How the brain deals with uncertainty
Dedicated circuits evaluate uncertainty in the brain, preventing it from using unreliable information to make decisions.
Dedicated circuits evaluate uncertainty in the brain, preventing it from using unreliable information to make decisions.
The K. Lisa Yang Integrative Computational Neuroscience (ICoN) Center will use mathematical tools to transform data into a deep understanding of the brain.
Twelve Graduate Admissions Bloggers provide sage advice for fellow students and others at MIT — and beyond.
Transformational projects bring inclusive, welcoming spaces to the MIT campus.
Using an untapped resource, the Malden River Project is boosting social resilience along with climate mitigation in the gateway city of Malden, Massachusetts.
At Picower Institute symposium, speakers describe harms of early exposure to trauma, racism, as well as the restorative power of understanding, nurturing, and extending opportunity.
MIT Global Languages lecturers Panpan Gao and Kang Zhou discuss their meditation videos tailored for Chinese language learners.
Senior Fiona Chen combines economics research and student advocacy to study the pandemic’s effect on students.
Alfredo Alexander-Katz and Caroline Jones honored as “Committed to Caring.”
In seven years of service, the engineering professor led groundbreaking efforts to improve student well-being and success.
Combat veteran and PhD candidate Omar Rutledge drives research on post-traumatic stress disorder.
MIT neuroscientists have identified a brain circuit that stops mice from mating with others that appear to be sick.
Fund supported by the Office of the Chancellor is advancing mental health, well-being, and racial justice projects at MIT.
The gene variant disrupts lipid metabolism, but in cell experiments the effects were reversed by choline supplements.