Miller Lab at MIT

New results!
A new method that analyzes brain waves and spike timing together. This lets us pinpoint which rhythms neurons are locking to.

BAYESIAN STATE-SPACE MODEL FOR JOINT INFERENCE OF OSCILLATORY DYNAMICS AND POINT-PROCESS COUPLING Under a range of behavioral and physiological conditions, spike times and local field potential (LFP) oscillations exhibit phase coupling within specific frequency bands. Classical measures such as spike--field coherence (SFC) and the phase-locking value (PLV) quantify this coupling but estimate the...

Speedy, spiraling electrical waves may be key to brain’s information flow.

"When you see this kind of organization, it means something fundamental to function.” - Earl K. Miller, Picower Professor of Neuroscience, MIT.

Speedy, spiraling electrical waves may be key to brain’s information flow Rotating neuronal waves are built into brain anatomy and help coordinate far-flung regions, mouse imaging study suggests

New results from The Miller Lab! The prefrontal cortex uses a compact, low-dimensional “coding space”. Information can be captured in just 3–6 dimensions. The brain compresses what we remember.

Low-dimensional prefrontal representations of objects during working memory.

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Michael Levin & Earl Miller: Platonic Space of Minds, Bioelectricity, Cell Intelligence & Neurobots

Michael Levin & Earl Miller: Bioelectricity, Platonic Spaces, Cell Intelligence & Neurobots Get Jenni Your Intelligent Research Assistant (GIANT20 for 20% off)...

New results from The Miller Lab:
Lower frequency brain waves act as a master clock, routing information and organizing local and long-range neural communication.

Theta gates and routes information in the frontal cortex

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Symposium speakers examine how understanding the brain could improve the functioning of democracy Combining insights from the debates of American civics to the discoveries of neuroscience labs, experts honed in on ways that brain science research could inform efforts to improve political participation and dialogue in a polarized age

Neuroscientist Earl K. Miller proposes a new way to think about how brain waves act as an organizing force powering cognition.

How Does the Brain Control Itself? Neuroscientist Earl K. Miller proposes a new way to think about how brain waves act as an organizing force powering cognition.

Cognition Arises From Neural Dynamics
Earl K. Miller at the SAGE Center for Study of the Mind
https://youtu.be/R-Twko7qDOE?si=1d5vFlzuDuJHlsUI

Consciousness Emerges from Neural dynamics by Dr. Earl Miller Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

How Does Your Brain Know a Cat Is a Cat?
A conversation with renowned neuroscientists Lisa Feldman Barrett and Earl Miller about categories, “folk psychology,” beginner’s mind, and thinking fast and slow (Nautilus, May 1, 2026)
https://nautil.us/how-does-your-brain-know-a-cat-is-a-cat-1280394