Cognition and Motivation | Picower Institute

Picower Institute scientists study behaviors and cognitive processes including learning, memory, emotion, reasoning and consciousness. To learn more about these or other areas of inquiry, select them under Research Topics and you'll find relevant Picower people, discoveries and events.

October 24, 2018

Research findings

Brain rhythms have crucial role in maintenance and control

October 15, 2018

Picower People

Miller will deliver lecture in San Francisco in March

October 9, 2018

Research findings

SAP102 shapes decay of postysnaptic currents

September 30, 2018

Research findings

Using fewer drugs can improve post-operative pain, side effects

August 8, 2018

Research findings

How do we hold and juggle multiple pieces of information in mind?

July 12, 2018

Q&A

From the Center for Brains Minds and Machines to the MIT Quest for Intelligence

July 10, 2018

Research Findings

Six brain regions participate in a more blended way than has been appreciated

May 3, 2018

Research Findings

Scientists pinpoint neural interactions that are necessary for observational learning.

April 9, 2018

Events

11 experts convened at Picower April 4

March 18, 2018

Brain Awareness Week 2018

Picower Institute researchers discuss their early inspiration

February 16, 2018

At the lectern

Putting the brain at the center of practice

January 25, 2018

Research Findings

Gamma rhythms sort similar-looking objects; beta kicks in when connection is more abstract