Topic
Mental health
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Could a pen change how we diagnose brain function?
Team from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab detects dementia using AI and a digital pen.
August 13, 2015 -
Toward smarter selection of therapy for psychiatric disorders
Researchers find that brain scans can predict the success of treatment for social anxiety disorder.
August 11, 2015 -
Recalling happier memories can reverse depression
Artificially reactivating positive memories could offer an alternative to traditional antidepressants.
June 17, 2015 -
How we make emotional decisions
Neuroscientists identify a brain circuit that controls decisions that induce high anxiety.
May 28, 2015 -
Master gene regulator could be new target for schizophrenia treatment
May 25, 2015 -
Tell me about your day, MIT
White "TMAYD" wristbands are being distributed by a first-year student who wants to warm up campus interactions.
May 5, 2015 -
How the brain tells good from bad
Neuroscientists identify neurons in the amygdala that assign emotions to experience.
April 29, 2015 -
Crowdsourced tool for depression
Peer-to-peer application outperforms conventional self-help technique for easing depression, anxiety.
March 30, 2015 -
Temple Grandin: Look at what people can do, not what they can’t
In talks at MIT, noted behavioral expert suggests encouraging skills of people with autism.
March 18, 2015 -
How brain waves guide memory formation
Neurons hum at different frequencies to tell the brain which memories it should store.
February 23, 2015 -
MIT researchers find where visual memories are made
Discovery could lead to new treatments for cognitive disorders including autism and schizophrenia.
January 20, 2015 -
New findings reveal genetic brain disorders converge at the synapse
Picower Institute researchers show that different causes of autism and intellectual disability respond to the same treatment.
January 12, 2015 -
Lincoln Laboratory team takes honors at Audio/Visual Emotion Challenge and Workshop
The laboratory's technology for automatic assessment of depression severity earns a second consecutive first place in AVEC subchallenge.
December 11, 2014 -
Autism as a disorder of prediction
Researchers suggest autism stems from a reduced ability to make predictions, leading to anxiety.
October 7, 2014 -
3 Questions: Jayakanth Srinivasan on mental health in the military
Researcher earns U.S. Army’s “Outstanding Civilian Service” award for helping restructure medical care.
August 5, 2014 -
$650 million commitment to Stanley Center at Broad Institute aims to galvanize mental illness research
Transformative partnership with Ted Stanley will spur researchers to reveal biology of psychiatric disorders.
July 22, 2014 -
Mental-health monitoring goes mobile
Startup Ginger.io analyzes smartphone data to remotely predict when patients with mental illnesses are symptomatic.
July 16, 2014 -
In search of better antidepressants
New study suggests targeting dopamine-releasing neurons could lead to more effective therapies.
December 12, 2012