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Postdoctoral fellow Jonathan Wallis (left) and Professor Earl Miller have pinpointed how and where abstract thoughts are represented in monkeys' brains.

Researchers home in on how brain handles abstract thought

July 18, 2001

Student group focuses on art/technology

July 18, 2001

Woman with 3 MIT degrees named 'sexiest geek alive'

July 18, 2001

Science teachers briefed by MIT faculty members

July 18, 2001

MIT, Indian government establishing Media Laboratory Asia joint project

June 24, 2001

The monkeys in the MIT study learned two abstract concepts: If the "same" rule was cued, monkeys released a joystick if the images were the same; and if the "different" rule was cued, they released the joystick if the pictures were different. Monkeys could apply these rules to pictures they had never seen before. Many more brain cells in the prefrontal cortex were devoted to the rules -- same or d...

MIT researchers home in on how the brain handles abstract thought

Monkeys in study taught to recognize "same" and "different" images

June 20, 2001

MIT sells $250M in bonds for construction

June 13, 2001

Gore virtually appears at Class of 1996 reunion

June 13, 2001

Greece 2000 by Marin K. Clark, a graduate student in earth, atmospheric and planetary sciences and winner of the 2001 Harold and Arlene Schnitzer Prize in the Visual Arts. An exhibition of works by the three Schnitzer Prize winners is at the Wiesner Student Art Gallery on the second floor of the Stratton Student Center through June 30.

Winners of art awards announced

June 6, 2001

The Zesiger Sports and Fitness center as seen from the roof of the Johnson Athletics Center, now taking shape between Kresge Auditorium, the Stratton Student Center and Rockwell Cage (left foreground).

Campus buzzing with many construction projects

June 6, 2001

Here and there

June 6, 2001

Pete Dilworth, a research scientist in the Artificial Intelligence Lab, with Troody the walking robotic dinosaur.

MIT lab creates robotic dinosaur

May 21, 2001

EMC leader's advice at MIT talk: 'shape the next big thing'

May 16, 2001

AI Lab creates robotic dinosaur

May 16, 2001

MIT hosts event linked to artificial intelligence movie

May 2, 2001

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MIT researchers home in on how the brain handles abstract thought

MIT sells $250M in bonds for construction

Gore virtually appears at Class of 1996 reunion

Winners of art awards announced

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