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For robots to navigate the world, they need to be able to make reasonable assumptions about their surroundings and what might happen during a sequence of events.

Scientists program C2c2, discovered in bacteria as a viral defense mechanism, to manipulate cellular RNA.

Over half a century at MIT, Corkin made lasting contributions to the biology of memory and cognitive disorders.

Loss of Shank gene prevents neuronal synapses from properly maturing.

Study: Kids have “and/or” problem despite sophisticated reasoning

Neuroscience is something that really wasn’t on my radar as a child.  My dad is a mechanical engineer who encouraged me in my love of math - I thought I was going to be an astrophysicist.

My interest in cognitive science first manifested itself as a passion for learning foreign languages, in my case French and American Sign Language.

When I was going into college I had no idea what I wanted to do. I loved everything from biochemistry and music to Shakespeare, and I wasn’t sure if it was possible to combine these things.