How the brain responds to surprising events
Unexpected outcomes trigger release of noradrenaline, which helps the brain focus its attention and learn from the event.
Unexpected outcomes trigger release of noradrenaline, which helps the brain focus its attention and learn from the event.
Two types of tau proteins mix together in a nearly random way to generate the tangles seen in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients.
Modeling study suggests that the muffled environment in utero primes the brain’s ability to interpret some types of sound.
K. Lisa Yang Brain-Body Center to investigate the brain’s complex relationship with other body systems.
Brown and three other scientists recognized for advancing statistical, theoretical analyses of neuroscience data.
Postbac Jessica Chomik-Morales hopes to inspire the next generation of Spanish-speaking scientists with her podcast, “Mi Ultima Neurona.”
Professor Polina Anikeeva’s innovation in the treatment of neurological disorders highlights the interdisciplinary nature of her field.
This circuit, which weakens with age, could offer a target to help prevent age-related decline in spatial memory.
With a comprehensive map of the wiring, researchers can now discern what information flows into the circuit to enable a key brain function.
Senior Keith Murray combines his interests in neuroscience, computation, and philosophy to better understand human behavior.
Innovative brain-wide mapping study shows that an “engram,” the ensemble of neurons encoding a memory, is widely distributed and includes regions not previously realized.
Competitive seed grants launch yearlong investigations of novel hypotheses about potential causes, biomarkers, treatments of Alzheimer’s and ALS.
AIMBE's highest honor recognizes MIT professor's contributions to neural signal processing, anesthesiology advances.
When artificial intelligence is tasked with visually identifying objects and faces, it assigns specific components of its network to face recognition — just like the human brain.
Electric fields may represent information held in working memory, allowing the brain to overcome “representational drift,” or the inconsistent participation of individual neurons.