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Songbirds reveal how practice improves performanceBy studying the chirps of tiny songbirds, MIT neuroscientists have gained new insights on trial-and-error learning -- findings that could further understanding of the complex brain structures that play a key role in learning and habit formation in humans. July 6, 2009 Researchers find new actions of neurochemicalsMIT researchers have found novel C. elegans neurochemical receptors, the discovery of which could lead to new therapeutic targets for psychiatric disorders if similar receptors are found in humans. July 2, 2009 Thinking of youBased on studies involving the blind, MIT neuroscientists have some surprising new insights about how people make inferences about others' state of mind. June 26, 2009 Sleep helps build long-term memoriesNew work by researchers at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory shows how the sleeping brain replays experiences like video clips, thereby turning fleeting short-term memories into lasting long-term ones. June 24, 2009 Li-Huei Tsai to direct Picower InstitutePicower Professor of Neuroscience and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator Li-Huei Tsai will succeed Mark Bear as director of the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory. June 12, 2009 Brain & Cognitive Sciences awardsAwards given in MIT Brain & Cognitive Sciences for the academic year 2008-2009. June 3, 2009 Long-distance brain waves focus attentionNeuroscientists found that neurons in the prefrontal cortex fire in unison and send signals to the visual cortex to do the same, generating gamma oscillations that are associated with cognitive states such as attention, learning and consciousness. May 28, 2009 Investigating a protein's role in brain linksResearchers at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory have shed light on how a protein implicated in cognitive disorders maintains and regulates brain cell structures that are key to learning and memory. May 4, 2009 |
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