Balancing old and new skills
MIT model explains how the brain can learn novel tasks while still remembering what it has already learned.
John Mikhael ’13 wins Rhodes Scholarship
Recent MIT graduate in mathematics, who has also conducted research in neuroscience, will study at Oxford next year.
A new way to monitor induced comas
Automated system could offer better control of patients’ brain states.
Schizophrenia linked to abnormal brain waves
Neuroscientists discover neurological hyperactivity that produces disordered thinking.
New role for ‘hunger hormone’
MIT study finds that ghrelin, produced during stressful situations, primes the brain for post-traumatic stress disorder.
How old memories fade away
Discovery of a gene essential for memory extinction could lead to new PTSD treatments.
DNA damage may cause ALS
New study finds link between neurons’ inability to repair DNA and neurodegeneration.
Artificial-intelligence research revives its old ambitions
A new interdisciplinary research center at MIT, funded by the National Science Foundation, aims at nothing less than unraveling the mystery of intelligence.
MIT launches the Center for Neurobiological Engineering
Establishing a neuroengineering community that can set new research directions and address emerging issues in brain science.
Brain circuit can tune anxiety
New findings may help neuroscientists pinpoint better targets for antianxiety treatments.
Brain scans may help diagnose dyslexia
Differences in a key language structure can be seen even before children start learning to read.
Making connections in the eye
Wiring diagram of retinal neurons is first step toward mapping the human brain.
Neuroscientists plant false memories in the brain
MIT study also pinpoints where the brain stores memory traces, both false and authentic.
Controlling genes with light
New technique can rapidly turn genes on and off, helping scientists better understand their function.