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New gift expands mental illness studies at Poitras Center for Psychiatric Disorders Research

How the brain distinguishes between ambiguous hypotheses

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Finding some stability in adaptable brains

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Finding the way

From neurons to learning and memory

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Do we only use 10 percent of our brain?

Fourteen MIT School of Science professors receive tenure for 2022 and 2023

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Fourteen MIT School of Science professors receive tenure for 2022 and 2023

Silent synapses are abundant in the adult brain

Approaching human cognition from many angles

Dendrites may help neurons perform complicated calculations