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Ed Boyden receives 2019 Warren Alpert Prize

How expectation influences perception

Mark Harnett receives a 2019 McKnight Scholar Award

McGovern neuroscientists develop a new model for autism

How we tune out distractions

Postcards from the Brain

Antenna-like inputs unexpectedly active in neural computation

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Antenna-like inputs unexpectedly active in neural computation

How we make complex decisions

Dopamine-containing neurons in basal ganglia circuits of the brain.

Alumnus gives MIT $4.5 million to study effects of cannabis on the brain

Myelin increases speed of communication along length of axon.

Neuroscientists reverse some behavioral symptoms of Williams Syndrome