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A “golden era” to study the brain
September 21, 2022

A “golden era” to study the brain

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Leah Campbell | School of Science
“We can’t think of the brain only as neurons,” says PhD student Mitch Murdock, who explores the cellular basis of Alzheimer’s disease.
MIT cognitive scientists win Ig Nobel for shedding light on legalese
September 16, 2022

MIT cognitive scientists win Ig Nobel for shedding light on legalese

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Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Edward Gibson and Eric Martinez are among this year's winners of the satiric prize, for explaining what makes legal documents so difficult to comprehend.
Study reveals how environment and state are integrated to control behavior
September 15, 2022

Study reveals how environment and state are integrated to control behavior

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David Orenstein | Picower Institute for Learning and Memory
A simple animal model shows how stimuli and states such as smells, stressors, and satiety converge in an olfactory neuron to guide food-seeking behavior.
How the brain focuses on what’s in mind
September 13, 2022

How the brain focuses on what’s in mind

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David Orenstein | Picower Institute for Learning and Memory
When holding information in mind, neural activity is more focused when and where there are bursts of gamma frequency rhythms.
Modeling the social mind
September 9, 2022

Modeling the social mind

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Rachel Yang | MIT News correspondent
PhD student Setayesh Radkani studies the psychological and neural mechanisms at work when humans learn from and influence each other.
Studies of autism tend to exclude women, researchers find
September 8, 2022

Studies of autism tend to exclude women, researchers find

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Anne Trafton | MIT News Office
A commonly used screening test creates a gender gap that may hinder diagnosis and treatment for women and girls.
How the brain generates rhythmic behavior
August 31, 2022

How the brain generates rhythmic behavior

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Anne Trafton | MIT News Office
MIT neuroscientists have identified an oscillatory circuit that controls the rhythmic movement of mouse whiskers.
AI that can learn the patterns of human language
August 30, 2022

AI that can learn the patterns of human language

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Adam Zewe | MIT News Office
On its own, a new machine-learning model discovers linguistic rules that often match up with those created by human experts.
Microscopy technique reveals hidden nanostructures in cells and tissues
August 29, 2022

Microscopy technique reveals hidden nanostructures in cells and tissues

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Anne Trafton | MIT News Office
Separating densely packed molecules before imaging allows them to become visible for the first time.
These neurons have food on the brain
August 25, 2022

These neurons have food on the brain

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Anne Trafton | MIT News Office
MIT scientists have discovered a population of neurons that light up whenever we see images of food.
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