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Seminar: Guoping Feng: "TRN Dysfunction in Neurodevelopment Disorders"

The thalamic reticular nucleus (TRN), the major source of thalamic inhibition, is known to regulate thalamocortical interactions critical for sensory processing, attention and cognition.

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How humans use objects in novel ways to solve problems

November 24, 2020

How humans use objects in novel ways to solve problems

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Center for Brains, Minds and Machines

Human beings are naturally creative tool users. When we need to drive in a nail but don’t have a hammer, we easily realize that we can use a heavy, flat object like a rock in its place.

A hunger for social contact

November 23, 2020

A hunger for social contact

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Anne Trafton | MIT News Office

Since the coronavirus pandemic began in the spring, many people have only seen their close friends and loved ones during video calls, if at all.

Imaging method reveals a “symphony of cellular activities”

November 23, 2020

Imaging method reveals a “symphony of cellular activities”

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Anne Trafton | MIT News Office

Within a single cell, thousands of molecules, such as proteins, ions, and other signaling molecules, work together to perform all kinds of functions — absorbing nutrients, storing memories, and dif

Advancing artificial intelligence research

November 18, 2020

Advancing artificial intelligence research

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Terri Park | MIT Schwarzman College of Computing

The broad applicability of artificial intelligence in today’s society necessitates the need to develop and deploy technologies that can build trust in emerging areas, counter asymmetric threats, an