Miller Lab at MIT

06/20/2026

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

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...

06/18/2026

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.

Rotating neuronal waves are built into brain anatomy and help coordinate far-flung regions, mouse imaging study suggests

06/06/2026

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.

06/05/2026

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

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06/04/2026

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

06/04/2026

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

05/07/2026

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

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

05/06/2026

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

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05/01/2026

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