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Retraining the brain for better vision
October 12, 2023

Retraining the brain for better vision

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Eric Bender | MIT Industrial Liaison Program
Professor Mark Bear's research on brain plasticity spins off a promising candidate to treat amblyopia, or lazy eye.
Study advances understanding of visual recognition memory
October 11, 2023

Study advances understanding of visual recognition memory

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David Orenstein | The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory
Scientists have invested decades in piecing together how our vision is so good at recognizing what’s familiar. A new study overcomes an apparent discrepancy in data to reveal a new insight into how it works.
Practicing mindfulness with an app may improve children’s mental health
October 11, 2023

Practicing mindfulness with an app may improve children’s mental health

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Anne Trafton | MIT News
New research suggests daily mindfulness training at home helped reduce kids’ stress levels and negative emotions.
Twelve with MIT ties elected to the National Academy of Medicine for 2023
October 10, 2023

Twelve with MIT ties elected to the National Academy of Medicine for 2023

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School of Science
Five MIT faculty, along with seven additional affiliates, are honored for outstanding contributions to medical research.
Finger-shaped sensor enables more dexterous robots
October 4, 2023

Finger-shaped sensor enables more dexterous robots

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Adam Zewe | MIT News
MIT engineers develop a long, curved touch sensor that could enable a robot to grasp and manipulate objects in multiple ways.
How a single neuron’s parallel outputs can coordinate many aspects of behavior
October 3, 2023

How a single neuron’s parallel outputs can coordinate many aspects of behavior

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David Orenstein | The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory
Study finds that in worms, the HSN neuron uses multiple chemicals and connections to orchestrate egg-laying and locomotion over the course of several minutes.
October 2, 2023

Ted Adelson wins the 2023 Azriel Rosenfeld Lifetime Achievement Award

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Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences

BCS and CSAIL professor Ted Adelson is this year's winner of the 2023 Azriel Rosenfeld Lifetime Achievement Award, given out by the IEEE Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence Technical Community (PAMI TC).

One scientist’s journey from the Middle East to MIT
October 1, 2023

One scientist’s journey from the Middle East to MIT

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Thea Singer | McGovern Institute for Brain Research
Through his leadership and vision, McGovern Institute postdoc Ubadah Sabbagh aims to improve the scientific process in the US and abroad.
Giving students the computational chops to tackle 21st-century challenges
September 28, 2023

Giving students the computational chops to tackle 21st-century challenges

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Adam Zewe | MIT News
With the growing use of AI in many disciplines, the popularity of MIT’s four “blended” majors has intensified.
Decoding the complexity of Alzheimer’s disease
September 28, 2023

Decoding the complexity of Alzheimer’s disease

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Anne Trafton | MIT News
By analyzing epigenomic and gene expression changes that occur in Alzheimer’s disease, researchers identify cellular pathways that could become new drug targets.
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