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Circuit that focuses attention brings in wide array of inputs

Thursday, Apr 21
… Circuit that focuses attention brings in wide array of inputs April 21, 2022 … flows into the circuit to enable a key brain function attention circuit mapping cortex … Institute for Learning and Memory focused selective attention on a circuit that governs, fittingly enough, …
https://picower.mit.edu/node/911

Scientists identify specific brain region and circuits controlling attention

Monday, Nov 02
… identify specific brain region and circuits controlling attention November 2, 2020 Research Findings Study shows that … producing neurons in the locus coeruleus produce attention focus, impulse control via two distinct connections to prefrontal cortex attention cognitive control prefrontal cortex …
https://picower.mit.edu/node/720

Picower researcher earns BBRF Young Investigator grant

Monday, Sep 21
… will use award to study neurobiology underlying attention attention arousal prefrontal cortex cognitive control Vincent … is working to understand the neu robiology of attention to better diagnose ADHD and disruptive behavior, …
https://picower.mit.edu/node/709

Dopamine primes the brain for enhanced vigilance

Wednesday, Nov 07
… Neuroscientists discover a circuit that helps redirect attention to focus on potential threats prefrontal cortex … a circuit that they believe controls the diversion of attention away from everyday pursuits, to focus on potential … cortex has long been thought to be important for attention and higher cognitive functions (planning, …
https://picower.mit.edu/node/428

Earl Miller receives Goldman-Rakic Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Cognitive Neuroscience

Tuesday, Nov 01
… into how categories, concepts, and rules are learned, how attention is focused, and how the brain coordinates thought … dysfunction in diseases such as autism, schizophrenia, and attention deficit disorder, and has led to new approaches … depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, autism, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, anxiety, borderline …
https://picower.mit.edu/node/75

How the brain responds to surprising events

Wednesday, Jun 01
… release of noradrenaline, which helps the brain focus its attention and learn from the event Neuromodulators … release of noradrenaline, which helps the brain focus its attention and learn from the event When your brain needs you to pay attention to something important, one way it can do that is …
https://picower.mit.edu/node/924

From Biological Intelligence to Artificial Intelligence

Thursday, Sep 17
… cognitive functions like working memory and selective attention. A few, including the most cited of all, derive … decoding patterns of motion from neural signals caught the attention of the brain-computer  interface field, in which … that produced an explanation of volitional control over attention vs. more reflexive attention: Volition is …
https://picower.mit.edu/node/707

Brain waves guide us in spotlighting surprises

Monday, Nov 23
… fed forward from lower regions to higher ones. Paying attention to exceptions The scientists also saw that … 7A’s beta activity is related not to prediction as much as attention. Animals performing the task did need to pay at least some degree of attention to the cue, whether it was predictable or not. …
https://picower.mit.edu/node/727

Symposium speaks to the many powers of brain rhythms

Monday, Apr 09
… cognition, learning and memory, perception, and attention. Several speakers shared evidence of the … memory. “With working memory we can choose what to pay attention to, we can choose what to think about, we can … the apparently pivotal role gamma plays in perception and attention in various parts of the cortex. Pascal Fries of ESI …
https://picower.mit.edu/node/318

Making waves for health

Thursday, Mar 01
… to intervene to enhance alpha and beta rhythms to modulate attention, Miller said. “Let’s say you have a brain that is having trouble focusing attention and top-down control,” he said. “That depends, …
https://picower.mit.edu/node/274

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