How attention helps you remember
New study finds long-overlooked cells help the brain respond to visual stimuli.
Disruptive innovation — in education
For Anant Agarwal, MITx, the Institute’s new online-learning initiative, isn’t just a means of democratizing education. It’s a way to reinvent it.
Reversing Alzheimer’s gene ‘blockade’ can restore memory, other cognitive functions
Neuroscientists show that HDAC2 enzyme could be a good target for new drugs.
MIT launches online learning initiative
'MITx' will offer courses online and make online learning tools freely available.
Dyslexia independent of IQ
Brain-imaging study suggests that reading difficulties are the same regardless of overall intelligence — and that more children could benefit from support in school.
Video: Learning by design
Edgerton Center-run workshop gives high school students a hands-on tutorial in engineering.
How the brain assigns objects to categories
New findings may explain why children with autism tend to fixate on details instead of seeing the big picture.
Don’t show, don’t tell?
Cognitive scientists find that when teaching young children, there is a trade-off between direct instruction and independent exploration.
When things go wrong, who’s to blame?
New study shows that infants are surprisingly adept at figuring out whether they made a mistake or if something is wrong in the world.
Force of habit
New study shows that costs and rewards of behavior help the brain form optimal habits.
