The benefits of peripheral vision for machines
Researchers find similarities between how some computer-vision systems process images and how humans see out of the corners of our eyes.
Department
Brain and Cognitive Sciences
School of Engineering welcomes new faculty
Seventeen new professors join the MIT community, with research areas ranging from robotics and machine learning to health care and agriculture.
Assessing connections in the brain’s reading network
State-of-the-art analysis of brain images from nearly 700 children has turned up surprisingly few links between white matter structure and reading ability.
Singing in the brain
MIT neuroscientists have identified a population of neurons in the human brain that respond to singing but not other types of music.
Can machine-learning models overcome biased datasets?
A model’s ability to generalize is influenced by both the diversity of the data and the way the model is trained, researchers report.
On a mission to alleviate chronic pain
Fan Wang’s studies of how the brain controls pain may one day lead to new treatments that could help millions of people.
Dendrites may help neurons perform complicated calculations
Different types of these branch-like projections process incoming information in different ways before sending it to the body of the neuron.
A new approach to curbing cocaine use
MIT researchers find activating a specific acetylcholine receptor in the brain reduces cocaine use in rodents.
Seven new faculty join the MIT School of Science
Departments of Biology and Brain and Cognitive Sciences welcome new professors.
Research advances technology of AI assistance for anesthesiologists
A new deep-learning algorithm trained to optimize doses of propofol to maintain unconsciousness during general anesthesia could augment patient monitoring.
A new atlas of cells that carry blood to the brain
Single-cell gene expression analyses of human cerebrovascular cells can help reveal new drug targets for Huntington’s disease.
“Traveling” nature of brain waves may help working memory work
The act of holding information in mind is accompanied by coordination of rotating brain waves in the prefrontal cortex, a phenomenon that may convey specific advantages, a new study suggests.
Professor Emery Brown has big plans for anesthesiology
In stepping down as co-director of the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology, Brown will work to develop a new center for anesthesiology research.
3 Questions: Kuheli Dutt reflects on diversity in science
Assistant dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion at the MIT School of Science answers three questions about the work ahead.
Study suggests words are needed to think about numbers
Among adults who vary in their knowledge of number words, the ability to reason about numbers is bound by the highest number they can count to.