Tristan Davies | Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Just three days before several dozen visitors were supposed to arrive, the department decided that Graduate Student Interview Weekend had to move online.
The coronavirus pandemic has driven us apart physically while reminding us of the power of technology to connect. When MIT shut its doors in March, much of campus moved online, to virtual classes, labs, and chatrooms.
Tristan Davies | Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mobility and contact has prompted a group of researchers to accelerate development and launch of a website that could transform the field of cognitive development.
MIT scientists have identified a potential new strategy for treating Fragile X syndrome, a disorder that is the leading heritable cause of intellectual disability and autism.
Mindy Blodgett | Institute for Medical Engineering and Science
As the world grapples with the continuing challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, a multi-institutional initiative has been formed to support a broad range of research aimed at addressing the devastation to global public heal
MIT neuroscientists have discovered that an enzyme called HDAC1 is critical for repairing age-related DNA damage to genes involved in memory and other cognitive functions.
Neuroscientists at MIT’s Picower Institute for Learning and Memory have found that a protein acts like a volume dial for the release of neurotransmitters, the chemicals that neurons release across connections called synaps
Tristan Davies | Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
When the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus emerged as a global threat in early 2020, numerous investigators in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and Building 46 quickly turned their attention to uderstanding the virus an
