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Human neurons have fewer ion channels, which might have allowed the human brain to divert energy to other neural processes.

A new machine-learning system helps robots understand and perform certain social interactions.

The findings may help explain why some people who lead enriching lives are less prone to Alzheimer’s and age-related dementia.

Students featured in public art exhibits in prominent locations throughout Boston.

Those selected for these positions receive additional support to pursue their research and develop their careers.

Neuroscientists find the internal workings of next-word prediction models resemble those of language-processing centers in the brain.

Professors Linda Griffith and Feng Zhang along with Guillermo Ameer ScD ’99, Darrell Gaskin SM ’87, and Vamsi Mootha recognized for contributions to medical sciences, health care, and public health.

When asked to classify odors, artificial neural networks adopt a structure that closely resembles that of the brain’s olfactory circuitry.

We seem to be wired to calculate not the shortest path but the “pointiest” one, facing us toward our destination as much as possible.

While the brain acquires resistance to continuous treatment with mGluR5 inhibitor drugs, lasting effects may still arise if dosing occurs intermittently and during a developmental-critical period.