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Separating logic and language

Would you return a favor? Scientists say it depends on the relationship

Language development in the brain

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Learning with audiobooks

A medical team administers anesthesia to a patient in an operating room.

Three anesthesia drugs all have the same effect in the brain, MIT researchers find

Language processing beyond the neocortex

Focused African American and Asian schoolgirls help one another with their assignment in science class at a STEM elementary school. The African American girl is looking at something with a microscope.

Unpacking social intelligence

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Focused African American and Asian schoolgirls help one another with their assignment in science class at a STEM elementary school. The African American girl is looking at something with a microscope.

Unpacking social intelligence

When it comes to language, context matters

Identifying kids who need help learning to read isn’t as easy as A, B, C

MIT cognitive scientists reveal why some sentences stand out from others