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… and Memory, and director of the Simons Center for the Social Brain. In addition to its role in signaling surprise, … also discovered that noradrenaline helps to stimulate behavior that leads to a reward, particularly in situations … Research Initiative through the Simons Center for the Social Brain, the National Natural Science Foundation of …

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… About the size of large squirrel s , marmosets are highly social primates that are more easily housed than macaques , … together private support from the Simons Center for the Social Brain (a n MIT program Sur directs with fund ing from … testing different aspects of marmoset neurophysiology and behavior. Sur’s lab, for instance, is finding that marmosets …

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… neuroimmunology Neuroimmune interactions autism cortex social behavior With support from The Marcus Foundation, an MIT … How exactly does IL-17a lead to symptom relief and behavior change in the mice? Does the fever effect work in …

… pregnancy may lead to an increased risk of autism-like social behavior deficits in offspring. But a huge question remained: …

… of the Covid-19 pandemic and stark examples of racial and social injustice have made this a particularly difficult time … That in turn leads to hyperactivity of circuits governing social behaviors, causing the autism-like neurodevelopmental … can help guide public health and policy remedies, said social epidemiologist Mariana Arcaya, associate professor in …

… that link the input of a smell to the output of a behavior through learning. When she joined the MIT Brain and … and the effects of that interaction on neurodevelopment, behavior and mood. She is particularly interested in how … she is also studying the connection between that and social behavior. “As we gather more data about the …