MIT chemical engineers and neuroscientists have developed a new way to classify neurons by labeling and imaging the proteins found...
Although it is known that psychiatric disorders have a strong genetic component, untangling the web of genes contributing to each...
Scientists have long wondered if the human brain contains neural mechanisms specific to music perception. Now, for the first time,...
MIT and Harvard University neuroscientists have found a link between a behavioral symptom of autism and reduced activity of a...
It may sound unusual, but it’s true: In recent years a growing number of people have been hooking their heads...
Strengthening and weakening the connections between neurons, known as synapses, is vital to the brain’s development and everyday function. One...
The question is straightforward enough: How does the brain learn to make sense of the visual world? The full answer...
More than 3 million Americans suffer from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a condition that usually emerges in childhood and...
When you hold in mind a sentence you have just read or a phone number you’re about to dial, you’re...
In the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease, patients are often unable to remember recent experiences. However, a new study from...
In a study of worms, MIT neuroscientists have discovered a gene that plays a critical role in controlling the switch...
A typical political scientist is not likely to develop a research plan that employs data from national archives, survey experiments,...
Autism has diverse genetic causes, most of which are still unknown. About 1 percent of people with autism are missing...
Humans, like all social animals, have a fundamental need for contact with others. This deeply ingrained instinct helps us to...
About 8 million Americans suffer from nightmares and flashbacks to a traumatic event. This condition, known as post-traumatic stress disorder...
In 2011, MIT neuroscientist Rebecca Saxe and colleagues reported that in blind adults, brain regions normally dedicated to vision processing...
Here’s a quick task: Take a look at the sentences below and decide which is the most effective. (1) “John...
When the brain forms memories or learns a new task, it encodes the new information by tuning connections between neurons....
Imagine you are looking for your wallet on a cluttered desk. As you scan the area, you hold in your...
Kwanghun (KC) Chung, investigator of neuroscience at the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, core faculty of the Institute for...
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