Activation and information in working memory and attention
Activation and information in working memory and attention
Bradley R. Postle, recorded 12/5/12
Cognitive control networks in the aging brain
Cognitive control networks in the aging brain
David Ziegler, recorded 12/5/12
How Does Emotion Affect Explicit Memory?
How Does Emotion Affect Explicit Memory?
Elizabeth A. Kensinger, recorded 12/5/12
MIT News at Noon with Burcu Erkmen
MIT News at Noon with Burcu Erkmen
Berkmen discusses her research with Professors Utkan Demirci and Ed Boyden in developing 3-D brain tissue constructs.
Neuron imaging
Neuron imaging
Researchers have developed a way to monitor how brain cells coordinate with each other to control specific behaviors, such as initiating movement or detecting an odor.
The Aging Brain: Learning, Memory, and Wisdom
The Aging Brain: Learning, Memory, and Wisdom
McGovern Institute investigator John Gabrieli discusses the capacity of the human brain to change over the course of a lifetime.
A Robot for Analyzing Single Cells in the Living Brain
A Robot for Analyzing Single Cells in the Living Brain
Researchers at Georgia Tech and the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT have developed a way to automate the process of finding and recording information from neurons in the living brain. The researchers have shown that a robotic arm guided by a cell-detecting ...
Welcome to Your Brain
Welcome to Your Brain
A brief introduction to the brain and its basic building block — the remarkable neuron. Produced by MIT PhD students Alex Rivest/Steve Ramirez.
Meet Guoping Feng - Investigator, McGovern Institute
Meet Guoping Feng - Investigator, McGovern Institute
Guoping Feng, an investigator at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT, studies the development and function of synapses and their disruption in brain disorders. He uses molecular genetics combined with behavioral and electrophysiological methods to ...
Joel Z. Leibo, McGovern Institute Friends Fellow
Joel Z. Leibo, McGovern Institute Friends Fellow for 2012-2013
Leibo’s research asks two key questions: How do we learn to recognize faces? And how can we build machines to do the same?
The 3rd Annual Dana & Betty Retreat of the Picower ...
The 3rd Annual Dana & Betty Retreat of the Picower Institute, June 15, 2010
The 3rd Annual Dana and Betty Fisher Retreat Retreat's Date: June 15, 2010 Keynote Speaker: Dr. Howard Eichenbaum Organization: Center for Memory and Brain, Boston University Each June, after the close of the academic year, the Picower Institute has traditionally ...
The 3rd Annual Dana & Betty Retreat of the Picower ...
The 3rd Annual Dana & Betty Retreat of the Picower Institute, June 15, 2010
The 3rd Annual Dana and Betty Fisher Retreat Retreat's Date: June 15, 2010 Keynote Speaker: Dr. Howard Eichenbaum Organization: Center for Memory and Brain, Boston University Each June, after the close of the academic year, the Picower Institute has traditionally ...
The 3rd Annual Dana & Betty Retreat of the Picower ...
The 3rd Annual Dana & Betty Retreat of the Picower Institute, June 15, 2010
The 3rd Annual Dana and Betty Fisher Retreat Retreat's Date: June 15, 2010 Keynote Speaker: Dr. Howard Eichenbaum Organization: Center for Memory and Brain, Boston University Each June, after the close of the academic year, the Picower Institute has traditionally ...
The 3rd Annual Dana & Betty Retreat of the Picower ...
The 3rd Annual Dana & Betty Retreat of the Picower Institute, June 15, 2010
The 3rd Annual Dana and Betty Fisher Retreat Retreat's Date: June 15, 2010 Keynote Speaker: Dr. Howard Eichenbaum Organization: Center for Memory and Brain, Boston University Each June, after the close of the academic year, the Picower Institute has traditionally ...
The 4th Annual Dana and Betty Fisher Retreat of the Picower ...
The 4th Annual Dana and Betty Fisher Retreat of the Picower Institute June ...
The 4th Annual Dana and Betty Fisher Retreat Retreat's Date: June 15 to 16, 2011 Each June, after the close of the academic year, the Picower Institute has traditionally hosted a retreat for community members where faculty, post-docs, graduate students, and staff ...
The 5th Annual Dana and Betty Fisher Retreat of the Picower ...
The 5th Annual Dana and Betty Fisher Retreat of the Picower Institute June ...
The 5th Annual Dana and Betty Fisher Retreat Retreat's Date: June 25 to 26, 2012 Keynote Speaker: Dr. Howard Eichenbaum Organization: Center for Memory and Brain, Boston University Each June, after the close of the academic year, the Picower Institute has traditionally ...
Lecture 20: Dualism and Personality in Post-Evolutionary ...
Lecture 20: Dualism and Personality in Post-Evolutionary Fiction
Topics: Dualism and personality in post-evolutionary fiction - The rise of modernism - The emergence of the "unconscious" underground - Victorian literary wanderer, world adventurer and man of letters - Victorian degeneration theory Instructor: Prof. James Paradis
Lecture 22: H. G. Wells "The Time Machine" and The Final ...
Lecture 22: H. G. Wells "The Time Machine" and The Final Utopia
Topics: H. G. Wells The Time Machine and the final utopia - Naturalistic and Evolutionary model of the human condition - Time Machine Instructor: Prof. James Paradis