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… hippocampus was damaged during an operation meant to help control his epileptic seizures, was no longer able to store … the neocortex, the part of the brain also responsible for cognitive functions such as attention and planning. …

… Bear , Picower Professor in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and senior author of the study in the …

… says Steven Flavell , an assistant professor of brain and cognitive sciences and a member of MIT’s Picower Institute … tract let us know when we’re full and help to control our appetite, via hormones such as leptin and …

… through is efforts to establish the Brain Arousal State Control Innovation Center at MIT and MGH. Lewis, meanwhile, …

… of neural plasticity . At the synapses flies use to control muscles, “p hasic ” neurons release quick, big bursts … encode experience and that may explain some of the cognitive and behavioral outcomes in Shank-associated autism. …