Tristan Davies | Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
BCS and Building 46 leadership, faculty, postdocs, graduate students and staff have taken a firm stand against anti-Black racism and begun collaborating on actions and commitments to recognize, understand, and address systemic racism in our own community and society at large.
David Orenstein | Picower Institute for Learning and Memory
Among the many things rodents have taught neuroscientists is that, in a region called the hippocampus, the brain creates a new map for every unique spatial context — for instance, a different room or maze.
Sabbi Lall | McGovern Institute for Brain Research
Deep learning systems are revolutionizing technology around us, from voice recognition that pairs you with your phone to autonomous vehicles that are increasingly able to see and recognize obstacles ahead.
The study of dreams has entered the modern era in exciting ways, and researchers from MIT and other institutions have created a community dedicated to advancing the field, lending it legitimacy and expanding further resear
David Orenstein | Picower Institute for Learning and Memory
In the first study to comprehensively track how different types of brain cells respond to the mutation that causes Huntington’s disease (HD), MIT neuroscientists found that a significant cause of death for an especially af
David Orenstein | Picower Institute for Learning and Memory
A study by MIT neuroscientists into how seemingly similar neuronal subtypes drive locomotion in the fruit fly reveals an unexpected diversity as the brain’s commands were relayed to muscle fibers.
David Orenstein | Picower Institute for Learning and Memory
Learning, memory, and behavioral disorders can arise when the connections between neurons, called synapses, do not change properly in response to experience.