Summary: A new AI system helps researchers better understand the brain computations that underlie thought.
Source: Baylor University
AI Helps Scientists Understand Brain Activity Behind Thoughts – Neuroscience News
Summary: A new AI system helps researchers better understand the brain computations that underlie thought.
Source: Baylor University
AI Helps Scientists Understand Brain Activity Behind Thoughts – Neuroscience News
Summary: Researchers identified several brain areas that acted as hubs for information processing across brain networks that contribute to memory recall. They observed how activation patterns within these networks differed on an individual level, based on personal levels of recall detail and imagination.
Source: University of Rochester
Memories Create ‘Fingerprints’ That Reveal How the Brain Is Organized – Neuroscience News
Summary: A newly developed headset capable of brain mapping may help provide new insight into developmental disorders, including autism and cerebral palsy.
Source: UCL
Wearable Imaging Cap Provides a Window Into Babies’ Brains – Neuroscience News
Summary: A direct comparison of sensory and higher-order thalamic circuits reveals fundamental differences in how they control the cerebral cortex.
Source: Jill Crittenden | McGovern Institute for Brain Research
https://news.mit.edu/2020/identifying-structure-and-function-brain-hub-1118
Summary: During her time at MIT, senior Ayesha Ng’s interests have expanded from cellular biology to the social systems that shape public health.
November 9, 2020
Source: Alison Gold | School of Science
https://news.mit.edu/2020/ayesha-ng-many-levels-human-health-1109
Summary: Norepinephrine-producing neurons in the locus coeruleus produce attention focus, impulse control via two distinct connections to prefrontal cortex.
November 3, 2020
Source: David Orenstein | Picower Institute for Learning and Memory
https://news.mit.edu/2020/scientists-identify-brain-region-circuits-controlling-attention-1103
Summary: Research on mice suggests aging affects a brain circuit critical for learning to make some types of decisions.
October 27, 2020
Source: Anne Trafton | MIT News Office
https://news.mit.edu/2020/why-learn-motivate-age-decline-1027
Summary: Researchers are working toward intelligent machines that can sense cognitive fatigue and suggest interventions to help a human improve performance.
October 26, 2020
Source: Kylie Foy | MIT Lincoln Laboratory
https://news.mit.edu/2020/stressed-job-ai-teammate-may-know-how-help-1026
Summary: Recurrent processing via prefrontal cortex, necessary for quick visual object processing in primates, provides a key insight for developing brain-like artificial intelligence.
October 20, 2020
Source: Alison Gold | School of Science
https://news.mit.edu/2020/neural-pathway-crucial-successful-rapid-object-recognition-primates-1020
Summary: Tool developed at MIT simultaneously measures chemical and electrical brain signals, revealing unexpectedly complex relationship between brain signals.
October 13, 2020
Source: Jennifer Michalowski | McGovern Institute for Brain Research
https://news.mit.edu/2020/scientists-uncover-new-clues-about-parkinsons-disease-1013