Neuroscience
Why we learn more from our successes than our failures
July 29, 2009
MIT study sheds light on the brain's ability to change in response to learning
Also labeled: Bioengineering and biotechnology, Brain and cognitive sciences
Adult brain can change within seconds
July 14, 2009
Also labeled: Bioengineering and biotechnology, Brain and cognitive sciences
Songbirds reveal how practice improves performance
July 6, 2009
MIT research provides new insights about trial-and-error learning
Also labeled: Bioengineering and biotechnology, Brain and cognitive sciences
Researchers find new actions of neurochemicals
July 2, 2009
Work with tiny worm could point to new treatments for human brain disorders
Thinking of you
June 26, 2009
Studies of blind reveal how we think about other people
Also labeled: Brain and cognitive sciences
Sleep helps build long-term memories
June 24, 2009
Picower Institute study strengthens link between sleep, memory formation
Also labeled: Bioengineering and biotechnology, Brain and cognitive sciences
Picower-led team pinpoints gene key to Alzheimer's-like reversal
May 6, 2009
Success in restoring memories in mice could lead to human treatments
Investigating a sometimes-faulty protein's role in brain links
May 4, 2009
Picower study could lead to new treatments for autism, moreMaking waves in the brain
April 26, 2009
Researchers use lasers to induce gamma brain waves in mice
Also labeled: Genetics
McGovern awards Scolnick Prize to HHMI investigator Nathans
April 23, 2009
Johns Hopkins professor to deliver lecture on April 27
Eight from MIT elected to AAAS
April 20, 2009
Music at MIT hitting all the right notes
April 15, 2009
How you feel the world impacts how you see it
April 9, 2009
Motion illusions reveal new insights into perception
Also labeled: Technology and society
Blocked enzyme reverses schizophrenia-like symptoms
March 19, 2009
MIT Picower study of mice could lead to drug treatments for the severe brain disorder
Also labeled: Bioengineering and biotechnology, Health sciences and technology
A human failure, seen at face value
March 13, 2009
Research probes why we have difficulty recognizing faces in photo negatives
Potential cancer-causing genes removed from engineered stem cells
March 5, 2009
Whitehead work involved reprogrammed skin cells from Parkinson's patient
3-D day
March 4, 2009
21st century holography to be explored in MIT Museum forum
Also labeled: Computer science and technology, Electrical engineering and electronics, Arts, Faculty
What drives brain changes in macular degeneration?
March 3, 2009
MIT study sheds light on underlying neural mechanismMultiple genes implicated in autism
February 9, 2009
Discovery could lead to drugs targeting gene interactions
Also labeled: Genetics, Health sciences and technology
A possible treatment for Rett syndrome
February 9, 2009
MIT study suggests molecule can reverse some symptoms
Also labeled: Bioengineering and biotechnology, Health sciences and technology
Study links genetic, environmental causes of Parkinson's
February 1, 2009
Also labeled: Bioengineering and biotechnology, Genetics
What causes motor complications of Parkinson's treatment?
January 29, 2009
MIT study identifies genes linked to key side effect; work signals new approaches
Burgeoning field of neurotech spawns brainy businesses
January 29, 2009
MIT positioning students for rapidly growing discipline
Also labeled: Bioengineering and biotechnology, Health sciences and technology
Altered brain activity in schizophrenia may cause exaggerated focus on self
January 19, 2009
Study links schizophrenia to key 'default mode' in brain
Also labeled: Bioengineering and biotechnology, Health sciences and technology
Neuroscientists ID source of cognitive decline in aging brains
January 7, 2009
Memory suffers when brain-communication network decays
Also labeled: Bioengineering and biotechnology
Team sheds light on Alzheimer's mystery
December 10, 2008
Work could lead to new treatments for debilitating disease
Also labeled: Bioengineering and biotechnology, Health sciences and technology
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