For decades, neuroscientists have been trying to pinpoint the neural underpinnings of behavior and decision-making. Past ...

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The same brain cells linked to disorientation in Alzheimer's disease have been preserved—and even slightly increased—across ...

The 2025 Research Innovation Grants are supporting projects focused on biomarkers, risk factors, and treatments for ALS.

Biological neural networks are immensely complex systems underlying all aspects of cognition and behavior. Despite significant advances in neuroscience, a ...

Vision shapes behavior and, a new study by MIT neuroscientists finds, behavior and internal states shape vision.

Scientists have thought that when we hear language, the brain processes it the same way, whether it's familiar or foreign. A ...

A new MIT study illustrates how areas within the brain’s executive control center tailor their messages in specific circuits ...

New research shows that the prefrontal cortex doesn’t simply broadcast generic commands to sensory regions—it sends finely tailored signals that shape how the brain processes vision depending on ...

MIT researchers discovered that the prefrontal cortex doesn’t just send generic control signals—it tailors its messages to ...