"What do I most like to tell people about the brain?"

In six talks Sept. 25, researchers from across MIT described projects aimed at advancing the understanding of and interventions against neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and ALS

Making a decision requires juggling a set of options without getting them confused or losing track of them. A new MIT study shows how ensembles of neurons encode information to maximize clarity throughout the process.

The brain's ability to generate quick, nimble volitional thought—and a unified awareness of thought and experience—arises from analog computations carried out by electrical waves, MIT neuroscientists argue in a new review

A new study adds evidence that electric fields in the brain help to organize and shape underlying neural activity via “ephaptic coupling.”