Rebecca Saxe | TedX Cambridge Home | News | Baby Brains: Unlocking Our Humanity Baby Brains: Unlocking Our Humanity Anne Trafton | June 9, 2016 FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail At MIT, Rebecca Saxe studies human brain development, in order to understand how the human mind is built. The challenges and rewards of this research connect her experiences, as a scientist and as a mother. How Huntington’s disease affects different neurons Self-assembling proteins can store cellular “memories” New sensor uses MRI to detect light deep in the brain See all news