7 win presidential early career honors
MIT has greatest number of recipients from a single institution.
Brain control
Ed Boyden is learning how to alter behavior by using light to turn neurons on and off.
Younger brains are easier to rewire
Study of blind patients supports the idea that there is a period early in a person’s development when brain regions can switch functions.
Protein linked to aging may boost memory and learning ability
Discovery could lead to new drugs to fight Alzheimer’s and other neurological diseases.
Postdoc awarded Otto Hahn medal of the Max Planck Society
Honored for thesis on neural correlates of visual illusions
Multitasking is no problem for these brain cells
Scientists find that neurons in the brain’s planning center can handle more than one kind of job.
Earl Miller wins MERIT award from National Institute of Mental Health
National Institute of Mental Health
How the brain recognizes objects
A new computational model sheds light on the workings of the human visual system and could help advance artificial-intelligence research, too.
Laser Show and ‘Big Ideas’ kick off 2010 Cambridge Science Festival
More than 200 events for the public April 24 through May 2
Moral judgments can be altered ... by magnets
By disrupting brain activity in a particular region, neuroscientists can sway people’s views of moral situations.