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As people age, their working memory often declines, making it more difficult to perform everyday tasks. One key brain region linked to this type of memory is the anterior thalamus, which is primarily involved in spatial memory — memory of our surroun

MIT researchers have identified a circuit in the anterior thalamus that is necessary for remembering how to navigate a maze. This region could offer a promising target for treatments that could help reverse memory loss in older people, without affecting other parts of the brain.

An MIT study lays the groundwork for understanding one of the most important, yet most elusive, components of brain function: our ability to selectively attend to one thing out of several, as well as switch attention.

The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond.Today's panelists are WAMC’s Alan Chartock, Investigative Journalist Rosemary Armao, political consultant and lobbyist Libby Post, and Tetherless World Professor of Computer, Web and Cognitive Sciences at RPI and Director of the RPI-IBM Artificial Intelligence research collaboration Jim Hendler.

New study illustrates just how profoundly anaesthesia alters the state of the brain's waves as it induces and maintains unconsciousness.

A new neural network approach from MIT and IBM researchers captures the characteristics of a physical system’s dynamic motion from video, regardless of rendering configuration or image differences, bringing us one step closer to creating realistic simulations from real-world videos.

From “Star Wars” to “Happy Feet,” many beloved films contain scenes that were made possible by motion capture technology, which records movement of

A core aspect of fairness is the ability to divide resources impartially among others. Previous research has shown that fair sharing behavior is a skill typical

MIT’s Aging Brain Initiative has awarded five seed grants after a competition among labs across the Institute. Awardees include Ann Graybiel, Thomas Heldt, Gloria Choi, Ritu Raman and Peter Dedon.

The Institute is proud to announce the creation of the Gopal Prasad Professorship in recognition of prolific mathematician and six-time Member of IAS, Gopal Prasad .