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July 20, 2018

Michale Fee receives McKnight Technological Innovations in Neuroscience Award

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Sabbi Lall | McGovern Institute for Brain Research

McGovern Institute investigator Michale Fee has been selected to receive a 2018 McKnight

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July 18, 2018

As brain extracts meaning from vision, study tracks progression of processing

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David Orenstein | Picower Institute for Learning and Memory

Here’s the neuroscience of a neglected banana (and a lot of other things in daily life): Whenever you look at its color — green in the store, then yellow, and eventually brown on your countertop — y

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July 10, 2018

What separates the strong from weak among connections in the brain

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David Orenstein | Picower Institute for Learning and Memory

To work at all, the nervous system needs its cells, or neurons, to connect and converse in a language of electrical impulses and chemical neurotransmitters.

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July 6, 2018

Institute Archives spotlights pioneering women at MIT

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Brigham Fay | MIT Libraries

A new MIT Libraries initiative aims to highlight MIT’s women faculty by acquiring, preserving, and making accessible their personal archives.

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July 5, 2018

An AI system for editing music in videos

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Adam Conner-Simons | CSAIL

Amateur and professional musicians alike may spend hours pouring over YouTube clips to figure out exactly how to play certain parts of their favorite songs.

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July 3, 2018

Study shows where brain transforms seeing into doing

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David Orenstein | Picower Institute for Learning and Memory

You see the flour in the pantry, so you reach for it. You see the traffic light change to green, so you step on the gas.

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June 28, 2018

Neural implants modulate microstructures in the brain with pinpoint accuracy

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Windy Pham | Institute for Medical Engineering and Science

The diversity of structures and functions of the brain is becoming increasingly realized in research today. Key structures exist in the brain that regulate emotion, anxiety, happiness, memory, and mobility.

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June 26, 2018

Advancing knowledge in medical and genetic sciences

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Danielle Randall | Department of Chemistry

Research proposals from Laurie Boyer, associate professor of biology;

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June 25, 2018

How music lessons can improve language skills

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Anne Trafton | MIT News Office

Many studies have shown that musical training can enhance language skills.

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June 22, 2018

MIT scientists discover fundamental rule of brain plasticity

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David Orenstein | Picower Institute for Learning and Memory

Our brains are famously flexible, or “plastic,” because neurons can do new things by forging new or stronger connections with other neurons.

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