Topic
Brain and cognitive sciences
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Nancy Kanwisher receives 2018 Heineken Prize
MIT cognitive scientist recognized for her work on the organization of the human brain.
April 24, 2018 -
Celebrating great mentorship for graduate students
MIT’s Committed to Caring Award selects third slate of dedicated professors.
April 24, 2018 -
Machine-learning system processes sounds like humans do
Neuroscientists train a deep neural network to analyze speech and music.
April 19, 2018 -
Eight from MIT elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences for 2018
Prestigious honor society announces 213 new members this year.
April 18, 2018 -
Pioneering digital collaborations
MIT hosts a summit on transformative artificial intelligence technologies in biomedical sciences and health care.
April 10, 2018 -
A heavy working memory load may sink brainwave 'synch'
Picower Institute study explains what happens when working memory reaches its full capacity.
April 6, 2018 -
Ed Boyden receives 2018 Canada Gairdner International Award
MIT scientist is among three recognized for the discovery of optogenetics.
March 27, 2018 -
Researchers identify important role for gene in 16p11.2 deletion autism
Study finds that major vault protein is needed for homeostatic plasticity.
March 21, 2018 -
Lending mind, hand, and heart
Senior Isabella Pecorari is building supportive communities at MIT and beyond.
March 16, 2018 -
Study finds early signatures of the social brain
Children as young as 3 have brain network devoted to interpreting thoughts of other people.
March 12, 2018 -
MIT and Harvard join forces to address early childhood literacy
Reach Every Reader aims to end early literacy crisis.
March 6, 2018 -
Study reveals how the brain tracks objects in motion
Timing and speed are both important for making accurate estimates of how an object will travel.
March 5, 2018 -
Viral tool traces long-term neuron activity
New technique is nontoxic to cells, should allow scientists to study neuron function for months or years instead of weeks.
March 5, 2018 -
Edward Boyden named inaugural Y. Eva Tan Professor in Neurotechnology
Neuroengineering leader appointed to new professorship at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research.
March 5, 2018 -
Seeing the brain's electrical activity
Fluorescent sensor allows imaging of neurons' electrical communications, without electrodes.
February 26, 2018 -
Seeking materials that match the brain
Polina Anikeeva explores ways to make neural probes that are compatible with delicate biological tissues.
February 18, 2018 -
Putting the brain at the center of anesthesiology
Emery N. Brown explains how statistics and neuroscience improve anesthesiology at the American Association for the Advancement of Science's annual meeting.
February 16, 2018 -
Researchers advance CRISPR-based tool for diagnosing disease
With SHERLOCK, a strip of paper can now indicate presence of pathogens, tumor DNA, or any genetic signature of interest.
February 15, 2018 -
Study: Fragile X syndrome neurons can be restored
Whitehead Institute researchers are using a modified CRISPR/Cas9-guided activation strategy to investigate the most frequent cause of intellectual disability in males.
February 15, 2018 -
Back-and-forth exchanges boost children’s brain response to language
Study finds engaging young children in conversation is more important for brain development than “dumping words” on them.
February 13, 2018