Retraining the brain for better vision
MIT neuroscientist Mark Bear’s research focuses on brain plasticity, with particular attention to the synapses that connect neurons in the brain.
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MIT neuroscientist Mark Bear’s research focuses on brain plasticity, with particular attention to the synapses that connect neurons in the brain.
NIH announces MIT professors Ariel Furst and Fan Wang have won grants in the 2023 High Risk, High Reward Research program.
If you watch a child gaze in wonder at the flickering candle on their first birthday cake, it's clear something is going on behind those big, innocent eyes.
Twelve researchers with MIT ties were elected to the National Academy of Medicine for 2023, including five MIT faculty — Daniel G. Anderson, Regina Barzilay, Guoping Feng, Darrell J. Irvine, Morgan Sheng — and seven additional affiliates.
Boston MA (SPX) Oct 05, 2023 - Imagine grasping a heavy object, like a pipe wrench, with one hand. You would likely grab the wrench using your entire fingers, not just your fingertips. Sensory receptors in your skin, which run al