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New in Cell: In the amygdala, immune molecule IL-17 can elicit feelings of anxiety, while in the cortex it promotes sociable behavior. picower.mit.edu/news/molecules… #autism #anxiety MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences MIT Science

Since starting her lab at McGovern Institute, Associate Professor of MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences Evelina Fedorenko and her trainees have made several discoveries that have helped to refine neuroscientists’ understanding of the brain’s language processing regions news.mit.edu/2025/evelina-f…

Molecules that fight infection also act on the brain, inducing anxiety or sociability: bcs.mit.edu/news/molecules…

A surprising new study suggests a visual pathway in the brain that is critical for recognizing objects may not be exclusively optimized for that task. It could be more versatile than previously thought, the researchers say. news.mit.edu/2025/visual-pa…

New research on a cytokine called IL-17 adds to growing evidence that immune molecules can influence behavior during illness news.mit.edu/2025/molecules…

Congratulations to Linlin Fan on being named a Searle Scholar! Fan plans to study how serotonin might influence plasticity in memory, and whether psychedelics affect that. picower.mit.edu/news/searle-sc… #neuroscience #serotonin #memory @mitscience MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences

In a story posted today Quanta Magazine, McGovern researchers (past and present) weigh in on the similarities and differences between the brain and AI. Ev (like in 'evidence', not Eve) Fedorenko 🇺🇦 Jenelle Feather Mitchell Ostrow quantamagazine.org/ai-is-nothing-…

The MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences celebrated faculty, staff, teaching, mentorship, and academic excellence in several recent ceremonies. Congratulations to all the honorees! bcs.mit.edu/news/bcs-celeb…

What's it like to be a baby? Scanning their brains can help us find out: salon.com/2025/05/07/wha…

Scientists in Feng Zhang's lab have re-engineered a compact RNA-guided enzyme they found in bacteria into an efficient, programmable editor of human DNA. Nature Biotechnology Feng Zhang Broad Institute MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences MIT Science mcgovern.mit.edu/2025/05/08/rat…

A new study by Earl K. Miller finds that an easily measurable shift of brainwave phase may be a universal marker of unconsciousness under anesthesia picower.mit.edu/news/different… #neuroscience #anesthesia #consciousness MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences MIT Science

Our new discovery reveals how anesthesia causes unconsciousness. This advances our understanding of consciousness and can help make anesthesia safer.

Just 10 to 15 minutes of mindfulness practice a day can lead to reduced stress and anxiety for autistic adults, according to a new study: bcs.mit.edu/news/daily-min…

Talk Tuesday: Earlier this month, FieteGroup described MIT Club of Boston how her lab is decoding the mystery of memory using advanced computational methods. Watch the full talk, including how "memory palaces" help us to remember: 🗣️🧠 youtu.be/yOCr0h2MP7k?si…

Overlooked cells might explain the human brain’s huge storage capacity: bcs.mit.edu/news/overlooke…

A new endowed chair within IDSS has been made possible by the generosity of IDSS professor and “MIT lifer” Richard ‘Dick’ Larson. IDSS and MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences professor Sasha Rakhlin has been named the inaugural holder of the new professorship. idss.mit.edu/news/gift-from…

A compact new tool for gene therapy: bcs.mit.edu/news/rationale…

As we navigate, neural activity patterns can encode competing hypotheses about which landmark will lead to the correct destination, according to a paper by Mark Harnett and Jakob Voigts published today Nature Neuroscience. MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences mcgovern.mit.edu/2025/06/06/how…

#Alzheimers. Grants from Aging Brain @ MIT will spark research to develop assistive technology, enhance interventions, decipher brain biochemistry, advance big data analysis, and assess the public’s understanding of risk and protective factors. picower.mit.edu/news/aging-bra… MIT Science

How the brain solves complicated problems: bcs.mit.edu/news/how-brain…