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Letter to the editor of the New York Times Magazine, signed by 200+ scientists

On August 9, 2016, I released a public statement rebutting three allegations made about Pr

In the article “The Brain That Couldn’t Remember,” written by Luke Dittrich and appearing on the New York Times website on August 3 and in the Times Magazine on August 7, three allegations are made agains

On August 7, 2016, the New York Times Magazine published “The Brain That Couldn’t Remember,” an article adapted from the forthcoming book “Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets,” by Luk

A new study from MIT reveals that a brain region dedicated to reading has connections for that skill even before children learn to read.

We are a community of scientists who are disturbed by a recent New York Times Magazine article (“The Brain That Couldn’t Remember”), which describes Professor Suzanne Corkin’s research in what we believe are biase

On Tuesday, the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation announced the winners of its annual Klerman and Freedman Prizes. Kay M.

New technique can reveal subcellular details and long-range connections.

People with Rett Syndrome, a rare and debilitating neurodevelopmental disorder, exhibit many autism-like traits. Now researchers at MIT have identified a protein that plays an important role in the disorder.

In Western styles of music, from classical to pop, some combinations of notes are generally considered more pleasant than others.