What Can Brain Imaging Tell Us About the Developing Child's ...
What Can Brain Imaging Tell Us About the Developing Child's Brain? (Full ...
Investigators from the Kanwisher and Saxe labs at MIT describe an ongoing study which uses MRI technology to study brain development in typical children and children with autism.
Denialism: Media in the Age of Disinformation
Denialism: Media in the Age of Disinformation
04/27/2010 7:00 PM MuseumMichael Specter, Staff Writer, The New Yorker; Chris Mooney, Discover Blogger and Knight Fellow ; Shannon Brownlee, Instructor, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice; Shankar Vedantam, National Science Writer, The ...
Short Introduction to the McGovern Institute
Short Introduction to the McGovern Institute
(2:49) This short video, narrated by Director Robert Desimone, provides an overview of the Institute including our goals, our research interests, and our accomplishments. Key interviews include McGovern Investigators Ann Graybiel, James DiCarlo, Ki Goosens, and Nancy ...
Meet John Gabrieli
Meet John Gabrieli
(4:25) John Gabrieli, a member of the McGovern Institute for Brain Research, uses brain imaging and behavioral tests to understand the organization of memory, thought, and emotion in the human brain. Learn more about John Gabrieli>> [Stock footage courtesy pond5, Elekta Instrument AB]
Welcome to the McGovern Institute
Welcome to the McGovern Institute
(20:11) This award-winning video provides viewers with an intimate tour of the McGovern Institute and it explores the tools our researchers are using to unlock the mystery of the human brain. It shows how our research is pushing the frontiers of technology and providing new insights into ...
Autism: What Do We Know, What Do We Need?
Autism: What Do We Know, What Do We Need?
"I'll give you the 30,000 foot view of autism."
The Power of Basic Science Applied to Medical Progress: ...
The Power of Basic Science Applied to Medical Progress: Past Examples and ...
10/22/2009 4:00 PM 26"100Ed Scolnick, Director, Psychiatric Disease Program and the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, Broad InstituteDescription: An exemplar of the purpose"driven life in medical science, Ed Scolnick details research milestones from a ...
Opening Remarks/How the Brain Invents the Mind
Opening Remarks/How the Brain Invents the Mind
06/06/2009 9:00 AM KresgeDr. Susan Hockfield, President, MIT; Rebecca Saxe, PHd 03, Assistant Professor of Cognitive NeuroscienceDescription: In trying financial times, Susan Hockfield remains optimistic and committed to pursuing MIT's massive, multi"year initiatives ...
Opening the Mind's Eye" Learning to See
Opening the Mind's Eye" Learning to See
06/06/2009 10:30 AM KresgePawan Sinha, SM '92, PhD '95, Associate Professor of Computational Science Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences; Description: It's rare to find research that simultaneously advances basic science and brings good into people's lives, but Pawan Sinha's Project ...
Introduction/Overview of Brain Disorders
Introduction/Overview of Brain Disorders
05/04/2009 1:00 PM 46"3002Dr. Susan Hockfield, President, MIT; Mriganka Sur, Newton Professor in Neuroscience; Head, Department of Brain and Cognitive SciencesDescription: In their symposium introduction, Susan Hockfield and Mriganka Sur place MIT at the forefront of a revolution in ...
The Autistic Neuron
The Autistic Neuron
05/04/2009 1:20 PM 46"3002Mark Bear, Director, Picower Institute,Picower Professor of Neuroscience; The Picower Center for Learning and Memory; Description: This self"described "basic neuroscientist" confesses he never thought he'd give a talk on autism, but as Mark Bear recounts, decades of ...
Form from the Formless
Form from the Formless: The Awesome Power of the Embryo
Hazel Sive, Professor of Biology and Associate Dean, MIT School of Science Description: How does a single cell become a complex organism? The fascination and challenge of this question, says Hazel Sive, "drives me out of bed each day, makes me work long hours and keeps ...