Profile: Polina Golland
Polina Golland - The quantifier
By helping biologists turn their hunches into rigorous mathematical models, Polina Golland builds software that interprets medical images. Read more about Golland's work at http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/profile-golland-0112.html
Parkinson's Disease: Current State and Hope for the Future
Parkinson's Disease: Current State and Hope for the Future
Myriam Heiman, PhD2011 An Afternoon with MIT's Brains on Brains Symposium MIT's Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences stands at the nexus of neuroscience, biology and psychology. Our world-renowned neuroscientists and cognitive scientists study the brain and mind ...
Optogenetics: Controlling the brain with light
Optogenetics: Controlling the brain with light
This animation illustrates optogenetics — a radical new technology for controlling brain activity with light.
Operant Matching II
Operant Matching II
In this lecture we continue our discussion of Operant Matching.
Operant Matching
Operant Matching
In this lecture we cover Thorndike's law of effect, the Variable-Interval schedule, and the Matching Law.
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 ...
Numerical methods for differential equations.
Numerical methods for differential equations.
In this optional lecture we review numerical methods for differential equations.
New Frontiers in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder Research
New Frontiers in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder Research
05/04/2009 3:00 PM 46"3002Ed Scolnick, Director, Psychiatric Disease Program and the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, Broad InstituteDescription: In contrast to cardiovascular disease, few breakthrough remedies for psychiatric illness have emerged in the past ...
New Frontiers in Psychiatric Disorders Research
New Frontiers in Psychiatric Disorders Research
Guoping Feng, PhD2011 An Afternoon with MIT's Brains on Brains Symposium MIT's Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences stands at the nexus of neuroscience, biology and psychology. Our world-renowned neuroscientists and cognitive scientists study the brain and mind ...
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.
Neurobiology of Memory: How Do We Acquire, Consolidate and ...
Neurobiology of Memory: How Do We Acquire, Consolidate and Recall Memory
06/12/2003 9:00 AM 3-170Susumu Tonegawa, Director, Picower Institute for Learning and Memory; ; Picower Professor of Biology and Neuroscience, Departments of Biology and Brain and Cognitive SciencesDescription: In labs around the world, mice learn to navigate complex ...