Decoding human cognition
MIT senior and Marshall Scholar Liang Zhou wants to elucidate the neural basis for our thoughts and intuitions.
MIT senior and Marshall Scholar Liang Zhou wants to elucidate the neural basis for our thoughts and intuitions.
Brain rhythms act as a gate for information entering and leaving the mind.
High-frequency gamma oscillations sort similar-looking objects; lower-frequency beta oscillations kick in when connections are more abstract.
Researchers map the amygdala's distinct but diverse and dynamic neighborhoods where feelings are assigned.
MIT senior Anjali Misra is drawn to health care problems that don’t have easy answers.
Cognitive scientist is recognized for groundbreaking research into how humans hear and interpret sound.
MIT neuroscientists suggest a model for how we gain volitional control of what we hold in our minds.
Neuroscientists discover networks of neurons that stretch or compress their activity to control timing.
Neuroscientists find chronic stress skews decisions toward higher-risk options.
Existence of “silent engrams” suggests that existing models of memory formation should be revised.
For the first time, researchers have identified neural signatures of explicit and implicit learning.
Success rate is comparable to that of highly trained scientists performing the process manually.
FLARE technique can reveal which cells respond during different tasks.
Boosting quality of patient MRIs could enable large-scale studies of stroke outcome.