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.
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Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Never forget a face
New algorithm uses subtle changes to make a face more memorable without changing a person’s overall appearance.
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.
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.
Balancing old and new skills
MIT model explains how the brain can learn novel tasks while still remembering what it has already learned.
Schizophrenia linked to abnormal brain waves
Neuroscientists discover neurological hyperactivity that produces disordered thinking.
New role for ‘hunger hormone’
MIT study finds that ghrelin, produced during stressful situations, primes the brain for post-traumatic stress disorder.
DNA damage may cause ALS
New study finds link between neurons’ inability to repair DNA and neurodegeneration.
MIT launches the Center for Neurobiological Engineering
Establishing a neuroengineering community that can set new research directions and address emerging issues in brain science.
Brain circuit can tune anxiety
New findings may help neuroscientists pinpoint better targets for antianxiety treatments.
Brain scans may help diagnose dyslexia
Differences in a key language structure can be seen even before children start learning to read.
Making connections in the eye
Wiring diagram of retinal neurons is first step toward mapping the human brain.
Neuroscientists plant false memories in the brain
MIT study also pinpoints where the brain stores memory traces, both false and authentic.
Controlling genes with light
New technique can rapidly turn genes on and off, helping scientists better understand their function.