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When we make complex decisions, we have to take many factors into account. Some choices have a high payoff but carry potential risks; others are lower risk but may have a lower reward associated with them.

Overgrowth of the amygdala at 6 - 12 months is an early indicator of autism diagnosis later in childhood and could be used as an early diagnostic for ASD in children.

A group of neurons in the brain’s striatum encodes information about the potential outcomes of different decisions. These cells become particularly active when a behavior leads a different outcome than what was expected, which the researchers believe helps the brain adapt to changing circumstances.

In recent years, physicists have discovered materials that are able to switch their electrical character from a metal to an insulator, and even to a superconductor, which is a material in a friction-free state that allows electrons to flow with zero

In recent years, physicists have discovered materials that are able to switch their electrical character from a metal to an insulator, and even to a

MIT physicists have detected electron correlations in a 2D material called ABC trilayer graphene. Understanding how electron correlations drive electrical states can help scientists engineer exotic functional materials, such as unconventional superconductors.

Six Arts and Sciences faculty members focusing on mathematics and theoretical physics were announced as the 2022 Simons Fellows. The program enables recipients to focus on research by extending academic leaves from one term to a full year.

Work by Elizabeth Paul '15, a postdoctoral fellow at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, promises to help unlock the potential of devices known as "twisty stellarators." 

UTokyo's Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR) held a special online symposium titled “Exploring the Universe with Multi-Messengers” on February 12, 2022 (EDT), in which researchers from Japan (ICRR) and other research institutes and universities

The competitive fellowship, Behrstock’s second from the Simons Foundation, will support his sabbatical research on theoretical mathematics.