Scientists still don’t know how the brain turns physical activity into thoughts, feelings, and awareness—but a powerful new tool may help crack the mystery. Researchers at MIT are exploring ...
The study, from MIT Lab scholars, measured the brain activity of subjects writing SAT essays with and without ChatGPT.
Literacy is not merely the ability to read letters but a 'thinking process' of interpreting information and reconstructing it with one’s own logic. The pinnacle of this process is writing. However, as ...
One key role of sleep involves cerebrospinal fluid, which surrounds and protects the brain. During sleep, CSF helps remove ...
Researchers outline a roadmap for applying transcranial focused ultrasound, a noninvasive technique for stimulating the brain ...
The ability to use language to communicate is one of things that makes us human. At MIT's McGovern Institute for Brain ...
October saw several universities launch major initiatives in brain science and neurological research, often with the help of new private gifts to underwrite their efforts. Here are summaries of the ...
Consciousness has long been treated as philosophy’s most stubborn mystery, yet a growing body of neuroscience is now tying our inner life to specific, testable brain mechanisms. A leading MIT ...
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard Medical School have identified new targets for treating and preventing Alzheimer’s disease, according to MIT. Alzheimer’s disease is ...