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Thinking about others is not child’s playMIT study reveals changes in brain activity as children learn to read other people’s behavior.

Introduction to Psychology now available in MIT OpenCourseWare’s innovative OCW Scholar formatCourse is the sixth of seven courses MIT OCW will publish this year specifically to meet the needs of independent learners.

Dresselhaus, Graybiel, Luu receive 2012 Kavli PrizesBiennial prizes in astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience include a $1 million cash award in each field.

Robots that reveal the inner workings of brain cellsNew method offers automated way to record electrical activity inside neurons in the living brain.

McGovern Institute honors inventor of brain scan technologyDavid Cohen honored for his invention of magnetoencephalography.

Institute faculty share prestigious neuroscience prizeEd Boyden and Feng Zhang awarded the Perl/UNC Neuroscience Prize

McGovern investigator Feng Zhang named Searle Scholar

New tools to answer timeless questionsAlan Jasanoff is designing imaging sensors that could help reveal the brain’s inner workings.

The power of being heardWhen it comes to intergroup conflict, the group with less power benefits more from sharing its perspective.

McGovern Institute to honor synapses expert Roger NicollNamed winner of the 2012 Edward M. Scolnick Prize in Neuroscience.

Rebecca Saxe named Young Global Leader by World Economic Forum

James DiCarlo to head Department of Brain and Cognitive SciencesNew department head succeeds Mriganka Sur, who will lead the new Simons Center for the Social Brain at MIT.

Seeking the neurological roots of conflictMIT neuroscientists explore how longstanding conflict influences empathy for others.

Boyden named inaugural recipient of IET’s Harvey Engineering Research PrizeHonored for his pioneering research contributions to the field of optogenetics, in which neurons are genetically modified to respond to light.

Patterns of connections reveal brain functionsNeuroscientists identify face-recognition areas based on what parts of the brain they link to.

Neuroscientists identify a master controller of memoryOne gene appears to regulate the brain’s ability to form new memories.

Brain rhythms are key to learningNew study from MIT neuroscientists finds that brain waves shift frequency as a new task becomes routine.

Dyslexia independent of IQBrain-imaging study suggests that reading difficulties are the same regardless of overall intelligence — and that more children could benefit from support in school.

3 Questions: John Gabrieli on studying traumatic memoriesSept. 11, 2001, is a day that lives in infamy. But how accurately do we remember it?

Localizing language in the brainNew study pinpoints areas of the brain used exclusively for language, providing a partial answer to a longstanding debate in cognitive science.

Ready to learn? Brain scans can tell youNeuroscientists identify brain activity that predicts how well you will remember images.

Scene perception versus action in the brainCognitive neuroscientists shed light on how the brain responds to scenes and their mirror-image reversals.

Recognizing voices depends on language abilityStudy finds that for people with dyslexia, it’s much harder to identify who is speaking.

How to grow wires and tiny platesLiquid processing method developed at MIT can control the shapes of nanowires and produce complete electronic devices.

Of minds and machinesFinal installment of MIT’s 150th anniversary symposia explores intelligence — both human and artificial.

The benefits of meditationMIT and Harvard neuroscientists explain why the practice helps tune out distractions and relieve pain.

Seeing the lightOptogenetic technology restores visual behavior in mice, holds promise for treating human blindness.

McGovern Institute honors pioneer in understanding brain hormones