How one brain circuit encodes memories of both places and events
A new computational model explains how neurons linked to spatial navigation can also help store episodic memories.
A new computational model explains how neurons linked to spatial navigation can also help store episodic memories.
Machine-learning models let neuroscientists study the impact of auditory processing on real-world hearing.
Place cells are known to encode individual locations, but research finds stitching together a “cognitive map” of a whole environment requires a broader ensemble of cells, aided by sleep, over several days.
Inspired by the human vocal tract, a new AI model can produce and understand vocal imitations of everyday sounds. The method could help build new sonic interfaces for entertainment and education.
McGovern Institute neuroscientists use children’s interests to probe language in the brain.
Four professors and an additional alumnus honored with nation’s highest awards for scientists and engineers; Moderna, with deep MIT roots, also recognized.
The neuroscientist turned entrepreneur will focus on advancing the intersection of behavioral science and AI across MIT.
At a symposium of the Simons Center for the Social Brain, six speakers described a diversity of recently launched studies aimed at improving understanding of the autistic brain.
Research could help improve motor rehabilitation programs and assistive robot control.
A detailed new look at dopamine signaling suggests neuroscientists’ model of reinforcement learning may need to be revised.
Researchers have developed a web plug-in to help those looking to protect their mental health make more informed decisions.
The MIT sophomore and award-winning memory champion explains what these competitions are all about and why you might want to build a “memory palace.”
Yiming Chen ’24, Wilhem Hector, Anushka Nair, and David Oluigbo will start postgraduate studies at Oxford next fall.
Using fMRI, the research team identified 24 networks that perform specific functions within the brain’s cerebral cortex.
The new Tayebati Postdoctoral Fellowship Program will support leading postdocs to bring cutting-edge AI to bear on research in scientific discovery or music.