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Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Neuroscientists identify key role of language gene
Mutation that arose long ago may be key to humans’ unique ability to produce and understand speech.
Picower study finds connection between rare muscle disease and autoimmune disorders
Patients with a rare neuromuscular disorder and those with nerve damage tied to autoimmune disorders may share the same faulty synapses.
Neuroscientists reverse memories’ emotional associations
MIT study also identifies the brain circuit that links feelings to memories.
Try, try again? Study says no
Neuroscientists find that trying harder makes it more difficult to learn some aspects of language.
Controlling movement with light
MIT neuroscientists inhibit muscle contractions by shining light on spinal cord neurons.
Rett syndrome drug shows promise in clinical trial
MIT neuroscientists report more detail on how the disease arises.
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.
MIT launches online lab to study early childhood learning
Families contribute to research via browser and webcam
Synchronized brain waves enable rapid learning
MIT study finds neurons that hum together encode new information.
When good people do bad things
Being in a group makes some people lose touch with their personal moral beliefs, researchers find.
Inside the adult ADHD brain
Brain scans differentiate adults who have recovered from childhood ADHD and those whose difficulties linger.