Re-creating autism, in mice
Mice with a particular gene mutation avoid interacting with other mice and show compulsive, repetitive behavior.
Parts of brain can switch functions
In people born blind, brain regions that usually process vision can tackle language.
What blame can tell us about autism
Neuroscientists find evidence that autistic patients have trouble understanding other people’s intentions.
A clearer picture of vision
New mathematical model of information processing in the brain accurately predicts some of the peculiarities of human vision.
Illuminating the brain
Neuroscientists’ new technique can stimulate brain cells, then reveal how those neurons influence the rest of the brain.
Understanding the anesthetized brain
Neuroscientist Emery Brown hopes to shed light on a longstanding medical mystery: how general anesthesia works.
7 win presidential early career honors
MIT has greatest number of recipients from a single institution.
Brain control
Ed Boyden is learning how to alter behavior by using light to turn neurons on and off.
Younger brains are easier to rewire
Study of blind patients supports the idea that there is a period early in a person’s development when brain regions can switch functions.
Protein linked to aging may boost memory and learning ability
Discovery could lead to new drugs to fight Alzheimer’s and other neurological diseases.
Postdoc awarded Otto Hahn medal of the Max Planck Society
Honored for thesis on neural correlates of visual illusions