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Just thinking about a location activates mental maps in the brain
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The brain runs an internal simulation to keep track of time
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The brain may learn about the world the same way some computational models do
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Study decodes surprising approach mice take in learning
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Modeling the social mind
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Mehrdad Jazayeri wants to know how our brains model the external world
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Storytelling brings MIT neuroscience community together
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