New tools to answer timeless questions
Alan Jasanoff is designing imaging sensors that could help reveal the brain’s inner workings.
The power of being heard
When it comes to intergroup conflict, the group with less power benefits more from sharing its perspective.
Reversing Alzheimer’s gene ‘blockade’ can restore memory, other cognitive functions
Neuroscientists show that HDAC2 enzyme could be a good target for new drugs.
Neuroscientists link brain-wave pattern to energy consumption
New model of neuro-electric activity could help scientists better understand quiescent brain states such as coma.
My connectome, myself
Neuroscientist Sebastian Seung is on a quest to map brain connections that reveal how our memories and personalities take root.
James DiCarlo to head Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
New department head succeeds Mriganka Sur, who will lead the new Simons Center for the Social Brain at MIT.
MIT faculty speak at the World Economic Forum in Davos
Talks explore the mind/machine interface and the science of predicting the economy, among other topics.
Seeking the neurological roots of conflict
MIT neuroscientists explore how longstanding conflict influences empathy for others.
The advantage of ambiguity
Cognitive scientists develop a new take on an old problem: why human language has so many words with multiple meanings.
How does our brain know what is a face and what’s not?
New research from MIT neuroscientists helps explain how the brain makes this decision.
Patterns of connections reveal brain functions
Neuroscientists identify face-recognition areas based on what parts of the brain they link to.
Neuroscientists identify a master controller of memory
One gene appears to regulate the brain’s ability to form new memories.
$26.5 million Simons gift to catalyze autism research at MIT
Creates the Simons Center for the Social Brain