Try, try again? Study says no
July 21, 2014
Try, try again? Study says no
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Anne Trafton | MIT News Office
When it comes to learning languages, adults and children have different strengths.
Learning
Neuroscientists identify key role of language gene
September 15, 2014
Neuroscientists identify key role of language gene
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Anne Trafton | MIT News Office
Neuroscientists have found that a gene mutation that arose more than half a million years ago may be key to humans’ unique ability to produce and understand speech.
Fifteen MIT scientists receive NIH BRAIN Initiative grants
September 30, 2014
Fifteen MIT scientists receive NIH BRAIN Initiative grants
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Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences | Picower Institute for Learning and Memory | McGovern Institute for Brain Research
Today, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced their first round of BRAIN Initiative award recipients.
Picower and MIT scientists awarded BRAIN Initiative grants
September 30, 2014
Picower and MIT scientists awarded BRAIN Initiative grants
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Picower Institute for Learning and Memory
Today, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced the first round of Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative award recipients, including several MIT
How the brain tells good from bad
April 29, 2015
How the brain tells good from bad
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Anne Trafton | MIT News Office
Eating a slice of chocolate cake or spending time with a friend usually stimulates positive feelings, while getting in a car accident or anticipating a difficult exam is more likely to generate a f
DNA breakage underlies both learning, age-related damage
June 4, 2015
DNA breakage underlies both learning, age-related damage
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Helen Knight | MIT News correspondent
The process that allows our brains to learn and generate new memories also leads to degeneration as we age, according to a new study by researchers at MIT.
What counts as fair?
November 9, 2015
What counts as fair?
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Anne Trafton | MIT News Office
There are many ways to divvy up a pile of cookies. Among the possibilities: Everyone can get an equal number, or those who contributed more to the cookie baking can get a larger share.
Neuroscientists reveal how the brain can enhance connections
November 18, 2015
Neuroscientists reveal how the brain can enhance connections
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Anne Trafton | MIT News Office
When the brain forms memories or learns a new task, it encodes the new information by tuning connections between neurons.
Singing in the brain
November 30, 2015
Singing in the brain
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Anne Trafton | MIT News Office
Male zebra finches, small songbirds native to central Australia, learn their songs by copying what they hear from their fathers.
How neurons lose their connections
January 14, 2016
How neurons lose their connections
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Anne Trafton | MIT News Office
Strengthening and weakening the connections between neurons, known as synapses, is vital to the brain’s development and everyday function.
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