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February 8, 2018

Distinctive brain pattern helps habits form

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Anne Trafton | MIT News Office

Our daily lives include hundreds of routine habits.

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February 8, 2018

Study reveals molecular mechanisms of memory formation

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Anne Trafton | MIT News Office

MIT neuroscientists have uncovered a cellular pathway that allows specific synapses to become stronger during memory formation.

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February 1, 2018

Decoding human cognition

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Fatima Husain | MIT News correspondent

Halfway through his sophomore year, Liang Zhou made a decision that changed the course of his academic career.

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February 1, 2018

Polina Anikeeva and Feng Zhang awarded 2018 Vilcek Prize

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Julie Pryor | McGovern Institute for Brain Research

Polina Anikeeva, the Class of 1942 Associate Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and associate director of the Research Laboratory of

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February 1, 2018

Institute launches the MIT Intelligence Quest

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Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office

MIT today announced the launch of the MIT Intelligence Quest, an initiative to discover the foundations of human intelligence and drive the development of technological tools that can positively influence virtually every a

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January 26, 2018

New study reveals how brain waves control working memory

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Anne Trafton | MIT News Office

MIT neuroscientists have found evidence that the brain’s ability to control what it’s thinking about relies on low-frequency brain waves known as beta rhythms.

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January 25, 2018

Study: Distinct brain rhythms and regions help us reason about categories

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David Orenstein | Picower Institute for Learning and Memory

We categorize pretty much everything we see, and remarkably, we often achieve that feat whether the items look patently similar — such as Fuji and McIntosh apples — or they share a more abstract similarity — such as a scre

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January 24, 2018

Ultrathin needle can deliver drugs directly to the brain

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Anne Trafton | MIT News Office

MIT researchers have devised a miniaturized system that can deliver tiny quantities of medicine to brain regions as small as 1 cubic millimeter.

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January 23, 2018

Lifting the veil on "valence," brain study reveals roots of desire and dislike

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David Orenstein | Picower Institute for Learning and Memory

The amygdala is a tiny hub of emotions where in 2016 a team led by MIT neuroscientist Kay Tye found specific populations of neurons that assign good or bad feelings, or “valence,” to experience.

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January 23, 2018

Lifting the veil on "valence," brain study reveals roots of desire and dislike

by
David Orenstein | Picower Institute for Learning and Memory

The amygdala is a tiny hub of emotions where in 2016 a team led by MIT neuroscientist Kay Tye found specific populations of neurons that assign good or bad feelings, or “valence,” to experience.

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