Cognition and Motivation

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.

Decoding hidden dreams

August 30, 2016
Research Findings
Neuroscientists decrypt the sleeping brain to reveal hidden memories.

Comparative Neuroscience: Lessons from Biodiversity

November 4
9:00 am - 5:00 pm

43 Vassar Street
Singleton Auditorium (46-3002, Third Floor of MIT Building 46)
Cambridge, MA 02139
United States

Event Type: Symposia
Availability: Public Event

The 2026 Picower Lecture with Richard L. Huganir, PhD, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

October 28
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

43 Vassar St
Singleton Auditorium (46-3002, Third Floor of MIT Building 46)
Cambridge, MA 02139
United States

Event Type: The Picower Lectures
Availability: Public Event

Special Seminar with Hee-Sup Shin, MD, PhD, Institute for Basic Science (IBS)

August 14
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

43 Vassar St
46-3310, Picower Seminar Room (Third Fl of MIT Building 46)
Cambridge, MA 02139
United States

Event Type: Seminars
Availability: Public Event

Aging Brain Seminar with Yu-Shan Lin, PhD, Tufts University

July 24
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

43 Vassar Street
Picower Seminar Room (46-3310 - Third Floor)
Cambridge, MA 02139
United States

Event Type: Aging Brain Seminars
Availability: Public Event

Neuroscience of Democracy Symposium

May 19
9:00 am - 5:00 pm

43 Vassar Street
3rd Floor, Singleton Auditorium (46-3002)
Cambridge, MA 02139
United States

Event Type: Symposia
Availability: Public Event