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November 18, 2020

Bhavik Nagda: Delving into the deployment of new technologies

Hannah Meiseles | MIT News correspondent

“We need more technologists in the room while policies are formulated,” says the MIT senior.

November 5, 2020

Using machine learning to track the pandemic’s impact on mental health

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office

Textual analysis of social media posts finds users’ anxiety and suicide-risk levels are rising, among other negative trends.

November 3, 2020

Scientists identify specific brain region and circuits controlling attention

David Orenstein | Picower Institute for Learning and Memory

Norepinephrine-producing neurons in the locus coeruleus produce attention focus, impulse control via two distinct connections to prefrontal cortex.

October 27, 2020

Study helps explain why motivation to learn declines with age

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office

Research on mice suggests aging affects a brain circuit critical for learning to make some types of decisions.

October 27, 2020

How a worm may yield insights into the gut-brain relationship

Alison Gold | School of Science

The naked eye can barely spot the transparent nematodes at the center of PhD student Gurrein Madan’s neuroscience research. While C.

October 27, 2020

Study helps explain why motivation to learn declines with age

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office

As people age, they often lose their motivation to learn new things or engage in everyday activities.

October 27, 2020

Morgan Sheng wins Julius Axelrod Prize for distinguished achievements in neuropharmacology

Tristan Davies | Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, via Society for Neuroscience

The Society for Neuroscience has announced that Morgan Sheng, MBBS is the recipient of the 2020 Julius Axelrod Prize.

October 26, 2020

Emery Brown wins Swartz Prize for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience

David Orenstein | Picower Institute for Learning and Memory

The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) announced today that it has awarded the Swartz Prize for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience to Emery N.

October 20, 2020

Neural pathway crucial to successful rapid object recognition in primates

Alli Gold | School of Science

MIT researchers have identified a brain pathway critical in enabling primates to effortlessly identify objects in their field of vision.

October 14, 2020

Statistical model improves analysis of skin conductance

David Orenstein | Picower Institute for Learning and Memory

Electrodermal activity (EDA) — the sweat-induced fluctuations of skin conductance made famous in TV dramatizations of lie-detector tests — can be a truly strong indicator of subconscious, or “sympathetic,” nervous system a

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Bhavik Nagda: Delving into the deployment of new technologies

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Study helps explain why motivation to learn declines with age

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Study helps explain why motivation to learn declines with age

Morgan Sheng wins Julius Axelrod Prize for distinguished achievements in neuropharmacology

Emery Brown wins Swartz Prize for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience

Neural pathway crucial to successful rapid object recognition in primates

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