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Artistic representation of a neural network.

How visual learning happens in the brain

Separate portraits of two men, side by side

Two McGovern faculty appointed to named professorships at MIT

composite artwork of woman partially obscured by purple watercolor.

A different reality

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

Two men seated in chairs, hands folded, in front of a curved wall of speakers.

How the brain handles the “cocktail party problem”

Abstract neural netwrok

Neurons receive precisely tailored teaching signals as we learn

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

The cost of thinking

Different bodies, similar strategies to maintain balance

MIT cognitive scientists reveal why some sentences stand out from others