A new study has revealed that neural inhibition and balanced neural activity in a specific area of the brain is required for ...

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A new MIT study illustrates how areas within the brain’s executive control center tailor their messages in specific circuits with other brain regions to influence them with information about behavior ...

Vision shapes behavior, and a new study by MIT neuroscientists finds behavior and internal states shape vision. The research, published in Neuron, finds in mice that, via specific circuits, the ...

New research shows that the prefrontal cortex doesn’t simply broadcast generic commands to sensory regions—it sends finely tailored signals that shape how the brain processes vision depending on ...

Contrary to what is often believed, our vision does not passively capture the world like a camera. Neuroscientists have ...

New research shows adolescence lasts into the early 30s, reshaping how parents, teachers and employers should support young ...

Vision shapes behavior and, a new study by MIT neuroscientists finds, behavior and internal states shape vision. The research, published Nov. 25 in Neuron, finds in mice that via specific circuits, ...