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.
Tamar Flash: 2013 McGovern Institute Symposium
Tamar Flash: 2013 McGovern Institute Symposium
The annual McGovern Institute symposium took place on May 8, 2013 and featured nine talks on the subject of motor control and the motor cortex. In this video, Tamar Flash of the Weizmann Institute presents her talk, entitled "Geometry, time and compositionality in ...
Songbirds
Songbirds
McGovern Institute investigator Michale Fee studies the music of songbirds -- and what it tells us about how the brain learns complex sequential behavior.
Satra Ghosh: Social Engineer
Satra Ghosh: Social Engineer
Satra Ghosh is a research scientist in John Gabrieli's lab at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT. In this video, Satra talks about his research on mild traumatic brain injury in U.S. soldiers. [Stock footage/music: U.S. Department of Defense, Satra Ghosh, shockwave-sound.com]
Philip Sharp Lecture in Neural Circuits: Dr. Okihide ...
Philip Sharp Lecture in Neural Circuits: Dr. Okihide Hikosaka
"Choosing good objects – a basal ganglia mechanism" Speaker: Okihide HikosakaAffiliation: Laboratory of Sensorimotor Research, National Eye Institute, NIHDate: Thursday, March 1 Abstract: Many objects around us have values which have been acquired through ...
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.
Meet Yingxi Lin
Meet Yingxi Lin
(3:42) Yingxi Lin, a member of the McGovern Institute for Brain Research, uses molecular, genetic, and electrophysiological methods to understand how inhibitory circuits form within the brain, and how they are shaped by activity and experience. Learn more about Yingxi Lin >> [Stock ...
Meet Michale Fee
Meet Michale Fee
Michale Fee, an investigator at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research, studies birdsong in order to understand how the brain learns and generates complex sequences of behavior. Learn more about Michale Fee [images courtesy of pond5]
Meet James DiCarlo
Meet James DiCarlo
James DiCarlo, an investigator at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT, examines the complex network of brain regions that allow us to recognize vast numbers of objects rapidly and effortlessly. Learn more about James DiCarlo >>
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 ...
Meet Feng Zhang
Meet Feng Zhang
(4:12) Feng Zhang, a member of the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT, is designing new molecular tools for manipulating the living brain. As a student, he played a major role in the development of optogenetics, a technology by which the brain's electrical activity can be controlled ...
Meet Ed Boyden
Meet Ed Boyden
(4:27) Ed Boyden, a member of the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT, develops new strategies for manipulating brain activity. He uses a wide variety of technologies to find new and more potent ways to alter brain function, for both research and therapeutic purposes. A major goal of ...
McGovern Institute Holiday Greeting 2012
McGovern Institute Holiday Greeting 2012
Warmest wishes this holiday season from your friends at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT.
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?
Diffusion tensor imaging
Diffusion tensor imaging
This video shows white matter tracts, the long-range connections of the human brain. The tracts are revealed here through a MRI-based method known as 'diffusion tensor imaging' or DTI. The video is based on data produced by Dr Satrajit Ghosh at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT.
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 ...
2013 McGovern Institute Symposium: Sandro Mussa-Ivaldi
2013 McGovern Institute Symposium: Sandro Mussa-Ivaldi
The annual McGovern Institute symposium took place on May 8, 2013 and featured nine talks on the subject of motor control and the motor cortex. In this video, Sandro Mussa-Ivaldi of Northwestern University presents his talk, entitled "Geometrical aspects of modularity ...
2013 McGovern Institute Symposium: Moshe Abeles
2013 McGovern Institute Symposium: Moshe Abeles
The annual McGovern Institute symposium took place on May 8, 2013 and featured nine talks on the subject of motor control and the motor cortex. In this video, Moshe Abeles of Bar-Ilan University presents his talk, entitled "Detecting the dynamics of binding amongst ...
2013 McGovern Institute Symposium: Larry Abbott
2013 McGovern Institute Symposium: Larry Abbott
The annual McGovern Institute symposium took place on May 8, 2013 and featured nine talks on the subject of motor control and the motor cortex. In this video, Larry Abbott of Columbia University presents his talk, entitled "Network Models of Motor Cortex."
2013 McGovern Institute Symposium: Krishna Shenoy
2013 McGovern Institute Symposium: Krishna Shenoy
The annual McGovern Institute symposium took place on May 8, 2013 and featured nine talks on the subject of motor control and the motor cortex. In this video, Krishna Shenoy of Stanford University presents his talk, entitled "Motor cortical control and prostheses: a ...