An optimized solution for face recognition
When artificial intelligence is tasked with visually identifying objects and faces, it assigns specific components of its network to face recognition — just like the human brain.
Neurons are fickle. Electric fields are more reliable for information.
Electric fields may represent information held in working memory, allowing the brain to overcome “representational drift,” or the inconsistent participation of individual neurons.
Solving the challenges of robotic pizza-making
A new technique could enable a robot to manipulate squishy objects like pizza dough or soft materials like clothing.
Developing brain needs cannabinoid receptors after birth
Cannabinoid receptors help the brain’s dopamine system establish key connections after birth, a new mouse study suggests.
Study finds neurons that encode the outcomes of actions
These cells, located in the brain’s striatum, appear to help with decision-making that requires evaluating risks and benefits.
Lawrence Udeigwe uses elegant math to understand complex systems of the brain
Martin Luther King Jr. Scholar bridges disciplines to translate vision into elegant math and neuroscience theory.
Setting carbon management in stone
When it comes to carbon storage, some MIT scientists think the best solution is to find the fastest way to turn carbon into rock.
Q&A: Climate Grand Challenges finalists on accelerating reductions in global greenhouse gas emissions
Faculty leaders describe their efforts to develop potentially game-changing tools.
3 Questions: Emery Brown on improving anesthesia with neuroscience
Professor describes a new research center he is working to develop where researchers will seek to improve patient care by integrating neuroscience and anesthesiology.
Objection: No one can understand what you’re saying
An MIT study identifies ways that lawyers could make their written documents easier for the average person to read.
New MRI probe can reveal more of the brain’s inner workings
Tracing connections between neuron populations could help researchers map brain circuits that underlie behavior and perception.
The benefits of peripheral vision for machines
Researchers find similarities between how some computer-vision systems process images and how humans see out of the corners of our eyes.
School of Engineering welcomes new faculty
Seventeen new professors join the MIT community, with research areas ranging from robotics and machine learning to health care and agriculture.
Assessing connections in the brain’s reading network
State-of-the-art analysis of brain images from nearly 700 children has turned up surprisingly few links between white matter structure and reading ability.
Singing in the brain
MIT neuroscientists have identified a population of neurons in the human brain that respond to singing but not other types of music.