Two new studies from MIT suggest that mindfulness — the practice of focusing one’s awareness on the present moment — can enhance academic performance and mental health in middle schoolers.
For decades, neuroscientists have relied on a technique for reading out electrical “spikes” of brain activity in live, behaving subjects that tells them very little about the types of cells they are monitoring.
Sabbi Lall | McGovern Institute for Brain Research
The world is constantly bombarding our senses with information, but the ways in which our brain extracts meaning from this information remains elusive.
Imagine you’re sitting in the driver’s seat of an autonomous car, cruising along a highway and staring down at your smartphone. Suddenly, the car detects a moose charging out of the woods and alerts you to take the wheel.
A research team led by Whitehead Institute scientists has identified 30 distinct chemical compounds — 20 of which are drugs undergoing clinical trial or have already been approved by the FDA — that boost the protein produc
Sabbi Lall | McGovern Institute for Brain Research
Although psychiatric disorders can be linked to particular genes, the brain regions and mechanisms underlying particular disorders are not well-understood.
This fall, the School of Science will welcome four new members joining the faculty in the departments of Biology, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, and Chemistry.
This fall, the School of Science will welcome seven new members joining the faculty in the departments of Biology, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Chemistry, and Physics.
