• who we are
  • areas of research
  • principal investigators
  • events and seminars
  • news and publications
  • support the McGovern Institute
  • McGovern Institute Neurotechnology (MINT) Program
  • Martinos Imaging Center at the McGovern Institute
Think about it...
Perceptual illusions show us that the brain actively interprets the outside world.
Read more
Not to be missed...
Biological Basis of Psychiatric Disease
Missed the Symposium?
See the webcast
Read more...
  • key terms
  • contact us
  • career opportunities
  • for the media
  • corporate collaboration
  • search
  • board workspace
  • scolnick prize
go to the MIT homepage

Nancy Kanwisher and John Gabrieli head $8.5M project to study brain basis of dyslexia and autism.
Read more

McGovern Institute to receive $20M donation for psychiatric disease research
Read more

Law and Neuroscience:
Robert Desimone participates in MacArthur Foundation's $10 Million Law and Neuroscience Project.
Read more

How can we improve computer vision models?
Read more

New brochure about the McGovern Institute available
Click Here

Singing in the brain: Baby birds’ chirps use different neural pathway
Read more

Scolnick Prize: video of Michael Davis's lecture featured on MIT World
Read More

Ed Boyden named Sloan Research Fellow
Read more

John Gabrieli learns that culture influences brain function
Read more

Christopher Moore captured rat whiskers in action to better understand perception.
Read more

How is research on attention relevant to neuropsychiatric disorders?
Read more (pdf) in the latest Brain Scan newsletter.