Moshe Poliak has always had a fascination with language. He grew up speaking Russian while learning Hebrew and English in school. But that wasn’t enough for him. When Steve Ramirez was taken along to the grocery store by his parents as an e…
When doctors and scientists want to see inside a body, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a powerful tool. MRI can noninvasively capture detailed images of the body’s muscles, organs, and bones. It can monitor blood flow to generate a map
Name: Ajani StewartYear in program: 3rdAdvisor: Josh McDermottWhat was the journey that brought you to BCS?Growing up in Jamaica, I was always interested in science. Not any kind of science in particular, but I gravitated towards things lik…
Animal behavior reflects a complex interplay between an animal’s brain and its sensory surroundings. Only rarely have scientists been able to discern how actions emerge from this interaction. A new open-access study in Nature Neuroscience b…
Millions of students nationwide use text-supplemented audiobooks, learning tools that are thought to help those who struggle with reading keep up in the classroom. A new study from scientists at MIT’s McGovern Institute for Brain Research f…
MIT researchers have discovered that two common genetic mutations that cause Rett syndrome each set off a molecular chain of events that compromises the structural integrity of developing brain blood vessels, making them leaky. The study tr…
The ability to use language to communicate is one of things that makes us human. At MIT’s McGovern Institute for Brain Research, scientists led by Evelina Fedorenko have defined an entire network of areas within the brain dedicated to this
Our thoughts are specified by our knowledge and plans, yet our cognition can also be fast and flexible in handling new information. How does the well-controlled and yet highly nimble nature of cognition emerge from the brain’s anatomy of bi…
The MIT Siegel Family Quest for Intelligence (SQI), a research unit in the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, brings together researchers from across MIT who combine their diverse expertise to understand intelligence through tightly coupl…
Why you shouldn't flake on social plans, according to an MIT scientist jbencks@mit.edu Tue, 01/06/2026 - 16:36 Mon, 12/22/2025 - 12:00 Why you shouldn't flake on social plans, according to an MIT scientist
For decades, Professor Ted Gibson has taught the meaning of language to first-year graduate students in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences. A new book, Gibson's first, brings together his years of teaching and research to detail…
A schematic diagram of a neural network. As human brains increasingly interact with technology that mimics their own capabilities, the need for students to understand both the science and engineering of intelligence continues to grow as wel…