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… Many cognitive processes, such as decision-making, take place … across time windows of hours or days. “A thought or a cognitive function usually lasts 30 seconds or a minute. … would have an incredible impact on systems and circuit neuroscience. This paper is a major step towards that dream …

… multiple contributions in basic and clinical visual neuroscience. He was the first to perform simultaneous … doing interdisciplinary work in autism research combining cognitive neuroscience and neuroengineering. Dr. Castelo-Branco has …

… involve astrocytes,” said Sur, Newton Professor of Neuroscience in The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory … for their lab’s research and to share with the broader neuroscience community. Each tool is meant to give scientists … Media Lab, the Departments of Bioengineering and Brain and Cognitive Sciences, and the McGovern Institute for Brain …

… of brain cells,” said Mriganka Sur , Newton Professor of Neuroscience in The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory … four faculty members in MIT’s Departments of Brain and Cognitive Sciences (BCS) and Electrical Engineering and …

… critical period Mark Bear , Picower Professor of Neuroscience at MIT, recalls the “eureka moment” 20 years ago … for Learning and Memory and the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences. “Thus, it was a profound disappointment … doses as they got older, could produce lasting benefits in cognitive ability. That finding suggests that the timing and …

… known as burst suppression, which is associated with cognitive impairments after the patient wakes up. A new study … Taplin Professor of Medical Engineering and Computational Neuroscience and a member of MIT’s Picower Institute for …

… study senior author Li-Huei Tsai , Picower Professor of Neuroscience and director of The Picower Institute and MIT’s … experiments, led by Mitch Murdock when he was a Brain and Cognitive Sciences doctoral student at MIT, showing that when …

… study senior author Li-Huei Tsai , Picower Professor of Neuroscience at MIT and director of The Picower Institute and …

… six brain regions, in a  paper published June 1 in  Nature Neuroscience .  Alzheimer's disease is a leading cause of … over 65, and leads to debilitating and devastating cognitive decline. Impaired blood-brain barrier (BBB) … hurdle — brain alterations commence decades before cognitive signs make their debut, at which point it might …

… and Memory explains how. “Categorization is a fundamental cognitive mechanism,” says Earl Miller , Picower Professor in … for Learning and Memory and the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences. “It’s the way the brain learns to … Tim Buschman, Assistant Professor in the Princeton Neuroscience Institute and Department of Psychology at …