MIT senior Sofia Essayan-Perez, majoring in brain and cognitive sciences with a minor in applied international studies, has founded an educational nonprofit, conducted neuroscience research, and tu
Autism is characterized by many different symptoms: difficulty interacting with others, repetitive behaviors, and hypersensitivity to sound and other stimuli.
Several genetic disorders cause intellectual disability and autism. Historically, these genetic brain diseases were viewed as untreatable.
In findings that may lead to new treatments for cognitive disorders, researchers at MIT’s Picower Institute for Learning and Memory zero in on how the brain forms memories of what has been seen.
When she was just two, doctors advised Temple Grandin’s mother that her child would probably need to be institutionalized for life due to her autism.
We are creatures of habit, nearly mindlessly executing routine after routine. Some habits we feel good about; others, less so.
Genetic research suggests that hundreds of genes are likely risk factors for neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism.
When the brain forms memories or learns a new task, it encodes the new information by tuning connections between neurons.
Although it is known that psychiatric disorders have a strong genetic component, untangling the web of genes contributing to each disease is a daunting task.
MIT and Harvard University neuroscientists have found a link between a behavioral symptom of autism and reduced activity of a neurotransmitter whose job is to dampen neuron excitation.
