Electrical properties of dendrites help explain our brain’s unique computing power
Neurons in human and rat brains carry electrical signals in different ways, scientists find.
Protein has unique effects on information processing
Picower Institute researchers find that a key protein linked to intellectual disability shapes electrical currents in neural connections.
To improve anesthesia, focus on neuroscience and nociception, experts urge
A principled approach can lead to less need for drugs, especially opioids, Emery Brown and colleagues say.
Ideas abound at Quest for Intelligence workshop
Community event generates ideas for sparking innovative and ambitious plans to advance research in human and machine intelligence.
3Q: Antonio Torralba on what's next for the Quest for Intelligence
Inaugural director of The Quest discusses what's been accomplished since last spring's launch and what is on the horizon.
Recognizing the partially seen
Advances in computer vision inspired by human physiological and anatomical constraints are improving pattern completion in machines.
School of Science welcomes 10 professors
New faculty join the departments of Biology, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, and Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences.
Feng Zhang wins 2018 Keio Medical Science Prize
McGovern Institute scientist is recognized with award for outstanding and creative achievements made in the life and medical sciences.
Mark Harnett named Vallee Foundation Scholar
MIT neuroscientist is among five people selected to receive the early career award.
New perspectives at the bench
Three MIT postdocs earn competitive Howard Hughes Medical Institute fellowships that support diversity in the sciences.
New sensors track dopamine in the brain for more than a year
Tiny probes could be useful for monitoring patients with Parkinson’s and other diseases.
Antidepressant restores youthful flexibility to aging inhibitory neurons
Neural plasticity and arbor growth decline with age, study in mice shows.
The debate over how working memory works
Scientists present dueling theories in the high-stakes quest to understand how we hold and juggle multiple pieces of information in mind.
Neuroscientists get at the roots of pessimism
Stimulating the brain’s caudate nucleus generates a negative outlook that clouds decision-making.
