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MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences retweeted
Myriam Heiman named the director of The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory. Heiman, who studies neurodegenerative diseases such as Huntington’s disease and Parkinson’s disease, will lead the institute beginning July 1. picower.mit.edu/news/myriam-… #neuroscience @ScienceMIT
ALT Myriam Heiman stands along blue glass windows in MIT's Building 46
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MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences retweeted
Congratulations to Professor Emery N. Brown, who this morning received an honorary doctorate of medical sciences @Yale in recognition of his #neuroscience, #statistics and #anesthesiology research.
ALT Emery Brown in academic regalia stands facing the dais as his citation is read in front of a massive crowd at Yale's commencement.
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MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences retweeted
May 14
McGovern researchers have developed a new sensor which can brighten or dim MRI signals in response to specific molecular targets -- a potential tool for brain-wide imaging, as well as imaging targets in the peripheral nervous system or other tissues.
mcgovern.mit.edu/2026/05/14/…
ALT Molecular structure of the newly developed MRI sensor.
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MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences retweeted
Apr 30
We are delighted to share that McGovern Investigators Michale Fee and Fan Wang have been elected to the @theNASciences for their “distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.”
Learn more about their groundbreaking work 👇
mcgovern.mit.edu/2026/04/30/… @mitbrainandcog
ALT Portraits of two scientists side by side. The male scientist on the left, Michale Fee, is wearing a white button down shirt and the female scientist on the right, Fan Wang, is wearing a black sweater. Both are smiling for the camera.
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MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences retweeted
Congrats to MIT scientists Sven Dorkenwald and Whitney Henry for being named 2026 Searle Scholars, an award given annually to 15 exceptional early-career researchers in the fields of biomedical sciences and chemistry!
mcgovern.mit.edu/2026/05/06/…
ALT Side by side portraits of two scientists, Sven Dorkenwald (left) and Whitney Henry (right)
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MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences retweeted
A new study of Rett syndrome highlights potential for personalized treatment. MIT researchers tracked how two different mutations alter neural circuit development in organoids and how each could be addressed with distinct potential therapeutics. picower.mit.edu/news/rett-sy…
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MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences retweeted
A new paper in @NatRevNeurosci challenges decades of dogma about how and why the brain boils down what it sees, hears, smells, tastes and feels into categories. picower.mit.edu/news/complet… #neuroscience #cognition @mitbrainandcog @ScienceMIT @Northeastern
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MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences retweeted
Mar 23
McGovern study finds that audiobooks help students learn new words—especially when paired with one-on-one instruction. 👇mcgovern.mit.edu/2026/03/20/…
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MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences retweeted
How do nervous systems produce behaviors? A new MIT study maps exactly what happens in the brains of C. elegans worms when they “follow their nose” to savor attractive odors or avoid unappealing ones. picower.mit.edu/news/navigat… #neuroscience @mitbrainandcog @ScienceMIT
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MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences retweeted
Mar 18
Impairments of a brain circuit necessary for processing new information may help to explain why some people with schizophrenia lose touch with reality, according to a new McGovern study.👇 @mitbrainandcog @ScienceMIT
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MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences retweeted
New discovery! Three different anesthetics each similarly destabilize neural activity. The insight could lead to a universal anesthesia delivery system to monitor patient consciousness and dosing more effectively. picower.mit.edu/news/three-a… #neuroscience @mitbrainandcog @mitscience
ALT doctors apply a mask to the face of a patient lying unconscious on an operating table
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How the brain handles the “cocktail party problem”: Using a computational model, MIT neuroscientists showed how the brain can selectively focus attention on one voice among others in a noisy environment: news.mit.edu/2026/how-brain-…
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MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences retweeted
Feb 25
How does the brain know which neurons to adjust during learning in order to optimize behavior? MIT researchers discovered that brains can use cell-by-cell error signals to do this — surprisingly similar to how AI systems are trained via backpropagation. mcgovern.mit.edu/2026/02/25/…
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MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences retweeted
Three new neural network-based tools enable fast, accurate alignment and annotation of images even in wiggly subjects🪱🪼. The tools might offer a way to automate cell tracking in other imaging datasets, too. picower.mit.edu/news/worms-a… #neuroscience #AI @mitbrainandcog @ScienceMIT
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MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences retweeted
Feb 17
Look 👀 who is #78 on @Forbes list of America's greatest innovators! Congrats Professor @zhangf! forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2…
ALT Photograph of Feng Zhang under a headline that reads: Forbes 250 America's Greatest Innovators Celebrating the American Dream. Text next to Feng Zhang says Feng Zhang, McGovern Institute, MIT #78
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MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences retweeted
🎉We (and 500 fellow local residents) had an awesome time @MITMuseum's After Dark last night. @MillerLabMIT and Matt Wilson's talks anchored the "Memory Lab" theme along with demos (including one by Takato Honda), and Earl and Steve Flavell's band Clever Hans!
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MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences retweeted
Fragile X study uncovers brainwave biomarker bridging humans and mice. picower.mit.edu/news/fragile… @mitbrainandcog @ScienceMIT #Autism @FRAXAresearch
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There's still time to apply to our Research Scholars post-baccalaureate program! Applications close Feb. 15. Learn more: bcs.mit.edu/postbac1
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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MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences retweeted
Our researchers don't just study the brain - they help young students see themselves as future neuroscientists. @mitbrainandcog research scholar Zadriana Smith postdoc @HalieOlson recently took time away from their labs to inspire the next generation of neuroscientists! ✨
ALT BCS research scholar Zadriana Smith shows a group of middle schoolers what an actual research brain looks like.
ALT Postdoc Halie Olson holds a tiny model brain to illustrate to a group of middle schoolers what makes kid brains different than adult brains.
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MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences retweeted
Jan 22
MIT researchers @_coltoncasto @ev_fedorenko have found a "satellite" component of the brain’s dedicated language network in the cerebellum, a region better known for coordinating movement.
Learn more 👉mcgovern.mit.edu/2026/01/22/…
@NeuroCellPress paper 👉cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S08…
ALT Six fMRI scans showing activity in the cerebellum during language tasks.
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