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Compulsive no moreMIT study sheds light on what causes compulsive behavior, could improve OCD treatments.

3Q: Robert Desimone on the federal BRAIN InitiativeDirector of McGovern Institute discusses how new initiative to understand the human brain will affect neuroscience at MIT and beyond.

Ed Boyden shares Gabbay Award with optogenetics researchers

Four MIT researchers attend White House announcement of brain initiativeObama invites Boyden, Brown, Desimone and Seung to launch of new federal initiative.

Obama hosts Dresselhaus, Graybiel and Luu in Oval OfficeThe three MIT scientists are among six winners of the 2012 Kavli Prizes to visit the White House.

Breaking down the Parkinson’s pathwayNew study is first to analyze how affected brain cells respond during different behavioral tasks.

Boyden to share prestigious brain prizeEd Boyden honored for his work on optogenetics; will share 1 million Euro prize with five other researchers.

McGovern Institute hands out neuroscience awardMcGovern Institute for Brain Research names Thomas Jessell winner of the 2013 Edward M. Scolnick Prize in Neuroscience.

Gloria Choi to join McGovern InstituteChoi will serve as McGovern Investigator and as assistant professor of brain and cognitive sciences.

Editing the genome with high precisionNew method allows scientists to insert multiple genes in specific locations, delete defective genes.

Precisely engineering 3-D brain tissuesNew design technique could enable personalized medicine, studies of brain wiring.

How the brain controls our habitsMIT neuroscientists identify a brain region that can switch between new and old habits.

Calcium reveals connections between neuronsNew way to image brain-cell activity could shed light on autism and other psychiatric disorders.

Brain’s language center has multiple rolesNeuroscientists find Broca’s area is really two subunits, each with its own function.

Mehrdad Jazayeri to join BCS, McGovern Institute faculty

McGovern neuroscientist Constantine-Paton wins lifetime achievement award

Four from MIT win NIH grantsBrown, Gore, Ploegh and Zhang receive grants for innovative biomedical research.

Predicting how patients respond to therapyBrain scans could help doctors choose treatments for people with social anxiety disorder.

Stroke disrupts how brain controls muscle synergiesDistinctive patterns could allow doctors to develop better rehab programs for stroke patients.

Thinking about others is not child’s playMIT study reveals changes in brain activity as children learn to read other people’s behavior.

Introduction to Psychology now available in MIT OpenCourseWare’s innovative OCW Scholar formatCourse is the sixth of seven courses MIT OCW will publish this year specifically to meet the needs of independent learners.

Dresselhaus, Graybiel, Luu receive 2012 Kavli PrizesBiennial prizes in astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience include a $1 million cash award in each field.

Robots that reveal the inner workings of brain cellsNew method offers automated way to record electrical activity inside neurons in the living brain.

McGovern Institute honors inventor of brain scan technologyDavid Cohen honored for his invention of magnetoencephalography.

Institute faculty share prestigious neuroscience prizeEd Boyden and Feng Zhang awarded the Perl/UNC Neuroscience Prize

McGovern investigator Feng Zhang named Searle Scholar

New tools to answer timeless questionsAlan Jasanoff is designing imaging sensors that could help reveal the brain’s inner workings.

The power of being heardWhen it comes to intergroup conflict, the group with less power benefits more from sharing its perspective.