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, Larry Abbott of Columbia University presents his talk, entitled “Network Models of Motor Cortex.”
The annual McGovern Institute symposium, which took place on May 8, 2013, featured nine talks on the subject of motor control and the motor cortex.
McGovern faculty, staff, researchers, and students gathered at the Sea Crest Resort in Falmouth, Massachusetts for the 2013 McGovern Institute Retreat.
Photos: Justin Knight
Study sheds light on causes of compulsive behavior, could improve OCD treatments.
McGovern study sheds light on what causes compulsive behavior, could improve OCD treatments.
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, a postdoctoral associate in Rebecca Saxe’s lab at the McGovern Institute, is interested in the psychology of human conflict.
President Barack Obama greets the 2012 U.S. Kavli Prize Laureates in the Oval Office, March 28, 2013.
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 […]
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, […]
