Departments
Brain and Cognitive Sciences
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Four from MIT win NIH grants
Brown, Gore, Ploegh and Zhang receive grants for innovative biomedical research.
September 13, 2012 -
Predicting how patients respond to therapy
Brain scans could help doctors choose treatments for people with social anxiety disorder.
September 6, 2012 -
MIT neuroscientists achieve 'dream engineering' in rats
September 2, 2012 -
Stroke disrupts how brain controls muscle synergies
Distinctive patterns could allow doctors to develop better rehab programs for stroke patients.
August 20, 2012 -
Simple mathematical computations underlie brain circuits
Discovery of how some neurons inhibit others could shed light on autism, other neurological disorders.
August 9, 2012 -
Thinking about others is not child’s play
MIT study reveals changes in brain activity as children learn to read other people’s behavior.
August 9, 2012 -
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.
July 31, 2012 -
Five MIT researchers win presidential early career honors
Jarillo-Herrero, Lu, Pathak, Sinha and Thaler among 96 winners.
July 23, 2012 -
Angus MacDonald, longtime MIT Corporation member, dies at 86
Alumnus’ wide-ranging MIT interests included neuroscience, aeronautics, political science and the arts and humanities.
July 9, 2012 -
Picower Institute researchers identify brain cell aberration tied to autism
June 11, 2012 -
Dresselhaus, Graybiel, Luu receive 2012 Kavli Prizes
Biennial prizes in astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience include a $1 million cash award in each field.
May 31, 2012 -
Institute faculty share prestigious neuroscience prize
Ed Boyden and Feng Zhang awarded the Perl/UNC Neuroscience Prize
April 26, 2012 -
Inhibitory and excitatory synapse dynamics in the brain
April 25, 2012 -
Alzheimer's treatment shows promise in clinical trials
Danone drink based on MIT work does well in first human tests.
July 29, 2008