness in the brain
Scientists identify cells that represent feelings of isolation.
February 11, 2016 -
A day in the life of a synapse reveals new facets of the adult brain
February 4, 2016 -
How severe maternal inflammation can lead to autism-like behavior
Immune molecules in infected mothers tied to brain and behavior abnormalities in offspring.
January 28, 2016 -
Edward Boyden wins BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
Three neuroscientists share biomedicine prize for development of optogenetics
January 27, 2016 -
Diagnosing depression before it starts
Brain scans may identify children who are vulnerable to depression, before symptoms appear.
January 21, 2016 -
Two professors to join the School of Science faculty this spring
January 20, 2016 -
How neurons lose their connections
Scientists identify protein that allows brain cells to dampen their sensitivity.
January 14, 2016 -
School of Science honors research staff with 2016 Infinite Kilometer Awards
January 4, 2016 -
Computer model matches humans at predicting how objects move
“3-D physics engine” from the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory simulates the human brain to infer physical properties.
January 4, 2016 -
The School of Science appoints six faculty to named professorships
December 28, 2015 -
Machines that learn like people
Algorithms could learn to recognize objects from a few examples, not millions; may better model human cognition.
December 23, 2015 -
Study finds altered brain chemistry in people with autism
Neuroscientists link autism to reduced activity of key neurotransmitter in human brain.
December 17, 2015 -
Music in the brain
For the first time, scientists identify a neural population highly selective for music.
December 16, 2015