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.

September 29, 2016

Research Findings

Cells in the hippocampus store memories of acquaintances, a new study reports.

August 30, 2016

Research Findings

Neuroscientists decrypt the sleeping brain to reveal hidden memories.

February 10

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: Colloquium

Availability: Public Event

April 29

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

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

Event Type: Colloquium

Availability: Public Event

February 11

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

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

Event Type: Colloquium

Availability: Public Event

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

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

October 1

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

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

Event Type: Colloquium

Availability: Public Event

September 25

1:00 pm - 6:00 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

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

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