http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/topic/neuroscience.html Neuroscience headlines from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology News Office. en-us http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/www/mitlogo-rss.jpg http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/topic/neuroscience.html 88 31 Wed, 7 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/bear-obesity-0507.html Anti-obesity drugs that work by blocking brain molecules similar to those in marijuana could also interfere with neural development in young children, according to a new study from MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory. Wed, 7 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/bear-obesity-0507.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/picower-gift-0506.html Restoring memories by flashing brain cells with lasers and dissecting the genetic basis for language learning are among the projects at the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT to be funded with a new $4 million gift from The Picower Foundation. Tue, 6 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/picower-gift-0506.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/picower-bear-0505.html Picower Professor of Neuroscience Mark F. Bear has committed to continuing as director of the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory through June 2010. Bear began his leadership of the institute in 2007. Mon, 5 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/picower-bear-0505.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/birdsongs-0501.html In work that offers insights into how birds--and perhaps people--learn new behaviors, MIT scientists have found that immature and adult birdsongs are driven by two separate brain pathways, rather than one pathway that slowly matures. Thu, 1 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/birdsongs-0501.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/whiskers-0227.html In a finding that could help further understanding of perception across species, MIT neuroscientists have used high-speed video to reveal rat whiskers in action and show the tiny movements that underlie the rat's perception of its tactile environment. Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/whiskers-0227.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/aaas-language-0217.html The evolution of human speech was far more complex than is implied by some recent attempts to link it to a specific gene, says MIT Professor Robert Berwick, who will discuss his work Feb. 17 at the AAAS Annual Meeting in Boston. Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/aaas-language-0217.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/aaas-brain-0216.html After many years, Tomaso Poggio's two parallel lines of research--one aimed at using computers to understand how the brain works, the other at improving the abilities of computers to "think"--have begun to converge. Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/aaas-brain-0216.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/mcgovern-tt0206.html Two researchers at MIT's McGovern Institute for Brain Research will head an ambitious new project to study the origins of autism and dyslexia, supported by an $8.5M grant from the Ellison Medical Foundation. Wed, 6 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/mcgovern-tt0206.html