Face-specific brain area responds to faces even in people born blind
Study finds that the fusiform face area is active when blind people touch 3D models of faces.
Study finds that the fusiform face area is active when blind people touch 3D models of faces.
Challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic have laid bare the need to reinvent education. Sanjay Sarma’s new book points a way.
New statistical model may help scientists understand how animals infer whether surroundings are novel or haven’t changed enough to be a new context.
Part of the visual cortex dedicated to recognizing objects appears predisposed to identifying words and letters, a study finds.
The MIT professor takes a mathematical approach to exploring memory, navigation, and other neural functions.
Recent advances give theoretical insight into why deep learning networks are successful.
New analysis could help uncover potential drug targets for attention deficits and sensory hypersensitivity.
Device not only helps record dream reports, but also guides dreams toward particular themes.
Unique survey of gene expression by cell type in humans and mice reveals several deficits affecting the most vulnerable neurons.
Diversity in how cells talk to the muscle they innervate reveal distinct propensities for change, or “plasticity.”
Among study’s many surprises may be a new way to address Fragile X syndrome — by finding a “protein X.”
The science program for local high school students is remote this year, as MIT instructors create at-home lab experiences.
A new computational method fine-tunes delivery of therapeutics to specific brain regions.
Professors earn tenure in the departments of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics.
Acoustic and biological constraints shape how we hear harmony across cultures.