MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences
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A leading center for neuroscience and cognitive science research and education, dedicated to understanding the brain and how it gives rise to the mind.
Cambridge, MA
Joined August 2016
As the lab of Li-Huei Tsai has learned how different brain cells mishandle lipid molecules in Alzheimer’s disease, members have used that knowledge to develop possible treatments https://t.co/tEkSecqfOt
#Alzheimer #neuroscience #brain @mitbrainandcog @ScienceMIT @AgingBrainMIT
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A Picower Institute lab is on a mission to discover how cells mishandle lipid molecules in Alzheimer’s disease and is using that knowledge to develop treatments.
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Look! 👀 Our favorite polygot @ev_fedorenko talks to @QuantaMagazine about the brain's language network and its similarities to LLMs and AI chatbots. 🧠🤖 Bonus photos of postdocs @HalieOlson + @devarda_a! https://t.co/4DacldhEFn
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Is language core to thought, or a separate process? For 15 years, the neuroscientist Ev Fedorenko has gathered evidence of a language network in the human brain — and has found some similarities to...
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A new generation of LLMs called reasoning models are being trained to solve complex problems. Scientists at MIT have found that the kinds of problems requiring the most processing from these models are the same problems people need to take their time with:
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MIT neuroscientists find a surprising parallel in the ways humans and new AI models solve complex problems.
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[FOR MIT COMMUNITY MEMBERS] Want to help students learn through improved assessments? Join this Residential Education Open Learning event tomorrow, featuring BCS Senior Lecturer Laura Frawley
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@RepJasmine Stop sounding off to the media and get to work on some legislation. Immigration has been a mess for years. Only Congress can fix it. Also, why are you staying in fancy hotels? Do that on your own dime. Less talking more action.
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The Research Scholars Program at MIT is a prestigious two-year post-baccalaureate program for recent college graduates. We welcome all aspiring brain and cognitive scientists — whatever your level of research experience — to apply.
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Interested in pursuing a PhD in molecular/cellular/systems neuroscience, cognitive science, computational neuroscience, or neuroengineering, but need more experience first? The Research Scholars Program could be right for you! Applications are now open:
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A new MIT study illustrates how the brain’s executive control center tailors messages via specific circuits with other brain regions to influence them with information about behavior and internal feelings https://t.co/jHq2283HkQ
@ScienceMIT @mitbrainandcog #neuroscience
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A new MIT study illustrates how areas within the brain’s executive control center tailor their messages in specific circuits with other brain regions to influence them with information about behavior...
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A new project at MIT seeks answers to the big questions around consciousness, a fundamental yet elusive phenomenon:
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Through the MIT Consciousness Club, professors Matthias Michel and Earl Miller are exploring how neurological activity gives rise to human experience.
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A cellular atlas developed by MIT researchers details the dynamic diversity of astrocytes and provides a framework for exploring how these ⭐️shaped cells contribute to brain development, function & disease. https://t.co/CtzZCiVK5r Stunning astrocyte image courtesy of @meschro
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When it comes to brain function, neurons get a lot of the glory. But healthy brains depend on the cooperation of many kinds of cells. The most abundant of the brain’s non-neuronal cells are astrocy...
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We're hiring! MIT's Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences is seeking a tenure-track Assistant Professor. Application deadline is Dec. 1. Full posting:
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Heard at #SfN25 from @MillerLabMIT: Cognition and consciousness emerge from the dynamic organization of the cortex produced by traveling brain waves performing analog computations. https://t.co/NyEoqDjYK0
#neuroscience #consciousness #cognition @mitbrainandcog @ScienceMIT
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On neuroscience’s big stage Nov. 15, MIT Professor Earl K. Miller proposed that thought and consciousness emerge from the fast and flexible organization of the cortex produced by the analog computa...
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This week, we celebrated the achievements of Professor James DiCarlo with our colleagues @mitbrainandcog @MIT_Picower @MIT_Quest - Prof DiCarlo recently won the Golden Brain Award from the Minerva Foundation for his fundamental contributions to vision research. Congrats Jim!
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A new human brain model to enable disease research, drug discovery:
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Cultured from induced pluripotent stem cells, “miBrains” integrate all major brain cell types and model brain structures, cellular interactions, activity, and pathological features.
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New from @MillerLabMIT: To get back on track after a distraction, the brain appears to employ a rotating traveling wave, a new study by MIT neuroscientists finds. https://t.co/dwNPhEiwpn
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To get back on track after a distraction, the cortex appears to employ a rotating traveling wave, a new study by MIT neuroscientists finds.
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In most states, schools are required to screen students entering kindergarten as a way to identify those who may need extra help learning to read. A new study by MIT researchers suggests these screenings may not always be working as intended:
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While most states mandate screenings to guide early interventions for children struggling with reading, many teachers feel underprepared to administer and interpret them.
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Applying new tools to entire brains, starting with C. elegans, offers the opportunity to uncover how molecules work together to generate neural physiology, and how neurons generate behavior, write @eboyden3 and @koerding. https://t.co/TMjnGwbAPh
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Applying new tools to entire brains, starting with C. elegans, offers the opportunity to uncover how molecules work together to generate neural physiology and how neurons work together to generate…
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Congratulations to incoming BCS faculty member @sdorkenw!
We already knew that our incoming investigator @sdorkenw is a superstar 🤩, but now @statnews considers him among the "most impressive researchers on the cusp of launching their careers." Congrats Professor Dorkenwald! #STATWunderkind @mitbrainandcog
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Visually observing neural activity in freely moving animals requires identifying and tracking cells as they move. In eLife, the Flavell lab describes deep neural networks to enable this in a nematode worm (and applies some to jellyfish too!). https://t.co/fzYcDOatQO
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Just dropped some more news in London. We’re launching our @FlyArcher UK engineering hub to support our efforts with Anduril + GKN Aerospace on next-gen defense programs for the British Army. AND we’re adding Dr. Limhi Somerville, one of the top eVTOL engineers in the UK, to the
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Turns out words and sentences are memorable for similar reasons: unique meanings! @GretaTuckute @thomashikaru @kmahowald
What makes some sentences more memorable than others? Our new paper gathers memorability norms for 2500 sentences using a recognition paradigm, building on past work in visual and word memorability. @GretaTuckute @bj_mdn @ev_fedorenko
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