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Compulsive no more
McGovern study sheds light on what causes compulsive behavior, could improve OCD treatments.
Neville Hogan: 2013 McGovern Institute Symposium
The annual McGovern Institute symposium took place on May 8, 2013 and featured nine talks on the subject of motor control and the motor cortex. In this video, Neville Hogan of MIT presents his talk entitled, “Modular dynamics in motor control and neuro-rehabilitation.”
Emile Bruneau: Tweaking the Empathy Gap
Emile Bruneau, a postdoctoral associate in Rebecca Saxe’s lab at the McGovern Institute, is interested in the psychology of human conflict.
Ann Graybiel Meets the President of the United States
President Barack Obama greets the 2012 U.S. Kavli Prize Laureates in the Oval Office, March 28, 2013.
Obama hosts Dresselhaus, Graybiel and Luu in Oval Office
President Barack Obama met Thursday, March 28, in the Oval Office with the six U.S. recipients of the 2012 Kavli Prizes — including MIT’s Mildred S. Dresselhaus, Ann M. Graybiel and Jane X. Luu. Obama and his science and technology advisor, John P. Holdren, received the scientists to recognize their landmark contributions in nanoscience, neuroscience […]
MIT researchers join Obama for brain announcement
Four MIT neuroscientists were among those invited to the White House on Tuesday, April 2, when President Barack Obama announced a new initiative to understand the human brain. Professors Ed Boyden, Emery Brown, Robert Desimone and Sebastian Seung were among a group of leading researchers who joined Obama for the announcement, along with Francis Collins, […]
2013 Scolnick Prize Lecture: Thomas Jessell
Dr. Thomas Jessell of Columbia University is the winner of the 2013 Scolnick Prize in Neuroscience for his pioneering work on synaptic plasticity, the process by which the brain’s connections are modified in response to experience. On April 1, 2013, he delivered the Scolnick Prize lecture, entitled “Sifting Circuits for Motor Control.”
Brain Scan Cover Image: Winter 2013
The cover of the Winter 2013 issue of Brain Scan features an artist’s representation of a new genome editing technique developed by Feng Zhang. The method allows researchers to disrupt or replace genes at will.
2013 Sharp Lecture in Neural Circuits: Karel Svoboda
On March 14, 2013, Dr. Karel Svoboda of HHMI delivered the second annual Sharp Lecture in Neuroscience. Dr. Svoboda’s lab is working on the structure, function and plasticity of neocortical circuits.