Gloria Choi to join McGovern Institute
Choi will serve as McGovern Investigator and as assistant professor of brain and cognitive sciences.
McGovern Institute
Editing the genome with high precision
New method allows scientists to insert multiple genes in specific locations, delete defective genes.
Precisely engineering 3-D brain tissues
New design technique could enable personalized medicine, studies of brain wiring.
How the brain controls our habits
MIT neuroscientists identify a brain region that can switch between new and old habits.
Calcium reveals connections between neurons
New way to image brain-cell activity could shed light on autism and other psychiatric disorders.
Brain’s language center has multiple roles
Neuroscientists find Broca’s area is really two subunits, each with its own function.
Four from MIT win NIH grants
Brown, Gore, Ploegh and Zhang receive grants for innovative biomedical research.
Predicting how patients respond to therapy
Brain scans could help doctors choose treatments for people with social anxiety disorder.
Stroke disrupts how brain controls muscle synergies
Distinctive patterns could allow doctors to develop better rehab programs for stroke patients.
Thinking about others is not child’s play
MIT study reveals changes in brain activity as children learn to read other people’s behavior.
Introduction to Psychology now available in MIT OpenCourseWare’s innovative OCW Scholar format
Course is the sixth of seven courses MIT OCW will publish this year specifically to meet the needs of independent learners.
Dresselhaus, Graybiel, Luu receive 2012 Kavli Prizes
Biennial prizes in astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience include a $1 million cash award in each field.
Institute faculty share prestigious neuroscience prize
Ed Boyden and Feng Zhang awarded the Perl/UNC Neuroscience Prize