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April 6, 2022
When artificial intelligence is tasked with visually identifying objects and faces, it assigns specific components of its network to face recognition — just like the human brain.
Jennifer Michalowski | McGovern Institute for...
Jennifer Michalowski | McGovern Institute for...
March 29, 2022
In a new study, intracranial electrodes helped reveal the cells in our brains and the neurological mechanisms responsible for memory creation.
By Conor Feehly
The successful formation of memories is an essential function in...
By Conor Feehly
The successful formation of memories is an essential function in...
March 7, 2022
Study identifies brain cells that form boundaries between discrete events
Researchers have identified two types of cells in our brains that are involved in organizing discrete memories based on when they occurred. This finding...
Researchers have identified two types of cells in our brains that are involved in organizing discrete memories based on when they occurred. This finding...
March 2, 2022
Researchers find similarities between how some computer-vision systems process images and how humans see out of the corners of our eyes.
Adam Zewe | MIT News Office
Perhaps computer vision and human vision have more in common...
Adam Zewe | MIT News Office
Perhaps computer vision and human vision have more in common...
February 25, 2022
by Margaret Osborne
Excerpt: "Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have discovered that a specific set of neurons located in the auditory cortex in the brain respond to singing but not other sounds like...
Excerpt: "Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have discovered that a specific set of neurons located in the auditory cortex in the brain respond to singing but not other sounds like...
February 23, 2022
New data shows that brain regions in infants just a few months old are specialized for faces, bodies, or scenes.
By Anne Trafton
Within the visual cortex of the adult brain, as MIT neuroscientist Nancy Kanwisher discovered...
By Anne Trafton
Within the visual cortex of the adult brain, as MIT neuroscientist Nancy Kanwisher discovered...
February 22, 2022
MIT neuroscientists have identified a population of neurons in the human brain that respond to singing but not other types of music.
Anne Trafton | MIT News Office
For the first time, MIT neuroscientists have identified a...
Anne Trafton | MIT News Office
For the first time, MIT neuroscientists have identified a...
February 21, 2022
A model’s ability to generalize is influenced by both the diversity of the data and the way the model is trained, researchers report.
Adam Zewe | MIT News Office
Artificial intelligence systems may be able to complete tasks...
Adam Zewe | MIT News Office
Artificial intelligence systems may be able to complete tasks...
January 31, 2022
Professor and cognitive neuroscientist recognized for groundbreaking work on the functional organization of the human brain.
by Julie Pryor | McGovern Institute for Brain Research, MIT News
Excerpt: The National Academy of...
by Julie Pryor | McGovern Institute for Brain Research, MIT News
Excerpt: The National Academy of...
January 31, 2022
[Foreword by CBMM's Mandana Sassanfar]
Taylor Baum first became involved with CBMM when she was selected to participate in the 2017 CBMM Undergraduate Summer Research Internships in Neuroscience. Taylor was invited to return to...
Taylor Baum first became involved with CBMM when she was selected to participate in the 2017 CBMM Undergraduate Summer Research Internships in Neuroscience. Taylor was invited to return to...