A less biased way to determine trademark infringement? Asking the brain directly

How do you determine whether one brand is similar enough to another to infringe on its trademark? Researchers propose that comparing brain scans could be an option.

Zhihao Zhang, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, University of Virginia • conversation
Feb. 13, 2023 ~9 min

Researchers map brain cell changes in Alzheimer’s disease

Study reveals key cell structures and gene expression changes near amyloid plaques and tau tangles in mouse brain tissue.

Allessandra DiCorato | Broad Institute • mit
Feb. 2, 2023 ~7 min


Sparse, small, but diverse neural connections help make perception reliable, efficient

First detailed mapping and modeling of thalamus inputs onto visual cortex neurons show brain leverages “wisdom of the crowd” to process sensory information.

David Orenstein | Picower Institute for Learning and Memory • mit
Feb. 2, 2023 ~9 min

SSRIs: emotional 'blunting' may be part of the process – new research

Antidepressants may take away some of the pain of depression but that can also sap away people’s enjoyment of life.

Gitte Knudsen, Clinical Professor of Neurology, Copenhagen University Hospital • conversation
Jan. 25, 2023 ~7 min

Emotional 'blunting' and antidepressants – new research suggests why this is happening

Antidepressants may take away some of the pain of depression but that can also sap away people’s enjoyment of life.

Gitte Knudsen, Clinical Professor of Neurology, Copenhagen University Hospital • conversation
Jan. 25, 2023 ~7 min

Portable cap can measure cognition with pulsed laser light

The cap will help researchers gain new insight into how the brain functions.

Anne McGovern | MIT Lincoln Laboratory • mit
Jan. 24, 2023 ~6 min

Scientists explain emotional ‘blunting’ caused by common antidepressants

Scientists have worked out why common anti-depressants cause around a half of users to feel emotionally ‘blunted’. In a study published today, they show that

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Jan. 23, 2023 ~5 min

How Huntington’s disease affects different neurons

A new study identifies cells that are the most vulnerable within a brain structure involved in mood and movement.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Jan. 20, 2023 ~7 min


New technologies reveal cross-cutting breakdowns in Alzheimer’s disease

“Single-cell profiling” is helping neuroscientists see how disease affects major brain cell types and identify common, potentially targetable pathways.

David Orenstein | Picower Institute for Learning and Memory • mit
Jan. 18, 2023 ~6 min

Holding information in mind may mean storing it among synapses

Comparing models of working memory with real-world data, MIT researchers find information resides not in persistent neural activity, but in the pattern of its connections.

David Orenstein | Picower Institute for Learning and Memory • mit
Jan. 12, 2023 ~8 min

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