Predicting change in the Alzheimer’s brain
Combining MRI and other data helps machine-learning systems predict effects of neurodegenerative disease.
MIT announces steps to promote community well-being, strengthen mental health services
Chancellor and MIT Medical release results of student survey.
Wired for habit
Researchers discover neurons in the brain that weigh costs and benefits to drive formation of habits.
Could a pen change how we diagnose brain function?
Team from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab detects dementia using AI and a digital pen.
Toward smarter selection of therapy for psychiatric disorders
Researchers find that brain scans can predict the success of treatment for social anxiety disorder.
Recalling happier memories can reverse depression
Artificially reactivating positive memories could offer an alternative to traditional antidepressants.
How we make emotional decisions
Neuroscientists identify a brain circuit that controls decisions that induce high anxiety.
Tell me about your day, MIT
White "TMAYD" wristbands are being distributed by a first-year student who wants to warm up campus interactions.
How the brain tells good from bad
Neuroscientists identify neurons in the amygdala that assign emotions to experience.
Crowdsourced tool for depression
Peer-to-peer application outperforms conventional self-help technique for easing depression, anxiety.
Temple Grandin: Look at what people can do, not what they can’t
In talks at MIT, noted behavioral expert suggests encouraging skills of people with autism.
How brain waves guide memory formation
Neurons hum at different frequencies to tell the brain which memories it should store.
MIT researchers find where visual memories are made
Discovery could lead to new treatments for cognitive disorders including autism and schizophrenia.
New findings reveal genetic brain disorders converge at the synapse
Picower Institute researchers show that different causes of autism and intellectual disability respond to the same treatment.