Vision is key to spatial skills
Neuroscientists find that the ability to imagine spatial structures improves dramatically after blind children’s sight is restored.
3 Questions: Suzanne Corkin on new study of neuroscience’s most famous patient
Preliminary analysis of H.M.’s brain tissue lays groundwork for more comprehensive studies.
Expanding our view of vision
New brain-scanning technique allows scientists to see when and where the brain processes visual information.
Researchers develop new method to control nanoscale diamond sensors
Technique allows tiny sensors to monitor small changes in magnetic fields, such as when neurons transmit electrical signals.
In the brain, timing is everything
Study reveals how the brain links memories of events that occur one after the other.
In the blink of an eye
MIT neuroscientists find the brain can identify images seen for as little as 13 milliseconds.
A common brain pathway for anxiety and social behavior
MIT neuroscientist Kay Tye finds a discrete brain circuit that controls social interaction, which is impaired in many brain disorders.
Discovering hippocampal connections responsible for episodic memory
MIT neuroscientists map neural circuits involving the CA2 region of the hippocampus.
Schizophrenia linked to abnormal brain waves
Neuroscientists discover neurological hyperactivity that produces disordered thinking.
With NIH grant, Kay Tye will take on obesity
The MIT professor has earned a 2013 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award to further her obesity research.
DNA damage may cause ALS
New study finds link between neurons’ inability to repair DNA and neurodegeneration.
Poster session showcases UROP projects
Students presented the results of their summer UROP projects at the MIT Simons Center.
Making connections in the eye
Wiring diagram of retinal neurons is first step toward mapping the human brain.
