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Personal interests can influence how children’s brains respond to language

McGovern scientists use children’s interests to probe language in the brain.

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Personal interests can influence how children’s brains respond to language

3 Questions: Claire Wang on training the brain for memory sports

Season’s Greetings from the McGovern Institute

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Revisiting reinforcement learning

Four from MIT named 2025 Rhodes Scholars

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Illuminating the architecture of the mind

Neuroscientists create a comprehensive map of the cerebral cortex

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Neuroscientists create a comprehensive map of the cerebral cortex

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A cell protector collaborates with a killer

Adults’ brain activity appears unchanged after a year of medical use of cannabis

Brains, fashion, alien life, and more: Highlights from the Cambridge Science Festival