Skip to main content

Main navigation

  • About BCS
    • Mission
    • History
    • Building 46
      • Building 46 Room Reservations
    • Leadership
    • Employment
    • Contact
      • BCS Spot Awards
      • Building 46 Email and Slack
    • Directory
  • Faculty + Research
    • Faculty
    • Areas of Research
    • Postdoctoral Research
      • Postdoctoral Association and Committees
    • Core Facilities
    • InBrain
      • InBRAIN Collaboration Data Sharing Policy
  • Academics
    • Course 9: Brain and Cognitive Sciences
    • Course 6-9: Computation and Cognition
      • Course 6-9 MEng
    • Brain and Cognitive Sciences PhD
      • How to Apply
      • Program Details
      • Classes
      • Research
      • Student Life
      • For Current Students
    • Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience Program
      • How to Apply to MCN
      • MCN Faculty and Research Areas
      • MCN Curriculum
      • Model Systems
      • MCN Events
      • MCN FAQ
      • MCN Contacts
    • Research Scholars Program
    • Course Offerings
  • News + Events
    • News
    • Events
    • Recordings
    • Newsletter
  • Community + Culture
    • Community + Culture
    • Community Stories
    • Outreach
      • MIT Summer Research Program (MSRP)
      • Conferences, Outreach and Networking Opportunities
    • Post-Baccalaureate Research Scholars Program
    • Get Involved (MIT login required)
    • Resources (MIT login Required)
  • Give to BCS
    • Join the Champions of the Brain Fellows Society
    • Meet Our Donors

Utility Menu

  • Directory
  • Apply to BCS
  • Contact Us

Footer

  • Contact Us
  • Employment
  • Be a Test Subject
  • Login

Footer 2

  • McGovern
  • Picower

Utility Menu

  • Directory
  • Apply to BCS
  • Contact Us
Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Menu
MIT

Main navigation

  • About BCS
    • Mission
    • History
    • Building 46
    • Leadership
    • Employment
    • Contact
    • Directory
  • Faculty + Research
    • Faculty
    • Areas of Research
    • Postdoctoral Research
    • Core Facilities
    • InBrain
  • Academics
    • Course 9: Brain and Cognitive Sciences
    • Course 6-9: Computation and Cognition
    • Brain and Cognitive Sciences PhD
    • Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience Program
    • Research Scholars Program
    • Course Offerings
  • News + Events
    • News
    • Events
    • Recordings
    • Newsletter
  • Community + Culture
    • Community + Culture
    • Community Stories
    • Outreach
    • Post-Baccalaureate Research Scholars Program
    • Get Involved (MIT login required)
    • Resources (MIT login Required)
  • Give to BCS
    • Join the Champions of the Brain Fellows Society
    • Meet Our Donors

News

News Menu

  • News
  • Events
  • Newsletters

Breadcrumb

  1. Home
  2. News
To understand cognition — and its dysfunction — neuroscientists must learn its rhythms
April 30, 2024

To understand cognition — and its dysfunction — neuroscientists must learn its rhythms

by
David Orenstein | The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory
A new framework describes how thought arises from the coordination of neural activity driven by oscillating electric fields — a.k.a. brain “waves” or “rhythms.”
Three from MIT awarded 2024 Guggenheim Fellowships
April 26, 2024

Three from MIT awarded 2024 Guggenheim Fellowships

by
Sarah Costello | School of Science
MIT professors Roger Levy, Tracy Slatyer, and Martin Wainwright appointed to the 2024 class of “trail-blazing fellows.”
Mapping the brain pathways of visual memorability
April 23, 2024

Mapping the brain pathways of visual memorability

by
Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL
For the first time, researchers use a combination of MEG and fMRI to map the spatio-temporal human brain dynamics of a visual image being recognized.
Twenty-three MIT faculty honored as "Committed to Caring" for 2023-25
April 22, 2024

Twenty-three MIT faculty honored as "Committed to Caring" for 2023-25

by
Office of Graduate Education
The honor recognizes professors for their outstanding mentorship of graduate students.
Three award recipients stand with plaques
April 19, 2024

BCS celebrates faculty, staff, academic awards

The Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences celebrated faculty, staff, teaching, mentorship, and academic excellence in ceremonies recently.

Women in STEM — A celebration of excellence and curiosity
April 16, 2024

Women in STEM — A celebration of excellence and curiosity

by
Dario Salati | Sharece Corner | MindHandHeart
An MIT Values event showcases three women's career journeys and how they are paving the way for the next generation.
From neurons to learning and memory
April 16, 2024

From neurons to learning and memory

by
Anne Trafton | MIT News
Mark Harnett investigates how electrical activity in mammalian cortical cells helps to produce neural computations that give rise to behavior.
MIT tops among single-campus universities in US patents granted
April 11, 2024

MIT tops among single-campus universities in US patents granted

by
Robyn Bunch | Technology Licensing Office
For 10th consecutive year, the Institute ranks No. 2 among all colleges and No. 1 among colleges with one main campus, underlying the impact of innovation and critical role of technology transfer.
A crossroads for computing at MIT
April 11, 2024

A crossroads for computing at MIT

by
Terri Park | MIT Schwarzman College of Computing
The MIT Schwarzman College of Computing building will form a new cluster of connectivity across a spectrum of disciplines in computing and artificial intelligence.
Reevaluating an approach to functional brain imaging
April 4, 2024

Reevaluating an approach to functional brain imaging

by
Jennifer Michalowski | McGovern Institute for Brain Research
An MRI method purported to detect neurons’ rapid impulses produces its own misleading signals instead, an MIT study finds.
  • Load More News

In the News

GBH logo
December 22, 2025

Why you shouldn't flake on social plans, according to an MIT scientist

New Yorker logo
November 15, 2025

The Case That A.I. Is Thinking

NPR
June 17, 2025

Why Gen Z is feeling 'money dysmorphia'

Salon.com logo
May 7, 2025

What's it like to be a baby? Scanning their brains can help us find out

More BCS News
Don't miss our next newsletter!
Sign Up

Footer menu

  • Contact Us
  • Employment
  • Be a Test Subject
  • Login

Footer 2

  • McGovern
  • Picower
Brain and Cognitive Sciences

MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 46-2005

Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 | (617) 253-5748

For Emergencies | Accessibility

Massachusetts Institute of Technology