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The Society for Neuroscience named MIT Picower Professor Mark Bear a co-recipient of the 2023 Julius Axelrod Prize for his synaptic plasticity research, its translation to potential amblyopia and autism treatments, and his career of mentorship.

Because figuring out what is new and what is familiar in what we see is such a critically important ability for prioritizing our attention, neuroscientists have spent decades trying to figure out how our brains are typically so good at it. Along the

MIT neuroscientist Mark Bear’s research focuses on brain plasticity, with particular attention to the synapses that connect neurons in the brain.

MIT research reveals a new insight into how our vision recognizes what's familiar.

Scientists have invested decades in piecing together how our vision is so good at recognizing what’s familiar. A new MIT study overcomes an apparent discrepancy in data to reveal a new insight into how it works.

The results lend support for clinical trials of arbaclofen in people with an autism-linked condition, the researchers say.

Kathleen Cho’s profile on The Conversation

Spring break on the Meskwaki Settlement was filled with days of fun and education. In particular, Thursday, March 16, was First Responders Day. Police office

Five with MIT ties — Mark Bear, Laura Kiessling, Krishna Shenoy, David Tuveson, and Martin Burke — are among the newly elected members of the National Academy of Medicine

At an exhibition marking the 20th anniversary of The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT, current and alumni members described research at the forefront of neuroscience and beyond.