Kay Tye Receives the Society for Neuroscience Young Investigator Award
Picower Neuroscientist recognized for her work on emotional circuitry of the brain.
Creating therapies for Alzheimer's disease by targeting neural circuits
Study finds a complex series of molecular, cellular, circuit and network-level changes contribute to the progression of Alzheimer's.
Life lessons from the climbing wall
MIT senior Charlie Andrews-Jubelt encourages students to look out for each other and lend support.
Earl Miller receives Goldman-Rakic Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Cognitive Neuroscience
Neuroscientist recognized for his role in modeling brain circuitry as it gives rise to cognition.
Sculpture in the Student Center encourages help-seeking
Four students helped launch a campus-wide art installation and shared personal stories of help-seeking, advocacy, and resilience.
A delicate balance between positive and negative emotion
Neuroscientists identify two neuron populations that encode happy or fearful memories.
Pinpointing a brain circuit that can keep fears at bay
Study suggests path to prolonging treatment effectiveness for phobias or post-traumatic stress disorder.
Detecting emotions with wireless signals
Measuring your heartbeat and breath, CSAIL device can tell if you’re excited, happy, angry, or sad.
Kay Tye receives Freedman Prize for Exceptional Basic Research
Neuroscientist recognized by the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation for project on neural circuits for anxiety control.
In Stata Center phone booths, "light-therapy" aims to brighten moods
Graduate student who suffered from seasonal affective disorder (SAD) develops MindHandHeart Innovation Fund project.
New clue to how lithium works in the brain
Biologists find a possible explanation for why the drug helps bipolar patients.
Chancellor announces realignment of key student support organizations into Division of Student Life
Blanche Staton will serve as interim graduate dean.
MyLife Services: A new benefit for MIT faculty, staff, postdocs, and families
MIT employees and their families can now take advantage of a network of experts to help with personal, financial, emotional, and other concerns.