Departments
Brain and Cognitive Sciences
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Rett syndrome drug shows promise in clinical trial
MIT neuroscientists report more detail on how the disease arises.
June 23, 2014 -
When it comes to numbers, culture counts
In a Bolivian rainforest society, children learn to count just like in the U.S., but on a delayed timetable.
June 18, 2014 -
MIT launches online lab to study early childhood learning
Families contribute to research via browser and webcam
June 17, 2014 -
Synchronized brain waves enable rapid learning
MIT study finds neurons that hum together encode new information.
June 12, 2014 -
When good people do bad things
Being in a group makes some people lose touch with their personal moral beliefs, researchers find.
June 12, 2014 -
Inside the adult ADHD brain
Brain scans differentiate adults who have recovered from childhood ADHD and those whose difficulties linger.
June 10, 2014 -
The whole truth
Children can tell when a teacher commits “sins of omission.”
June 10, 2014 -
Illuminating neuron activity in 3-D
New technique allows scientists to monitor the entire nervous system of a small worm.
May 18, 2014 -
Four professors elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Acemoglu, Brown, Grossman, and Grove bring to 77 the number of MIT faculty who are NAS members.
April 30, 2014 -
Feng Zhang wins NSF's Alan T. Waterman Award
Waterman Award is NSF's highest honor recognizing an outstanding researcher under the age of 35.
April 15, 2014 -
How the brain pays attention
Neuroscientists identify a brain circuit that’s key to shifting our focus from one object to another.
April 10, 2014 -
The brain on his mind
First-generation senior Salvador Esparza finds roles in the lab, in the dorm, and onstage.
April 3, 2014 -
New respect for primary visual cortex
A previously underappreciated brain region performs complex sequence learning.
March 29, 2014 -
MRI reveals genetic activity
New MIT technique could help decipher genes’ roles in learning and memory.
March 25, 2014 -
Seeking a ‘parts list’ for the retina
New technique classifies retinal neurons into 15 categories, including some previously unknown types.
March 24, 2014 -
3 Questions: Suzanne Corkin on new study of neuroscience’s most famous patient
Preliminary analysis of H.M.’s brain tissue lays groundwork for more comprehensive studies.
January 28, 2014 -
A common brain pathway for anxiety and social behavior
MIT neuroscientist Kay Tye finds a discrete brain circuit that controls social interaction, which is impaired in many brain disorders.
January 15, 2014 -
Never forget a face
New algorithm uses subtle changes to make a face more memorable without changing a person’s overall appearance.
December 18, 2013 -
Crossing disciplines, and international borders
Rhodes Scholar John Mikhael, who calls both the U.S. and Lebanon home, is also comfortable in many scientific fields.
December 17, 2013 -
Even when test scores go up, some cognitive abilities don’t
MIT neuroscientists find even high-performing schools don’t influence their students’ abstract reasoning.
December 11, 2013