Picower and MIT scientists awarded BRAIN Initiative grants
Researchers will advance our understanding of the human mind and discover new ways to treat, prevent, and cure neurological disorders.
Neuroscientists identify key role of language gene
Mutation that arose long ago may be key to humans’ unique ability to produce and understand speech.
ScratchJr: Coding for kindergarten
With a new app, young children learn important skills as they program stories and games.
Try, try again? Study says no
Neuroscientists find that trying harder makes it more difficult to learn some aspects of language.
When it comes to numbers, culture counts
In a Bolivian rainforest society, children learn to count just like in the U.S., but on a delayed timetable.
MIT launches online lab to study early childhood learning
Families contribute to research via browser and webcam
Synchronized brain waves enable rapid learning
MIT study finds neurons that hum together encode new information.
MIT and Harvard release de-identified learning data from open online courses
Dataset contains the original learning data from the 16 HarvardX and MITx courses offered in 2012-13.
Goodbye, USA; Sawubona, South Africa!
Terrascope student sees firsthand the complexity of water security in South Africa.
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.
MIT and Harvard release working papers on open online courses
Research findings challenge common misconceptions, offer surprising insights about how students engage with MOOCs.
Reif releases preliminary report of the Institute-Wide Task Force on the Future of MIT Education
Report presents possibilities for reimagining an MIT education.
2.03x Dynamics aims to improve learning on and off campus
New MITx course brings a classic MIT undergraduate experience into the age of digital learning.
How old memories fade away
Discovery of a gene essential for memory extinction could lead to new PTSD treatments.