Business closures. Travel restrictions. Working and learning from home. These and other dramatic responses to Covid-19 have caused sharp reductions ...

Business closures. Travel restrictions. Working and learning from home. These and other dramatic responses to Covid-19 have caused sharp reductions ...
If you open your office door one morning and there is a new package waiting on your desk, that’s what ...
Eddies are often seen as the weather of the ocean. Like large-scale circulations in the atmosphere, eddies swirl through the ...
The attentional control that organisms need to succeed in their goals comes from two abilities: the focus to ignore distractions ...
As people age, they often lose their motivation to learn new things or engage in everyday activities. In a study ...
Using a specialized magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) sensor, MIT neuroscientists have discovered how dopamine released deep within the brain influences ...
When we move through the streets of our neighborhood, we often use familiar landmarks to help us navigate. And as ...
Using a fluorescent probe that lights up when brain cells are electrically active, MIT and Boston University researchers have shown ...
For decades, research has shown that our perception of the world is influenced by our expectations. These expectations, also called ...
Most neurons have many branching extensions called dendrites that receive input from thousands of other neurons. Dendrites aren’t just passive ...