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Humans are pretty good at looking at a single two-dimensional image and understanding the full three-dimensional scene that it captures. Artificial

The versatility of the nervous system comes from not only the diversity of ways in which neurons communicate in circuits, but also their “plasticity,”

Using what may be a fundamental circuit architecture in animal brains, worms decide whether to roam around looking for food or stop in a patch of nutrients. The circuit feeds multiple streams of sensory information into a mutually inhibiting loop of just a few neurons to switch between the roaming or dwelling behaviors.

A new AI-powered, virtual platform called ThreeDWorld (TDW) uses real-world physics to simulate a rich and interactive audio-visual environment, enabling human and robotic learning, training, and experimental studies.

MIT neuroscientists have discovered the elegant architecture of a fundamental decision-making brain circuit that allows a C. elegans worm to either

Shardul Chiplunkar uses interests in computing and mathematics to better explain and understand complex software systems, and to develop better tools and methodologies for large-scale professional software development, through fundamental research in the theory of programming languages and human-computer interaction.

Shardul Chiplunkar, a senior in Course 18C (mathematics with computer science), entered MIT interested in computers, but soon he was trying everything

The actual act of giving to charity might seem like a piece of cake, but a paper published this year shows that it helps to put more thought into it.

The actual act of giving to charity might seem like a piece of cake, but a paper published this year shows that it helps to put more thought into it.

The actual act of giving to charity might seem like a piece of cake, but a paper published this year shows that it helps to put more thought into it.