SCIENTIA
View the photo gallery of our monumental sculpture, SCIENTIA, and its dedication ceremony held on October 28, 2016.
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SCIENTIA
Documentary video by Itinerant Pictures on the making of SCIENTIA, a sculpture by Ursula von Rydingsvard located at the entrance to MIT’s McGovern Institute.
McGovern Institute 2016 Halloween Party
We had a great turnout this year for our annual Halloween party.
Monumental new sculpture commissioned for MIT’s McGovern Institute
“SCIENTIA” is the newest addition to MIT’s Public Art Collection
A new player in appetite control
Brain cells that provide structural support also influence feeding behavior, study shows.
Reading the rules of gene regulation
CRISPR reveals human genome’s “dark matter”
Pinpointing a brain circuit that can keep fears at bay
Study suggests path to prolonging treatment effectiveness for phobias or post-traumatic stress disorder.
Finding a way in
Our perception of the world arises within the brain, based on sensory information that is sometimes ambiguous, allowing more than one interpretation. Familiar demonstrations of this point include the famous Necker cube and the “duck-rabbit” drawing (right) in which two different interpretations flip back and forth over time. Another example is binocular rivalry, in which […]
Newly discovered neural connections may be linked to emotional decision-making
Researchers suspect cells in this brain circuit could also be targets of Parkinson’s disease.
From Cells to Cognition: Understanding Brain Function in Health and Disease
A 2016 joint symposium of the McGovern Institutes at MIT, Peking University, Tsinghua University and Beijing Normal University