Nancy Kanwisher identifies area in the brain used solely for face recognition

December 2004

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MIT's McGovern Institute Announces 2nd Annual International Prize in Neuroscience

October 2004

The 2005 Edward M. Scolnick Prize in Neuroscience Research Honors former President of Merck Research Laboratories

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McGovern Institute names Robert Desimone as next director

September 2004

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Moore outlines discovery of new sensory map in a mammalian brain

May 14 2004

McGovern Institute's Christopher Moore Determines that Rats 'Hear' Sensory Input With Their Whiskers Using a Newly-Discovered Sensory Map in the Brain.

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McGovern Institute to present inaugural Edward M. Scolnick Prize in Neuroscience Research at Cambridge Symposium and Gala

April 22 2004

Dr. Masakazu Konishi from the California Institute of Technology to Receive McGovern Institute's Highest Award in Recognition for His Outstanding Research Discoveries and Contributions to the Field of Neuroscience.

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McGovern Institute's Tomaso Poggio offers new paradigm for understanding learning

March 25 2004

Principal Investigator Poggio Co-Authors Paper to be Published in Nature Magazine

"General Conditions for Predictivity in Learning Theory" Outlines New Theorem for Building Smarter Machines, Predicting Future Occurrences and Understanding How People Learn"

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McGovern Institute announces inaugural winner of Edward M. Scolnick Prize in Neuroscience Research

February 2004

Dr. Mark Konishi from the California Institute of Technology to Receive McGovern Institute's Highest Award in Recognition for His Outstanding Research Discoveries and Contributions to the Field of Neuroscience

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