With an emphasis on approachability, Professor Mark Bear’s “Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain” enters its fourth decade as the text of undergraduate neuroscience classes worldwide.
Sasha Rakhlin, a professor in IDSS and brain and cognitive sciences, has been named the inaugural holder of the new professorship.
MIT researchers found that low-quality visual input early in life may contribute to the development of key pathways in the brain’s visual system.
FutureHouse, co-founded by Sam Rodriques PhD ’19, has developed AI agents to automate key steps on the path toward scientific progress.
Study shows humans flexibly deploy different reasoning strategies to tackle challenging mental tasks — offering insights for building machines that think more like us.
The winning essay of the Envisioning the Future of Computing Prize puts health care disparities at the forefront.
Neural activity patterns can encode competing hypotheses about which landmark will lead to the correct destination.
Focused research organizations (FROs) undertake large research efforts and have begun to yield scientific advances.
MIT study finds an easily measurable brain wave shift may be a universal marker of unconsciousness under anesthesia.
Researchers redesign a compact RNA-guided enzyme from bacteria, making it an efficient editor of human DNA.
MIT researchers developed a new model of memory that includes critical contributions from astrocytes, a class of brain cells.
After six weeks of practicing mindfulness with the help of a smartphone app, adults with autism reported lasting improvements in their well-being.
New evidence suggests sensory stimulation of gamma-frequency brain rhythm may promote broad-based restorative neurological health response.
Study shows how a dopamine circuit enables mice to extinguish fear after a peril has passed, opening new avenues for understanding and potentially treating fear-related disorders.
Clinical trial finds several outcomes improved for young children when an anesthesiologist observed their brain waves to guide dosing of sevoflurane during surgery.