Illuminating neuron activity in 3-D
New technique allows scientists to monitor the entire nervous system of a small worm.
New technique allows scientists to monitor the entire nervous system of a small worm.
Waterman Award is NSF's highest honor recognizing an outstanding researcher under the age of 35.
Neuroscientists identify a brain circuit that’s key to shifting our focus from one object to another.
New MIT technique could help decipher genes’ roles in learning and memory.
$350 million gift in 2000 aimed to broaden neuroscientists’ understanding of the human brain.
MIT neuroscientists find even high-performing schools don’t influence their students’ abstract reasoning.
MIT model explains how the brain can learn novel tasks while still remembering what it has already learned.
Pedro Reis and Feng Zhang recognized as young stars in science and technology.
Differences in a key language structure can be seen even before children start learning to read.
The McGovern Institute for Brain Research installs new 3-tesla MRI scanner for human neuroimaging
Turning off cells in a habit-associated brain region prevents rats from learning to run a maze on autopilot.
MIT study sheds light on what causes compulsive behavior, could improve OCD treatments.