Understanding how we recognize objects using visual data
October 19, 2016
Understanding how we recognize objects using visual data
Video courtesy of MIT's ILP program
Neuroscience
How attention helps you remember
September 27, 2012
How attention helps you remember
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Anne Trafton, MIT News Office
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.
McGovern neuroscientist Constantine-Paton wins lifetime achievement award
September 28, 2012
McGovern neuroscientist Constantine-Paton wins lifetime achievement award
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Julie Pryor | McGovern Institute for Brain Research
Martha Constantine-Paton, a professor in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and an
Brain’s language center has multiple roles
October 16, 2012
Brain’s language center has multiple roles
by
Anne Trafton, MIT News Office
A century and a half ago, French physician Pierre Paul Broca found that patients with damage to part of the brain’s frontal lobe were unable to speak more than a few words.
Calcium reveals connections between neurons
October 17, 2012
Calcium reveals connections between neurons
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Anne Trafton, MIT News Office
A team led by MIT neuroscientists has developed a way to monitor how brain cells coordinate with each other to control specific behaviors, such as initiating movement or detecting an odor.
Belfer gift creates consortium targeting neurodegenerative diseases
Brain waves encode rules for behavior
November 21, 2012
Brain waves encode rules for behavior
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Anne Trafton, MIT News Office
One of the biggest puzzles in neuroscience is how our brains encode thoughts, such as perceptions and memories, at the cellular level.
Scientists image brain structures that deteriorate in Parkinson’s
November 26, 2012
Scientists image brain structures that deteriorate in Parkinson’s
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Anne Trafton, MIT News Office
A new imaging technique developed at MIT offers the first glimpse of the degeneration of two brain structures affected by Parkinson’s disease.
New insights into how brain synapses transmit information
January 2, 2013
New insights into how brain synapses transmit information
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Cathryn Delude | Picower Institute for Learning and Memory
Throughout the animal kingdom, cells encapsulate molecules and proteins — that they move within or between — in tiny vesicles, which release their contents when they fuse with another membrane.
Simons Center for the Social Brain offering seed grants, postdoc fellowships
January 3, 2013
Simons Center for the Social Brain offering seed grants, postdoc fellowships
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Simons Center for the Social Brain
The Simons Center for the Social Brain (SCSB) at MIT is pleased to announce its 2013 Round 1 funding opportunities for faculty seed grants and postdoctoral fellowships.
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