Study finds neurons that encode the outcomes of actions
These cells, located in the brain’s striatum, appear to help with decision-making that requires evaluating risks and benefits.
These cells, located in the brain’s striatum, appear to help with decision-making that requires evaluating risks and benefits.
Martin Luther King Jr. Scholar bridges disciplines to translate vision into elegant math and neuroscience theory.
When it comes to carbon storage, some MIT scientists think the best solution is to find the fastest way to turn carbon into rock.
Faculty leaders describe their efforts to develop potentially game-changing tools.
Professor describes a new research center he is working to develop where researchers will seek to improve patient care by integrating neuroscience and anesthesiology.
An MIT study identifies ways that lawyers could make their written documents easier for the average person to read.
Tracing connections between neuron populations could help researchers map brain circuits that underlie behavior and perception.
Researchers find similarities between how some computer-vision systems process images and how humans see out of the corners of our eyes.
Seventeen new professors join the MIT community, with research areas ranging from robotics and machine learning to health care and agriculture.
State-of-the-art analysis of brain images from nearly 700 children has turned up surprisingly few links between white matter structure and reading ability.
MIT neuroscientists have identified a population of neurons in the human brain that respond to singing but not other types of music.
A model’s ability to generalize is influenced by both the diversity of the data and the way the model is trained, researchers report.
Fan Wang’s studies of how the brain controls pain may one day lead to new treatments that could help millions of people.
Different types of these branch-like projections process incoming information in different ways before sending it to the body of the neuron.
MIT researchers find activating a specific acetylcholine receptor in the brain reduces cocaine use in rodents.