Seminar: Earl Miller, "Working Memory 2.0"
Seminar: Earl Miller, "Working Memory 2.0"
Working memory is the sketchpad of consciousness, the fundamental mechanism the brain uses to gain volitional control over its thoughts and actions.
Working memory is the sketchpad of consciousness, the fundamental mechanism the brain uses to gain volitional control over its thoughts and actions.
Plasticity shapes the brain during development, and mechanisms of plasticity continue into adulthood to enable learning and memory.
A new study from MIT neuroscientists sheds light on a neural circuit that makes us likelier to remember what we’re seeing when our brains are in a more attentive state.
Over the past few decades, neuroscientists have made much progress in mapping the brain by deciphering the functions of individual neurons that perform very specific tasks, such as recognizing the
If you got beat up by a bully on your walk home from school every day, you would probably become very afraid of the spot where you usually met him.
When it comes to learning languages, adults and children have different strengths.
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.
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
Today, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced their first round of BRAIN Initiative award recipients.
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